Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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Some doctors are aware of this condition of the mind. They say that through the mind, the body becomes ill. Usually a headache or fever is caused by constipation, but many ailments often arise from the worried condition of the mind. Hence the importance of looking after the mind..
On this subject a pupil asks his master four questions.
The pupil has opened out his heart for he feels that there is no other way to get rid of the disease of the mind except by laying bare his mind and heart to his master. This should be the right attitude, but unfortunately it is not usually adopted. On the contrary, when we go to our guru or master, we are on our best behaviour. Even if we are vain or proud, we make him believe that we are very humble. If we are greedy or miserly, we make a show of generosity. Even if we are subject to uncontrollable rage and mean spitefulness, we pretend to be gentle and forgiving.
That is why we go to the saintly-who are the doctors of the mind; but instead of admitting our weaknesses, we hide them and try to show a clean exterior. But it is quite the opposite when we go to a physician-we do not hide anything; on the contrary we go to a great length to describe our ailments in detail. The result is that our speech becomes a covering for our bad thoughts, and bad habits.
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