Rivers have floods. Some of them
are dry in summer. Almost all the rivers flow towards the ocean. When
there are floods, more water will flow to the ocean and in summer, there
will be less water going towards the ocean. But the ocean does not increase
or decrease. It remains the same, unaffected by the flow of water from
the rivers.
Mind too should be like that ocean unaffected by the
thoughts of diverse types. It should be stable and serene, unaffected
by the thoughts and emotions. To be so, is to be free from tension and
anxiety, worry and agony. We can be peaceful and tranquil always, if we
are able to remain calm, unaffected by the ebb and tide of times, fluctuations
of fortune and vagaries of weather.
"All knowledge that
the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library
of the universe is in your own mind. The external world is simply the
suggestion, the occasion, which sets you to study your own mind, but the
object of your study is always your own mind. The falling of an apple
gave the suggestion to Newton, and he studied his own mind; he re-arranged
all the previous links of thought in his mind and discovered a new link
among them, which we call the law of gravitation. It was not in the apple
nor in anything in the centre of the earth. There is no limit to the power
of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought
to bear on one point; that is the secret."--- Swami
Vivekananda
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