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Reality at Dawn - Ways and Means
is a wrong notion. Mind is the centre of this outer expansion of man in the form of human body and everything, which is exhibited through the medium of the body, proceeds from the centre, the mind. If our mind comes to a harmonious state, circum-stances and environments will have no effect on it and there will be no disturbance within. Peace and tranquility shall reign all through under all circumstances. Passions, excitements and desires will lose their intensity and sorrow, joy or misery will disappear from the view. Our desires are the main cause of miseries. So the only solution of miseries is the curtailment of desires. Fewer the desires, lesser shall be our miseries. But to become desire less is another problem. Desires form a network, which we are entangled in. The more we try to get rid of it, tighter become the fibres of the net. The only way to free us from the entanglements is to divert our attention from them and fix our eyes on the very Real thing. If we cultivate a habit of remaining unmindful of them, they will soon begin to disappear from our view and consequently our miseries will be minimised. Reality alone will remain constantly before our eyes and everything else will lose its charm or significance.
Total absence of sufferings and miseries in life is, however, impossible and unnatural. In fact they are rather meant for our betterment. They are just like bitter pills of medicine given to a patient to restore health. The misuse of even the best thing creates trouble. So is the case with miseries. Proper utility of everything at the proper time
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