An able monarch will have his ministers under control; he will direct them along proper lines and maintain peace and security of the kingdom. On the other hand, a monarch who allows himself to be controlled by ministers does not deserve the throne; he is spurned and disgraced. His kingdom has no peace and security. The mind is the monarch in man; senses are ministers. If the mind is the slave of its senses, you will have no peace. Every spiritual aspirant who aspires to achieve expression and expansion of the Divine in oneself must therefore earn mastery over the senses. That is the first step. The next one is the conquest of the mind, its elimination. The third is uprooting the vasanas (innate tendencies), and the fourth, attainment of jnana (spiritual wisdom). The branches are the senses; the trunk is the mind; and the roots are innate tendencies. All three must be overcome and destroyed, so that awareness of the Divine Reality can be gained.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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