3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

BEFRIEND THE MIND'63and after some time it will become part and parcel ofyour daily routine.So this is the easiest way of overpowering this powerfulidiot, instead of fighting with it outright in an unequalstruggle, We can turn to our advantage this weaknessby devoting regular time to the holy meditations, at thefixed time with religious zeal and punctuality. It will beseen that after some time, the inner revelations will armyou with something far superior, and the mind itself,which used to resent inversion, will also start relishingthe same and gradually give up its past pleasures. TheMaster gives us a positive approach for the solution ofthis riddle, which is so easy and interesting to solve bymaking a friendly alliance with the. mind instead ofmaking it an inveterate Nothing can be gained bycursing the mind, for the mind is no small thing; so theMaster's advice is to befriend it.210The mind's habit is to drag everything downward, yetas your friend, even if it wants to hurt you, it will not doso. Under such an arrangement he might even cooperatewith you. If he desires food, then agree-"Yes, I willgive you food, but first let us do a little meditation, thenwe will have food." If you immediately refuse the food,he will be tormented with the desire for it. He is likea stubborn donkey; the more you restrict him, the morestubborn he becomes. It is a very accurate definition ofthe mind. If you make a note in a book, "do not readpage so-and-so," it will be the first page people will read;they won't be able to resist the temptation! So make yourmind a companion; don't fight with him.'""