Reminiscences of Swami Turiyanandaji (we are going to celebrate Swami Turiyananda-jayanti tomorrow) June 1, 1915. It was morning. SWAMI TURIYANANDA: “At one period of my life I used to live continually in an ecstatic state. Then the Lord suppressed this mood.” DISCIPLE: “Why did He suppress such a wonderful mood?” SWAMI TURIYANANDA: “You know that in our country if a young child is very handsome his mother sometimes draws black marks on his cheeks so that people will not be envious of him. Perhaps in the same way the Lord suppressed this ecstatic mood in order to protect me from the envy of others. “Troubles exist as long as we live in the domain of thought. There is no peace until we transcend thought itself. When one kills the mind, the senses come under control. What does it mean to kill the mind? It is to detach it from sense objects. The enlightened person has their senses under perfect control. ‘The tortoise can draw in his legs: the seer can draw in his senses. I call him illumined.’” The Swami closed his fist to illustrate how the enlightened soul draws in the senses.
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