Journey to Enlightenment Part 02

SR No.: 006997
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chitrabhanu, Nirmala Hanke
Publisher: Create Space
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 106
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 13 MB

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The Nature of Mind and Truth
Spring 2011
From The Miracle Is You
The mind can turn against anything; it has a habit to revolt against what it does not understand. It attacks and in that way, it thinks it can save itself. If it does not strike, it feels it will not save itself. To save face, it uses a device to strike out at what it does not grasp or cannot conquer. Sometimes when the mind does not understand the teacher or Master, it strikes out against him or her also. It happens to all teachers and Masters in one way or another from time to time. The wise man wants to conquer his mind and his senses and that is all. He says, "Those who are ready, let them understand. Those who are not ready, let them learn through suffering." Suffering becomes their master. They gain from pain.
There are some people who are not happy unless they become unhappy. They find some reason to have a discussion and create a fight, and they spoil their evening instead of sitting in silence, having peace and seeing beauty. That is why if you are going away for the weekend with friends and you want to have a very pleasant time, better take some time for silence. Then you will enjoy nature within and without. Otherwise, you might come home with fighting, quarreling and disputing with yourself.
It is very difficult to understand the nature of the mind and how it works against us. For example, it may say, “I will die for the religion.” The religion which helps to know the immortality of self, and peaceful self of consciousness, is its essence. Religion is neither for death nor for war. The cause for all our suffering is self-ignorance. Realization of who am I brings an end to all conflict and otherness. Self-knowledge means no belief: when you see the sun, you do not say I believe in the sun. In the light of self-knowledge, the darkness of all the beliefs disappears.
What is reality? Our belief is reality; reality changes the moment we change our belief. There were many crusades because of beliefs which they called religion. In this confusion of belief and reality, people created religion and then in the name of religion and God, people were butchered and massacred.
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