Sivananda Daily Reading for 20 October
SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 20 OCTOBER
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ONE-POINTED MIND
(Siva was very busy attending to the dispatch of free books. He
suddenly stopped and looked up.)
From the time I got out of the morning class I have been going on
thinking of writing a few poems, but I do not find time. I am doing
this work, but my mind is still working on the poems. Even when I was
taking my milk, I was busy within sifting the points for the poems.
Only when I finish the poems will my mind know rest.
Are you all keeping a note-book to record your thoughts? First of all
you should note down in this book all the new points that you learn
in the class. Then there are parallel ideas that might strike you; or
ideas arising out of those expressed by others in the class. These
may be new, novel and unknown to others. These should at once be
noted down. Are you keeping such note-books?
Evil should not have time to dwell in your mind. What if someone
refuses to give you milk, to give you food? What if some one scolds
you? Always repeat: "I am not this body; I am not this mind; I am the
eternal immortal satchidananda atman".
Bear insult and injury. If some one slaps you on your cheeks, you
should not even mind it; you should not even be aware of it, so to
say. This is very difficult. But this is most important. When the
other man is scolding you, your mind should be engaged in vicara.
After a while this man will realise: "What is this? I have been
scolding him several times; he does not get irritated, he does not
retort. There must be something in him, which I should learn." Then
he will fall at your feet and apologise. You have conquered.
That which draws out this hidden consciousness of atman, is the
highest knowledge. The teachings that break your bondage and bestow
on you freedom, are the teachings of the ancient rsis (sages) which
lay bare the mysteries of the universe. On the dawn of true
knowledge, the veil of ignorance is lifted and, with it, all illusory
appearance of phenomena is sublated. What is left is only the
perceiving self, the negator of all negations - which is no other
than Brahman, existence, knowledge, bliss absolute.
(Siva was very busy attending to the dispatch of free books. He
suddenly stopped and looked up.)
From the time I got out of the morning class I have been going on
thinking of writing a few poems, but I do not find time. I am doing
this work, but my mind is still working on the poems. Even when I was
taking my milk, I was busy within sifting the points for the poems.
Only when I finish the poems will my mind know rest.
Are you all keeping a note-book to record your thoughts? First of all
you should note down in this book all the new points that you learn
in the class. Then there are parallel ideas that might strike you; or
ideas arising out of those expressed by others in the class. These
may be new, novel and unknown to others. These should at once be
noted down. Are you keeping such note-books?
Evil should not have time to dwell in your mind. What if someone
refuses to give you milk, to give you food? What if some one scolds
you? Always repeat: "I am not this body; I am not this mind; I am the
eternal immortal satchidananda atman".
Bear insult and injury. If some one slaps you on your cheeks, you
should not even mind it; you should not even be aware of it, so to
say. This is very difficult. But this is most important. When the
other man is scolding you, your mind should be engaged in vicara.
After a while this man will realise: "What is this? I have been
scolding him several times; he does not get irritated, he does not
retort. There must be something in him, which I should learn." Then
he will fall at your feet and apologise. You have conquered.
That which draws out this hidden consciousness of atman, is the
highest knowledge. The teachings that break your bondage and bestow
on you freedom, are the teachings of the ancient rsis (sages) which
lay bare the mysteries of the universe. On the dawn of true
knowledge, the veil of ignorance is lifted and, with it, all illusory
appearance of phenomena is sublated. What is left is only the
perceiving self, the negator of all negations - which is no other
than Brahman, existence, knowledge, bliss absolute.
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