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OBJECTS ARE REALLY WITHIN

Posted by Teachings of Swami Sivananda on August 18, 2012 at 7:00pm

The objects created by the mind cause pleasure and pain. It is the mental imagination that generates pleasure and pain.
Lust, greed, delusion and pride do not exist out¬side but are in the mind. They do not really exist. It is the mind that assumes these modifications. Through these modifications man derives immense pleasure and pain. The mind imagines and thinks: "This is a beautiful object outside. Will I be able to possess it?" A desire arises in the mind and the heart burns with longing.

From "Daily Sayings" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda

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