Ashram, Sabarmati,
13 Jan, 1940.
Dear Bhai,
It is my earnest recommendation that if it is feasible, you should postpone the japa-yagna that you have started, at the present time. For now try to understand the whims of the mind with complete mindfulness and also have clearer understanding in your heart regarding life's inclinations and aim. Contemplate continuously regarding this and come to complete understanding and agreement with your mind. If you have any doubts in your mind then settle the issue with love. Try to understand where does meaning and mystery of life lie. You as a businessman take thoughtful steps, only after considering profit-loss or win-defeat ( although there is nothing like profit- loss or win-defeat in this ).
If you start japa-yagna at the present time, you will not be able to maintain the level of equanimity that you need to throughly contemplate on all these issues. So it is my heartfelt wish that you spend your time in the contemplation of your aim in life and analyze the thoughts in your mind. Keep churning and repeating the same. Be witness to all these thoughts and emotions that arise in your mind. Then throughly analyze the witnessed ( thoughts and emotions ) and learn to extract the meaning of all this.
Mind is deceiving
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Mind does not let us peel its various layers and understand it. You can understand its real nature by going above it and peeling it's layers. You will realize the difficulties and its complicated nature only when you experience it. If some body says : " there is no difficulty or struggle in this process " then I will say : " he has not made enough effort or has not done enough contemplation ". Something must come up in this process of churning of mind and heart. With constant mindfulness we should offer adverse and hostile items at the feet of God and good can be used to develop our life constructively and use it to progress in sadhana. In the end hostile or good, both need to be offered to God and we should always be empty of our burden.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pagaran ( જીવન પગરણ )
Edition 3; pages 21-22.
13 Jan, 1940.
Dear Bhai,
It is my earnest recommendation that if it is feasible, you should postpone the japa-yagna that you have started, at the present time. For now try to understand the whims of the mind with complete mindfulness and also have clearer understanding in your heart regarding life's inclinations and aim. Contemplate continuously regarding this and come to complete understanding and agreement with your mind. If you have any doubts in your mind then settle the issue with love. Try to understand where does meaning and mystery of life lie. You as a businessman take thoughtful steps, only after considering profit-loss or win-defeat ( although there is nothing like profit- loss or win-defeat in this ).
If you start japa-yagna at the present time, you will not be able to maintain the level of equanimity that you need to throughly contemplate on all these issues. So it is my heartfelt wish that you spend your time in the contemplation of your aim in life and analyze the thoughts in your mind. Keep churning and repeating the same. Be witness to all these thoughts and emotions that arise in your mind. Then throughly analyze the witnessed ( thoughts and emotions ) and learn to extract the meaning of all this.
Mind is deceiving
-------------------------
Mind does not let us peel its various layers and understand it. You can understand its real nature by going above it and peeling it's layers. You will realize the difficulties and its complicated nature only when you experience it. If some body says : " there is no difficulty or struggle in this process " then I will say : " he has not made enough effort or has not done enough contemplation ". Something must come up in this process of churning of mind and heart. With constant mindfulness we should offer adverse and hostile items at the feet of God and good can be used to develop our life constructively and use it to progress in sadhana. In the end hostile or good, both need to be offered to God and we should always be empty of our burden.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pagaran ( જીવન પગરણ )
Edition 3; pages 21-22.
