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(prakruti) inherent nature of the non-Self that is making you
‘dance’ against your will.
Questioner: What is the relation between the mind and
the body?
Dadashri: Everything of the body, these five senses and
everything else, is under the control of the mind. If the mind tells
the eyes, ‘This is worth seeing,’ the eyes will immediately look,
and if the mind says, ‘No,’ even if the eyes are looking, they will
immediately look away. Therefore, the whole body is under the
control of the mind.
Questioner: Many times the mind says that it does not
want to see something and yet one sees it anyway. What is that?
Dadashri: Seeing is its nature so it will go ahead and see
it, but if you decide that you do not want to look, it will not look
there again. The sense organs (indriyas), due to their innate
properties, will probe and taste. But when the mind says no,
they will not do it again. Now You have to see who has the
control over the mind. Who has the control over your mind?
Questioner: The intellect (buddhi).
Dadashri: What does the buddhi do?
Questioner: It shows us the differences between good
and bad.
Dadashri: Do things happen according to the decision of
the intellect (buddhi)?
Questioner: No, they do not.
Dadashri: Who has control over buddhi?
Questioner: I do not know that.
Dadashri: The ego! Who else!
Mind, intellect, chit and ego are the four components of