Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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When we allow these evil passions to run riot within us, we are tempted to do base and ignoble deeds. We stoop to slandering innocent people, or plan to do harm to someone out of sheer jealousy or spite, or harbour thoughts of revenge. When these unworthy thoughts sway our mind it is a veritable image of hell.
Some of you may have had your photos taken. You pose specially for the photograph and keep your face smiling to show your friends later-but try and get the photograph of your mind!
Truly speaking you should get yourself photographed when you are full of anger and your eyes are red, your lips trembling and the inside enemy coming out in all its fierceness and ugliness-then you should have your photo taken and it will surely look like the image of a fierce demon! Whenever see that photo, you will beware of getting into a passion--that photo would keep you in check.
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Ravana was such a man. His multiheadedness signifies ungovernable passions and desires that could have easily filled ten human heads. A person who cannot govern his passions, but allows himself to be governed by them, is like a demon-like Ravana. The undisciplined mind has a demoniac mentality, the disciplined, mind has a godly mentality.
Remember this, Ravana is not dead. He is sitting in our minds; nor are the Kauravas gone they are
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