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have been lying idle, they have become rusted. It is our job to remove their rust and to utilize them. They are capable of revealing truth.
THE MYSTERIES OF MIND
The process of self-exertion goes on revealing bits of truth as we proceed on. One of these bits is the feeling of friendliness towards every living being. The purpose of sādhanā is not to produce weapons of destruction. Its purpose is to produce means of doing good to others and to extend the area of friendliness.
If we did not undertake the search for truth, we are likely to become a prey to the ever-increasing feeling of enmity. But once we have entered into the world of the spirit, we begin to feel that we have no enmity towards anybody. Sometimes difference of opinion breeds enmity. We take him to be an enemy who behaves differently from us. We take those whose culture and civilization differ from ours to be our enemies. We take those to be our enemies who refuse to behave in the way we expect them to behave. Let us remember the truth that there is nothing in the world which is not opposed by something or the other. Where there is thesis, there is antithesis also. Not only that. Where there is no antithesis, there is no thesis as well. Life is a dialectical process. Bhagavan Mahāvīra, after a great self-exertion, came to the conclusion that there are many facets of truth. He called this by the name anekantavāda or the doctrine of multiplicity of approaches to truth. This doctrine is an admission of the value of differences and opposition. It asserts that both thesis and antithesis are true in their own spheres. We have to admit both or to deny both.
We engaged ourselves in the exercise of samavṛttiśvāsa. One of the nostrils inhales air and the other exhales it. The Hatha Yoga speaks of Ida and Pingala. There are three currents of vital energy (prāṇa): Iḍā, Pingala and Suşumnā. The current of prana which flows into the body through the right nostril is called Iḍā. That which flows into the body through the left nostril is called Pingala. The current of vital energy which flows in the body through the spinal cord is called Susumna. The Ida current is said to be
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