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AMAR VANI
Effect of Mind on Body
In order to keep healthy, it is necessary to keep your mind and body pure and holy both from within and without. The purity of the mind is even more necessary and important than the purity of the body. The success of life depends upon the purity of mind. Every action of the body comes within the effective range of the mind. Therefore it is more necessary to keep your mind healthy and holy than keeping your body healthy. If your mind is diseased, you will certainly develop some ailment in your "body also. Mental conflict and distress have their effect upon the health of the body.
Control Your Mind
Let your body do any job assigned to it. But let your mind concentrate all the time on the soul. If your mind does not stray, your body and senses cannot stray from you. The kite may fly to any height in the sky but it always remains in the control of the hand that holds the string.
Four Stages of Anger
The worst stage of anger is the one in which you inflict physical injuries upon others. The middle stage of · anger is the one in which you express your anger but do not allow it to go any further. The next better stage is the one in which you suppress your anger within youself and do not allow others to know it. The still better stage of anger is the one in which you so control your anger that instead of hating or harming your adversary, you only love him. But the highest stage of life is that in which there is nothing
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