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of the mind go away. People cannot understand the diseases of
their mind. They do not have an understanding of which part of
their mind is diseased and which part is healthy. When the mind
becomes healthy, the speech becomes healthy and the body
becomes healthy too.
One uses meditation to still the mind when it becomes
agitated and restless. That will help allay the disease of
restlessness, but it will do nothing for liberation. Only when the
mind remains constantly under control, can it be considered
cured. Constant control means it will not go anywhere. The mind
can only be controlled through Gnan and only the Gnani Purush
can do that. In the absence of Gnan, wherever the mind goes,
it gives rise to the worldly life. Even when a person goes to the
Himalayas having renounced the worldly life, he grows a rose
plant, raises a goat and starts a worldly life this way. He creates
a crowd even in solitude.
Nature of the mind
What is the nature of the mind? When one says, “I am
depressed”, then the burden of the depression will increase ten
fold. And when he says, “I am not depressed”, then the burden
reduces ten fold. If one feels he will not be able to fall asleep
because of the noise from the radio, then he will definitely be
bothered and stay awake. And if he feels, “I will be able to
sleep”, then he will fall asleep nicely. This is how the world is.
You are separate from the mind, the body and speech. If the
neighbor (the non-self) is making noise while doing the dishes,
who is going to tell him? If you were indeed one and the same
(Chandulal), then you could tell him. You are simply the knower
of his activities.
The mind is well within its own dharma (nature). Would
the mind be affected if no words were to enter the ears? It
would have no effect. And what happens when words enter the
ears? It is the nature of the mind to analyze everything. To make