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The Way To Freedom-Part III
To gain the intuitive experience of his own real nature, the seeker must have the necessary instruments: a purified mind and intellect. A mind that tosses the least is called a pure mind. Tossings are caused by desire, hatred, lust, and other negativities in our psychological makeup. The mind, goaded as it were by its impressions (vasanas), throws out for us the external world of objects,just as the picture in the film reel gives us the story on the screen. The person watching the show identifies himself completely with the picture and comes to suffer or enjoy the sorrows and joys of the hero and the heroine.
Similarly, our external world is formed by objects and circumstances. Identifying ourselves with this world, torn between hope and despair, loss and gain, we live the pains of a life of limitations. Yet this world of objects and circumstances is only as true as the reality we claim for the hero in the picture during our stay in the movie theatre.
How
then
can
we
remove
the
vasanas
which
inhibit
the
vital,
intimate,
subjective
experience
of
our
real
Self?
How
can
we
acquire
a
pure
mind?
The
only
known
method
of
erasing
the
vasanas
is
to
scrape
the
mind
clean.
Imagine
holding
a
piece
of
sandpaper
close
to
a
reel
of
film
in
a
projection
room.
As
it
winds
and
rewinds
itself,
the
film
reveals
less
and
less
of
the
story
to
the
audience.
In
time,
the
scratched
strip
will
have
lost
much
of
its
distinct
charm,
and
be
only
a
blurred
vision
of
filtered
light
interspersed
with
patches
of
darkness.
In the mind film, the vasana picture can be erased by scraping it with devotional practices consisting mainly of constant repetition of the names of the Lord and remembrance of Him. In a clean mind, divinity comes to manifest in all its absolute glory.
About the author
Swami Chinmayananda the great master's lectures were an outpour of wisdom. He introduced the Geetha Gnana Yagna. He wrote a lot of books on spirituality, commentaries to Vedantic texts, children books etc. He then started spreading His teachings globally.....
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