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ut the imagination is palatable. Man is not weak but theimagination is weak. Understand the nature of Maya and mindand become wise. Curb this imagination of the mind byVichara or right thinking and rest in Brahman wherein there isneither imagination nor Sankalpa or thought.The vast sense-universe shines as Atma Sankalpa. If there ismind there will be this universe. There is no functioning ofmind during deep-sleep. So there is no world. The more youthink of the objects, the more this world will appear to you asreal. The conception of the reality of the universe will increaseif you think of sense-objects often and often.Shut yourself up in a room for a month. Give up readingnewspapers. Reading of newspapers revives the Samakaras orimpressions of the universe, agitates the mind, makes'youemotional and sentiniental and augments the restlessness ofthe mind. It makes you forget God and shows you that thisworld-a mere appealsngs-i5 the only reality. Have tworooms, one for study and meditation and the other for bath andfood. Never come out of the room. Spend the time in studyand meditation. Do not correspond with anybody. Cut off allconnections. Now see whether the world exists. At least it willnot exert such a deep impression as it did before. If youcontinue your meditation and rest in the Self, this world willentirely disappear. It will be like a dream. It will have noallurement for you.IVJust hear this wonderful story:Having bathed in the waters of the mirage, crowned with agarland of sky-flowers, this son of the barren woman is going,armed with a bow made of a hare's horn. How true it is! Thisworld also is as real as this story.Brahman or the Supreme Self is the only living reality. Heis your own Innermost Self or Atman. He exists in the past,224 LECTURES ON YOGA AND VEDANTA