Sarada Devi Quote 3
How can one’s mind be healthy if one doesn’t work? No one can spend all twenty-four hours in thought and meditation. So one must engage oneself in work; it keeps the mind cheerful.
Guidance for Meditation and Life from Sages and Great Gurus
How can one’s mind be healthy if one doesn’t work? No one can spend all twenty-four hours in thought and meditation. So one must engage oneself in work; it keeps the mind cheerful.
It is the nature of water to flow downwards, but the sun’s rays lift it up towards the sky. Likewise it is the very nature of the mind to go to lower things, to objects of enjoyment, but the grace of God can make the mind go towards higher objects.
Everything depends on one’s mind. Nothing can be achieved without purity of mind. It is said, ‘The aspirant may have received the grace of the Guru, the Lord, and the Vaishnava; but he comes to grief without the grace of the ‘one’. That ‘one’ is the mind. The mind of the aspirant should be gracious to him.