Where there is indifference and apathy, there too is ataraxia, the perfect and unruffled serenity of the mind, If in act, word, and thought an entire suspension of judgment be maintained, then do wre possess an independent freedom, an unroutable calm. * * * * “Live so simply that pleasure when it come may seem … Read the article »
From Note Book 5 of ‘In Woods of God-Realization’ There is a kind of illusion about physical desire similar to that which a child suffers from when, seeing a beautiful flower, it instantly snatches the same, and destroys in a few moments the form and fragrance which attracted it. He only gets the full glory … Read the article »
Nutritious and abundant diet being administered successively, the result was as follows:—57 females, 43 males out of 100. Next year the decrease being 78 females, 81 females, 92 females. * * * * Man shall have to leave materialistic tendencies etc. at bayonet’s point. When man is treading the right path, the whole nature works … Read the article »
Believe me, we had better leave off all these remedies, Life is a fortress which neither you nor I know anything about. Why throw obstacles in the way of its defence? Its own means are superior to all the apparatus of your laboratories. Corvisart candidly agreed with me that all your filthy mixtures are good … Read the article »
From Note Book 4 of ‘In Woods of God-Realization’ We cannot regard, thought as merely a product, a thing of which the characteristics are due to the nature of the mechanical antecedents out of which it has arisen; when we do so, we are at once confronted with the problem, how are we to conceive … Read the article »
By the Persistence of Force, we really mean the persistence of some Cause which transcends our knowledge and conception. In asserting it we assert an Unconditioned Reality without beginning or end. Such starting point, by its very nature, cannot be a demonstrable fact, nor can it be comprehended in strict logical fashion, i.e. brought under … Read the article »
From Note Book 4 of ‘In Woods of God-Realization’ In the mental world, inactivity of mind may be the resultant of an equilibrium of forces; and the forces may be greater taken separately than in many cases of active thought – only they neutralise each other. Cf. Total pressure and resultant pressure in Hydrostatics. FICHTE … Read the article »
From Note Book 4 of ‘In Woods of God-Realization’ Patha Vyasan Though Bharadwaj applied himself to the Veda in three successive lives, he began on being incited by Indra to study the remainder of Vedic lore even in the fourth… Indra, of course, cured Bharadwaj of this vice by enlightening him into the knowledge of … Read the article »
From Note Book 4 of ‘In Woods of God-Realization’ Jnan is the principal requisite, Manonash, Vasana kshaya, subordinate. Jnan as ordinarily understood subordinate; Jnan raised in intensity to the pitch of Manonash and Vasanakshaya, the principal requisite. Nishkam karma as sadhan for the former and as necessary concomitant of the latter. 1. If a man … Read the article »
From Note Book 4 of ‘In Woods of God-Realization’ The story of Kacha Brihaspati:-— “Within the time taken in the squeezing of a flower or the twinkling of an eye, this Ahankara can be easily eradicated”. * * * * Parameshwara deigned to answer Bhringi in the following terms: “If after destroying thy doubts, thou … Read the article »
