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603. "Strive" what all the scriptures say - Swami Chidananda

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Monday, November 30, 2020. 10:50. AM. “Essentially, each seeker should know "What am I aspiring for? Is my aspiration being fouled by the occasional reverse gear—if not frequent reverse gears or a permanent inbuilt reverse gear—or am I totally out of gear?" All the calls of the Gita to Arjuna are to stand up and shake off weakness. "Strive" is what all the scriptures say.” **** =================================================

602. Spiritual balance - Swami Krishnananda

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  Saturday, November 28, 2020. 09:44. AM. "No saint has been able to maintain the spiritual balance throughout his life. There have been occasional reversals though these might not have left any impressionon their minds any more than the mark left by a stick drawn on water. But the mark is there when it appears. Such is the difficulty of leading the spiritual life.The case of immature seekers is much more precarious, indeed." **** ==================================================

601. THE PLAY OF MIND - Swami Sivananda

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  Friday, November 27, 2020. 02:53. PM. "The egoistic mind is the root of bondage. The non-egoistic mind is the root of Moksha. When there is no ‘I’ or egoism, there is liberation. When there is ‘I’ or egoism, there is bondage, or birth and death. It is bondage when the mind is attached to any object or any sense-organ. It is liberation when the mind is not attached to any object or any sense-organ. It is bondage when the mind desires or grieves over anything, rejects or accepts anything, feels angry or happy at anything. It is liberation when the mind does not desire or reject or accept, or feel happy or angry. Emancipation is release from the bondage of the ego and its desires, of the ego and its propensities, its cravings for the sensuous." **** ===================================================