POWER OF THOUGHTS I - Brahm Bunga, Dodra

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We erroneously identify our self with our body and
environment. This identification and attachment is the
root cause of our bondage, misery and sufferings.
Actually our body and the visible world around, are
mere projections and materialisation of our mind
process, i.e., our thoughts, emotions, perceptions,
convictions and faith. It is in the mental state of
consciousness that we imagine, think and behold
any thing as a person or material; and something as
good or bad.
In as much as the sense-world is a mere image in
the mind, the mind acts as an instrument for the projection
of its higher-self, i.e., the Soul. This higher-self or the
God-consciousness is the basic, original, only real
and eternal creative principle, and substance of all
life. However, the dense clouds of our egoistic thoughts
and beliefs over-shadow the effulgent soul within, and
we fail to recognise and realise our Divine Inheritance.
God-consciousness operates through the faculty
of mind. On the intellectual plane, we might be tempted
to think of mind as creative possessing power. But, in
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