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food you eat in the stomach or the intestines? Every part of the
body carries out its own natural function. One would not be
able to hear if the ears did not carry out their natural function
or smell anything, good or bad, if the nose did not carry out its
own function. Similarly, you have to check to see whether the
mind, the intellect, the chit and the ego are functioning according
to their own nature or not. There is no problem if You, the Self,
remain in your own pure state, the Shuddhatma state. If the
antahkaran carries out its natural function i.e. the mind shows
different pamphlets, the chit shows the scenes, the intellect makes
the decisions, the ego endorses that decision and the pure Soul
(Shuddhatma) remains in its natural state as the Knower and the
Perceiver, then everything is fine. Every component is indeed in
its own inherent natural state. All you have to do is to know
whether any of these components are functioning properly and
if not, then how to restore them to their natural state. Instead
people claim doership; ‘I thought about it’, ‘I am speaking’, ‘I
am doing everything’. Even the arms and legs carry out their
natural function and yet people say, ‘I am walking’. They are
merely expressing their ego and what is more they believe the
ego to be their self. Herein lies the confusion.
Can you not tell when the nature of the mind becomes
spoiled? Surely you can. If an old lady were to come to your
home and nag you all whole day long for fifteen days, you will
get used to her if you do not get into a conflict with her. Similarly
you have to become used to the constant bombardment that
goes on in your mind. As it is, your inability to look at the mind
has resulted in your inability to recognize what kind of a bomb
is detonating within. All kinds of ammunition have become mixed
up. You believe that they are harmless sparklers but they detonate
like firecrackers. Similarly the mind is full of all different kinds
of things and they detonate accordingly. But just like your dealings
with the old lady, if You do not interfere with the mind, then You