Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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If we think deeply over this, we will realize that the body is inclined towards bestiality, the mind towards humanity and the soul towards godliness. When a man is inclined to satisfy his physical needs, it is his bestiality that-dominates; when he is filled with humanity, his mind dominates; when he is filled with divinity, his soul dominates.
When a man is filled with longings to satisfy himself physically, his bestiality dominates him to such an extent that the soul takes a subordinate place and it caters for the physical needs of the man. The body, through its five senses does deeds unworthy of him. For example, a man sees . something that does not belong to him and he is tempted to steal it. He does something unworthy of himself because his eyes prompted him to do so. His deeds may be harmful to society and he must be removed to some sort of custody from where he cannot carry on his harmful practices. Society, therefore, has to resort to the help of the custodians of law and order, who clap him in jail to make him realize that he cannot indulge his senses to the detriment of the social order.
In the final analysis, who was it that sent him to jail? It was his evil desire to take something that did not belong to him. He could not restrain himself. It was to satisfy the needs of the body, that the brute in him prompted him to do something wrong, and he was too weak to control his desire.
When a man allows any, or all of his five senses to
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