Analyse every object and discover the cheapness and hollowness of each. Then, genuine vairagya (detachment) will be planted in your heart. So, utilise the priceless weapon, the perfect mirror, that God has given you - the buddhi (intellect), for the journey to God. An old adage announces that ‘Buddhi is shaped by one's actions’ - Buddhih karma anusarini. But this is not quite correct. The mind prompts the senses for action. It has the buddhi on one side and the senses on the other and is drawn by both into action. When the manas (mind) leans towards the senses, and activates them, bondage results; if it leans towards the intelligence (which is illuminated by the Atma), liberation results. Sometimes, the buddhi is enticed by the fake delight that the mind revels in, through the senses. Sadhana has to be used at this moment to turn it away from serfdom to the mind. It must be restored to its status of a regulator and controller of the vagaries of the mind.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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