Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi - On The Mind

The mind is in itself the cause for one's happiness and misery. That mind which is possessed of wisdom, manliness and cheer is a friend, while that which is otherwise is a foe.  The mind that is sullied by the passions of attachment and hatred gives rise to misery and several other painful experiences. Hence one should wash off these impurities of the mind with one's own wisdom and manliness and make it crystal pure.  

To get rid of human misery, it is the mind and not God that is to be pleased. Without purity of mind no salvation is possible.  Motionlessness of the mind is itself salvation, while its motion is worldly bondage. Get the mind absorbed in itself and it will then merge in ecstatic Bliss. That is indeed the cessation of all misery and the attainment of final beatitude.   - Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi (1852 – 1929) Source – Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi and His selected workds by P. V. Gopalakrishnan.

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