Living Within Verse from Dhammapada If a man speaks or acts with an evil mind, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the bullock that pulls the cart. Mind predominates. Everything proceeds from mind. In all things the primordial element is mind. If a man speaks or acts with a purified mind, happiness accompanies him as closely as his inseparable shadow. Mothers comments : That is to say, ordinary human life, such as it is in the present world, is ruled by the mind; therefore the most important thing is to control ones mind. There are four movements which are consecutive, but which in the end may be simultaneous: to observe ones thoughts is the first, to watch over ones thoughts is the second, to control ones thoughts is the third and to master ones thoughts is the fourth. To observe ones mind. Do not believe that it is such an easy thing, for to observe your thoughts, you must first of all separate yourself from them. In the ordinary state, the ordinary man does not distinguish himself from his thoughts. He does not even know that he thinks. He thinks by habit. There is a complete identification between the movement of thought and the consciousness of the being. To observe the thought, the first movement then is to step back and look at it, to separate yourself from your thoughts so that the movement of the consciousness and that of the thought may not be confused. - Collected Works of the Mother (volume 3).
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