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Give up at once the thought of "I"
in the action of the selfish personality, in the changeful
self,
which is but a reflection of the real Self, destroying
it rest in the Self.
*
Therefore this selfish personality,
the enemy of the Self,
like a thorn in the throat of the eater,
being cut away by the great sword of knowledge,
thou
shalt enjoy the bliss of the Selfs sovereignty,
according to thy desire.
*
Therefore bringing to an end
the activity
of the selfish personality,
all passion being }aid aside w;hen the supreme object is gained,
rest silent, enjoying the
bliss of the Self, in the Eternal,
through the perfect Sell from all doubt free.
*
Mighty selfishness, even though
cut down root and all,
if brought to life again even for a moment, in thought,
causes a hundred dissipations of energy,
as
a cloud shaken by the wind in the rainy seasons,
pours forth its floods.
*
After seizing the enemy, selfishness,
no
respite at all is to be given to it,
by thoughts of sensual objects.
Just this is the cause of its coming to life again,
as
water is of the lime tree that had withered away.
*
The desirer is constituted by the bodily self;
how can the cause
of desire be different?
Hence the motion of enticement to sensual objects
is the cause of world-bondage,
through
attachment to what is other than the Self.
*
From increase of action,
it is seen that the seed of bondage is energized;
when
action is destroyed, the seed is destroyed.
Hence let him check sensual action.
*
From the growth of mind-images
comes the action;
from action the mind-image grows;
hence the man's pilgrimage ceases not.
*
To cut the bonds
of the world's pilgrimage,
both must be burned away by the ascetic.
And the growth of mind-images comes from these two
-
imagining and external action.
*
Growing from these two,
it brings forth the pilgrimage of the soul.
The
way of destroying these three
in every mode of consciousness,
should be constantly sought.
*
By looking on all
as the Eternal,
everywhere, in everyway,
and by strengthening the mind-image of real being,
this triad comes to melt
away.
*
In the destruction of actions
will arise the destruction of imaginings,
and from this the dispersal of
mind-images.
The thorough dispersal of mind-images is freedom;
this is called freedom even in life.
*
When the
mind-image of the real grows up,
in the dispersal of the mind's alarms,
and the mind-image of the selfish personality
melts away,
as even thick darkness is quickly melted away
before the light of the sun.
*
The action of the greatest
darkness,
the snare of unreality,
is no longer seen when the lord of day is arisen;
so in the shining of the essence
of secondless bliss,
no bond exists nor scent of sorrow.
*
Transcending every visible object of sense,
fixing
the mind on pure being, the totality of bliss,
with right intentness within and without,
pass the time while the bonds
of action last.
*
Wavering in reliance on the Eternal must never be
allowed; wavering is death - thus said the son
of the Evolver.
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There is no other danger for him who knows
but this wavering as to the Selfs real nature.
Thence
arises delusion, and thence selfish personality;
thence comes bondage, and therefrom sorrow.
*
Through beholding
sensual objects,
forgetfulness bewilders a wise man even,
as a woman her favorite lover.
*
As sedge pushed back
does
not remain even for a moment,
just in the same way does the world-glamour
close over a wise man, who looks away from
the Real.
*
If the imagination falling even a little from its aim,
towards outward objects,
it falls on and on,
through unsteadiness,
like a player's ball fallen on a row of steps.
*
If the thought enters into sensual objects,
it
becomes intent on their qualities;
from this intentness immediately arises desire,
and, from desire, every action of
man.
*
Hence than this wavering there is no worse death,
for one who has gained discernment,
who has beheld the
Eternal in spiritual concentration.
By right intentness he at once gains success;
be thou intent on the Sell with all
carefulness.
*
Then comes loss of knowledge of one's real being,
and he who has lost it falls;
and destruction
of him who thus falls is seen,
but not restoration.
*
Let him put away the willful motions of the mind,
the cause
of every evil ac!
he who has unity in life, has unity after his body is gone.
The scripture of sentences says that
he
who beholds difference has fear.
*
Whenever even a wise man beholds difference in the
endless Eternal, though only
as much as an atom,
what he beholds through wavering becomes a fear to
him through its difference.
**
Sankaracharya "Sankara" : The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom - edited
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