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## Collection of Yogic Insights (212)
Because this great aspirant knows this mind-matter trickery well. This monkey-like mind runs here and there, gets distracted, whatever it does. Therefore, he understands that it should not be left free. He understands that it is like this: "Because it thinks in the mind, it thinks that - at night or during the day, in a populated place or in a desolate place, it doesn't matter; this mind goes to the sky in a moment and to the underworld in a moment! The ascetic who aspires for liberation studies knowledge and meditation, there this enemy-like mind thinks something like this, so that it throws him on the wrong path, puts him on the wrong track! Those who are knowledgeable in great scriptures, who are called 'Agamdhars', even in their hands, this mind does not get caught in any way - it cannot be brought under control like a mad elephant! And somewhere if it is forcefully subdued, scorned and treated like a dog, it becomes crooked like a snake, it turns upside down! If we call this mind a thief, it doesn't seem to be stealing, and it's not a moneylender either! It is in everyone and separate from everyone! It creates wonder in the mind! And it resides in the mind! Whatever I say, it doesn't listen to this world, and tomorrow! It remains in its own opinion! No matter who explains it, whether it is a sage, a man, or a learned person, even my school-great, vast explanations, it doesn't understand! I knew that this mind is impotent, but it pushes all the men, puts them on the wrong track! In other matters, it is 'masculine', but it cannot do anything to this mind! The mind is so difficult to please, it is difficult to appease, therefore, I do not believe the saying that 'he who has conquered the mind has conquered everything'. The more I try to keep this mind, the more it runs away, further and further! It doesn't get caught! It doesn't come to a place!
The mind does not get caught anywhere. Where is it? The mind does not get caught anywhere; the more I try to keep it, the more it runs away... Yes, where is it? It goes to the underworld in the night and day, in a populated place and a desolate place.
The snake eats and its mouth is full, this is the proverb's meaning... Yes, where is it? The ascetic who aspires for liberation, studies knowledge and meditation; this mind thinks something like this. It throws him on the wrong path... Yes, where is it? Even in the hands of the Agamdhars, it does not get caught in any way;
Where it is forcefully subdued, it becomes crooked like a snake... Yes, where is it?
If I call it a thief, it doesn't seem to be stealing, and it's not a moneylender either;
It is in everyone and separate from everyone, it creates wonder in the mind... Yes, where is it?