Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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Who would dare to criticise you frankly? No one from the circle of flatterers will have the courage to tell you, "Sir, you are good in many ways but you are wrong in this particular matter.' Because if he tells the truth, he stands to lose his livelihood. He will think, "What do I care what he does? Even if he wants to fall into a well, who cares? I am only concerned with how I earn my bread in his service or reap some benefit from my dealings with him."
Only courageous people will dare to tell you whatever disease your mind is suffering from; whether you need any operation to remove the corruption, and to warn you that if it is not operated upon in time, the disease, the corruption, will spread all through your system.
So we have to have the remedy- -we have to take the medicine. Today we have so many dispensaries for bodily ailments and we spend such a great deal of money on medicines! We have so many hospitals. People give thousands and lacs of rupees to build such hospitals, but what about those who are suffering from corrupt and diseased minds?
We require clinics for the mind. There are many patients who require mental treatment rather than bodily treatment. In every house and in every institution there are mental patients-men whose minds need treatment because they are full of thoughts that undermine the strength and purity of the mind.
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