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Chapter 5, Verses 22, 23"Senses touch objects.Pleasures are like wombsThat bear sorrow.They are transient.Not in themDo the wise find lasting joy.Yogis who are able to master,Here on Earth,Impulses of selfish desire,Anger and fearRest in the SelfAnd are truly at peace."Sri Krishna Prem:"By dwelling upon the Light of the Eternal, you will find that the pleasurable or painful sensations which Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 21"They are not bound by outside things,And within they find gladness.Alive to the bliss of the Atman,Their souls are at rest in the Self,And they abide in everlasting joy."Sri Eknath Easwaran:"For a long time, until we break through the surface layers of consciousness, meditation is little more than arduous discipline, and pretty boring at that. But once we enter the depths, we Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 20"Abiding in the Self,Calm-hearted and free of bewildermentThey are neither elated by the pleasantNor saddened by the unpleasant."Sri Eknath Easwaran:"Those rare persons who are able to receive good fortune without getting excited and bad fortune without getting depressed, who are able to treat those who are good to them with love and those who are not good to them with love, Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 19"Those whose minds are ever sereneWin the victory of life on Earth.God is pure and ever one,And ever one are they in God."Sir Eknath Easwaran:"What usually happens with most of us is the opposite of even-mindedness. When someone pleases us, we get a sense of exhiliration. When someone says no to us, we get dejected. These fluctuations of the thought-waves reduce our capacity to Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 18"With the same evenness of unconditional Love,They behold a priest, a cow, an elephant, or a dog,And also one who eats a dog."Maharishi Mahesh Yogi:Wisdom fosters humility. Just as the wise see the distinctions and differences in creation as only temporary with the one underlying Reality infusing them all with consciousness, so do they not insist that things happen in any Read Full Story
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A poem by Pablo Neruda:All night I have slept with you next to the sea, on the island.Wild and sweet you were between pleasure and sleep,between fire and water.Perhaps very lateour dreams joinedat the top or at the bottom,Up above like branches moved by a common wind,down below like red roots that touch.Perhaps your dreamdrifted from mineand through the dark seawas seeking meas before,when you Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 17"In the Supreme,With the Buddhi there,The Atman there,Your striving and purpose there,You abide in a state beyond return,Your transgressions having beenWashed away by wisdom."Paramahansa Yogananda:"By beholding the scenes of life as a divine panorama, and by meditation and ecstasy, we gradually come to realize that God is the sole director of the cosmic cinema. The wisdom so Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 16"When the LightOf the revealed SelfDrives out the darkness,Then the Light of wisdomShines like the mid-day Sun."Father Bede Griffiths:"With this wisdom, we understand the real meaning of the work we are doing. It is coming from God, and as we surrender it to God, we shine with the Light of God within."Eckhart Tolle:"Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 15"The All-Pervading does not partakeOf anyone's virtuous or evil actions.When wisdom is obscured by ignorance,People become bewildered."Sri Ramakrishna:"The burning lamp gives light to one and all around it. Some use the light for reading sacred books, while others use it for forging documents. The merits and demerits of these several acts do not in any way affect the light Read Full Story
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Chapter 5, Verse 14"Do not say,'God gave us this delusion.'You dream that you are the doer.You dream that action is done.It is your ignorance.Wisdom becomes darkenedBy its absence,And this leads you astray."Sri Krishna Prem:The Self dwells blissfully within, neither acting nor causing to act. Serene in itself, it is untouched by the good and evil deeds of others and constitutes an abode in which Read Full Story
