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Blinded by feelings associated with the operation of tamas, rajas and sattwa,
people fail to perceive the indestructible and the one reality that is God –
quite beyond the properties of nature.
So God cannot be known if there is even the slightest trace of nature’s properties.
So long as these properties envelop the worshipper’s mind,
his journey is incomplete.
He has still to go along;
he is still on the way.
Revered Swami
~Adgadanand Paramhans~
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The lotus grows in mud, but its leaf floats above the water.
Ripples pass over it night and day, but if you look at the leaf it is always dry. Not a drop of water clings to it.So the lotus growing in mud and water is yet unsullied by them.
Just so, the man, all of whose actions are merged into God
(this dissolution occurs only with perception, not before),
and who acts with total detachment because there is nothing beyond
to be desired, is unaffected by action.
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Sages with perfectly poised minds are freed from material nature
during their worldly life itself.
But what is the relation between an even mind and conquest of nature?
When the world itself is annihilated, what is the position of the Self?
Since God is immaculate and impartial, the minds of sages who have known Him are also freed from all blemishes and inequalities.
The sage becomes one with God.
This is the ultimate birthless state and it is acquired
when the ability to overcome the enemy,
the world of appearances, is fully developed.
This ability is there when the mind is controlled
and
when one has achieved the state of equality,
for the world of appearances, is but an extension of the mind.
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