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વિશુદ્ધિમાં ચકરાય શબ્દો, ઉચ્ચારો

ને સ્વરપેટીમાંથી ફૂટ્યો હોય રાફડો

એમ મસ્તિષ્ક ભીતર અથડાયા કરે વાતો.

ક્યાંક ધરબાઈને સંકોચાયેલા પ્રસંગો 

કે સંતાડાઈને સચવાયેલાં ભૂતકાળો 

કે સ્પંદન ઊગવતાં મૃતપાય સમીકરણો

બધાં જ જીવંત થઈ મચાવ્યાં કરે દેકારો.

ક્યાંક ફળીભૂત થવાં તત્પર ઇચ્છાઓ 

કે લાભ શોધતાં ક્ષણભંગૂર પ્રલોભનો

કે વણસૂણાવી રહી ગયેલી ફરિયાદો 

બધાં જ ભેગાં રચે કોલાહલ એકધારો.

એટલે જ નીરવતાનો માર્ગ અલાયદો.

જબરજસ્તીનાં મૂકપણામાં કૃત્રિમ દાવો.

અંદર તો ખદબદતો આંધાધૂદ હોબાળો.

ફક્ત સમર્પણ, અભીપ્સાથી જ યોગ્ય ઈજારો.

પ્રભુ ચરણે અર્પણ...

'મોરલી'

સપ્ટેમ્બર, ૨૦૧૮

...the physical consciousness in everybody is like that. It is inert, conservative, does not want to move, to change — it clings to its habits (what people call their character) or its habits (habitual movements) cling to it and repeat themselves like a clock working in a persistent mechanical way. When you have cleared your vital somewhat, things go down and stick there. You see, if you have become self-conscious, you put pressure, perhaps, but the physical responds very slowly, hardly at first it seems to move at all. The remedy is aspiration steady and unchanging, patient work, the psychic in the physical, calling down the light and force into these obscure parts. The light brings the consciousness of what is there; the force has to follow and work on them till they change or disappear.

...

The physical is the slave of certain forces which create a habit and drive it through the mechanical power of the habit. So long as the mind gives consent, you do not notice the slavery; but if the mind withdraws its consent, then you feel the servitude, you feel a force pushing you in spite of the mind's will. It is very obstinate and repeats itself till the habit, the inner habit revealing itself in the outward act, is broken. It is like a machine which once set in motion repeats the same movement. You need not be alarmed or distressed; a quiet persistent aspiration will bring you to the point where the habit breaks and you are free.

...
The habit in the physical is obstinate and seems unchangeable because it always recurs — even when one thinks it is gone. But it is not really unchangeable; if the physical mind detaches itself, stands separate, refuses to accept it, then the habit in the physical begins to lose its force of repetition. Sometimes it goes slowly, sometimes (but this is less frequent) it stops suddenly and recurs no more.

* LETTERS ON YOGA

VOLUME 3. PART FOUR

4. Transformation of the Physical

Flower Name: Turnera subulata
West Indian holly, Sage rose, Yellow alder

Significance: Awakening of the Physical Mind
It wants to know and opens itself wide in order to understand.