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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
the illuminated One Principle. The fluctuating
power of the mind is called by several names such
as Maya, the impure Vasanas and others. The
flitting mind is no other than the fluctuating Sakti
itself. It is this fluctuating potency of the mind that
you should destroy through ceaseless Atma-Jnana
enquiry.
Supreme bliss will flow from the renunciation of
all attractions towards the much-longed for paltry
objects. The mind which occupies an intermediate
state between Brahman that ever is and the
universe that is not, ever oscillates gravitating
towards the one or the other. This mind becomes of
the nature of Jnana through dint of the efforts
towards spiritual direction; but becomes of the
nature of the universe through Ajnana. Through its
own efforts, the mind assumes the shape of any
object it concentrates itself upon. Therefore you
should, through your Atma-Jnana mind, avoid the
mind which runs in the direction of objects; and
progressing higher up, should, without any
despondency of heart, accumulate wealth for that
imperishable Supreme Seat. Like an emperor who
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