Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam - Dec 18th, 2005

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One may say, "I am striving to control the mind but it runs about like

a mad dog. How am I to succeed?" Therein lies a mistake. The mind is

intangible, but, it is attached to the senses. Hence, control the

senses; let them not draw you into the objective world. By this means,

the mind can be made an instrument of illumination and not of

delusion. The truth will then dawn that this Atma (individual soul) is

Brahman (God). The splendour of this awareness will drive away the

darkness of ignorance, for, the Atma (Self) is jyothi (light) and

there can be no Thamas (darkness of ignorance) where there is light.

-SAI BABA