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qvt 9*11
"The mind, fickle and obdurate and
wandering around, has to be reined in and
placed under control." Only then the direction
of the mind changes and the process of
looking inwards is set in motion.
The mind by nature is fickle. It is never
stable; is always in a state of flux. If it does
not aim for good, it leans towards bad.
Whether a man is sleeping or is awake, the
mind is engrossed in different activities of
thinking, and dreaming fanciful flights thought
as its food. The mind is like water. As the
water flows downwards, so does the mind
goes towards lowly acts of sinning, evils and
worldly pleasures, at fast speed. It tends to
look for excuses for avoiding good company,
bhakti, serving the people and self-
improvement. As the pressure system is