Mysteries of Mind

SR No.: 006756
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 278
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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CONSUMMATION OF SADHANA
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worries.” The doctor examined him and asked him a number of questions and then observed : “I have understood the nature of your ailment. I would not prescribe any medicine but would advise you to pass a week's time in the company of Grimaldi.” Grimaldi was surprised to hear this and remarked "I am the Grimaldi who sets the whole world to laughter, but you do not know how miserable I am."
Poets, writers and political leaders are engaged in the task of changing the world. Unfortunately they are not prepared to change themselves. Religious leaders are also trying to make a god of man and they have been prescribing various means of divinizing man. Alas, they have failed. I do not wish to undervalue what they say, but it is a fact that they have not cut much ice. The main thing is to bring about a change in our instincts and tendencies without which the personality of man can not be reconstituted. It is not a theoritical but a practical problem. It is self-exertion which brings about a change of heart. Change of appearance is not change of heart,
Once a magician turned a mouse into a tiger. Puffed up with its new appearance, the mouse began to walk here and there. Suddenly a cat appeared on the scene. On seeing it the mouse became afraid and ran away. The heart of the mouse had not changed inspite of a change in its appearance.
The aim of sādhanā is the trasformation of personality. It is not a means of changing appearances. Perception of the centres of consciousness is a means of bringing about this transformation. There are several centres of consciousness in the body. In the course of our exercises we try to perceive one or two or three of these centres. Sometimes we concentrate on several centres together. These centres become active as a result of our concentration on them. A change occurs in their secretions. Formerly they had been unseen agents of the karma body. After we have concentrated on them, they become our agents. This introduces a comprehensive change in our activities. A change in the secretion of the glands brings about a change of heart. This happens in the natural course.