"Let not world-objects be your mind’s master. Let them be, if at all, subservient to the mind. To be spiritual is not to look for one’s delight and fulfillment in the objects of the world. The mind that causes delight through any object can also provide delight without such an object. Delight in reality belongs to the mind alone. It is verily mind’s own gift."

The Guiding force of Narayanashrama Tapovanam & Center for Inner Resources Development

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसञ्ज्ञितम् ।
स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ।। ६.२३ ।।

taṁ vidyād duḥkha-saṁyoga-viyogaṁ yoga-saṁjñitam |
sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo’nirviṇṇa-cetasā || 6.23 ||

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Krishna then stresses (6.23) that such yoga, which he describes as duhkha-samyoga-viyoga (free from the contact of duhkha) should be pursued tenaciously, unflinchingly (anirvinna-cetasa) at all times. Earlier in the second chapter, he said by way of preface, that in the yoga practice, vyavasayatmika buddhih is what counts supreme. It means, the intelligence should remain resolute and unswerving at any cost. Again while concluding the 2nd chapter, he described the Yogi as a sthita-prajna and sthita-dhee, as one of stable-mind and stable-intellect. Is not then to make the mind stable, contented and fulfilled, the sole aim of yoga?

This point should not be missed. The whole process of meditation involves only the conscious constituents in the seeker, namely his mind and intelligence. Generally people think of the meditational efforts giving stress on asana, pranayama etc. But, reflection upon true spiritual wisdom and its assiduous pursuit are themselves sufficient to lead the seeker to meditation.

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