Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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New life cannot come only from words. It must come from new thinking, new vibrations.
To bring those new vibrations, drop the old, clear your files, throw away the junk. Say to yourself: “I don't want those old thoughts, those negative memories, those conditionings."When you go on. clearing, your mind becomes light. But before these old patterns go for good, they will tempt you and play tricks on you. If you are not careful, they will keep on giving flickering signs to you and they may make new scars on your consciousness.
You must not allow them to make you angry and frustrated. You must talk to them and tell them: “Now you go! You are old tenants and your lease is up! I will not renew your contract.” Once you recognize that these so-called tenants are unwanted guests, then you are ready to evict them. You realize that you must have invited them into your consciousness long ago when you were in a hazy, ignorant state of mind. Old habits of thinking know how to make themselves at home, but no matter how comfortable or comforting they may appear to you, you must be firm in your resolve to empty your mental house.
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