3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

STILLING THE MIND 167the River Jumna and controlled the hydra-headed serpentthere with the sound of his flute. This many-headedserpent is the mind, which has a thousand ways of inflictingits poison, and without that Sound from the Beyond,it cannot be controlled or overcome. Outer intellect andknowledge have no power over it, for though it may remainquiet for a short time, it will then run a*ay again.If you cover a fire with ashes, it would seem there is nofire at all, yet a strong breeze will revive it and revealthe heat lying beneath. However, if you throw waterupon it, even a thousand tornadoes would fail to revivek217Brave is he who has control over his mind and senses,for the inward progress is in proportion to this control.It is the repetition that brings the mind in and the SoundCurrent that pulls it up."8 Please try to still the vibrationof the mind, and when it stands collected in the eyes youwill pass on to the regions of light.*''But they could benefit still further from mastery ofthe mind if they could but learn the sacred techniqueof self-analysis and withdrawal of the sensory currentsfrom the body. Herein you will certainly agree withSwami Ji, who says that the human mind is gravelyfoolish in having fallen prey to the outer sense enjoymentsand is endlessly entangled in worry and misery. Youknow that the mind, at present, resents inner silence andstillness, as it has a tendency to roam without for aeonsand aeons without end. You can keep it engaged in outerpursuits for hours at a time, but if you were to attemptinner silence and stillness, it would cry out and run riot,