Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam - Aug. 11, 2005

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The mind of man is not an organ that can be identified

physiologically; it cannot be touched or operated on by doctors or

surgeons. It is an intangible bundle of resolutions and hesitations,

wishes and wants, pros and cons. It easily rushes out after external

pleasures and assumes the shapes of the things it seeks. It can also

be turned back into searching for inner contentment and inner joy.

That is why the mind is said to be the instrument for both bondage and

liberation. Allow the senses to lead it outward, it binds. Allow the

intelligence to prevail upon it to look inward for bliss, it

liberates.

 

-SAI BABA