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Namah                           Mind-Training — Can We Miss This Step?





                                                 self-mastery rising from the clutches of
                                                 slavery.


                                                 Yes, there is hope.

                                                 Not only a hope, but the very purpose of
                                                 our being here. I mean, what’s the point of
                                                 being a human, if I am always controlled
                                                 by my very instruments? How about using
                                                 the instruments the best way I can, using
                                                 the power and force of consciousness and
        with  them,  then  there  is  hope.  I  now   go on even perfecting them in alignment
        notice more and more that I am this vast   with  a  greater  and  greater  light  and
        field of consciousness, of this awareness   understanding?
        of things and thoughts and feelings, in
        which the drama happens. I can remain    Yes, this sounds more like a worthwhile
        untouched, if only I choose to, if I have   human being!
        had had enough of it! It is a choice I make.
        In fact, in ultimate reality, I am indeed   And that is why we are here.
        untouched, pure, serene and the moment
        I take the stance as the consciousness   So, we realise that a continuous training
        itself, which I am in my innate nature   of the mind has to become as much an
        anyway, I see the dance, the drama from   essential  part  of  our  lives,  (much  like
        a detached position and become capable   breathing eating or bathing) as eliminating.
        also of changing its course. Can the empty   A mind which is clear, still, wide, clean,
        space become dirty by any filth? Filth   receptive and open to the higher light can
        may be there, the bad smell may be there,   become a worthy instrument for the work
        but the space is forever untouched by all   to be done by us human beings. We have
        of that. I am that Space.                to take care of this instrument, along with
                                                 the rest of our parts and pieces, as well as
        Once  I  begin  taking  more  detached   we take care of our house, our belongings,
        positions from the active drama in my    our property and our working space…. It
        mind, of the crazy and loopy thoughts    seems to me that skipping this step is very
        and feelings, I see that I always have a   dangerous, and has already brought much
        choice, I have a discernment also which   havoc, not only in our personal lives, but
        comes hand in hand with the consciousness   around the globe as a whole.
        looking at the drama. With that Knowing,
        with that discernment I make a choice, I   Where do we begin from? The closest is
        can make a choice, and therefore steer   our own self.
        the things towards the right direction,
        towards a higher direction. And now,     “To observe the thought, the first movement
        we will see gradually, a little spark of   then is to step back and look at it, to separate

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