MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 7.10.2.

Chapter-7. THE PSYCHIC STATES :

10. WHIMS AND FANCIES :- 2.

Do not do actions through whims.

Action must be done through Viveka and wisdom.

Destroy whims as soon as they arise, through Vichara.

Always enquire whether the proposed action will bring you pleasure and spiritual gain or not.

Be on the alert.

The word ‘whim’ always goes with the term fancy.

We say, “whims and fancies.


”A fancy is a phase of the intellectual faculty of a lighter and less impressive cast than the imagination of the active play of this lighter faculty.

Fancy is a new and pleasing thought or conception due to this faculty.

Fancy is a form of imagination.

It helps a poet, but not an aspirant. It is a hindrance in meditation.

It builds castles in the air.


Check it by Vichara and Viveka.

Just as waves and ripples rise on the surface of the ocean, whims, various caprices, fancies and wrong determinations also arise on the surface of the mind-ocean.

The whims represent the ripples.

You need not be afraid of these.

They come and pass off quickly.

You must be careful about the strong waves, wrong determinations.

The strong thoughts must be eradicated by strong Vichara and proper reasoning.

Next : 11.IMAGINATION :

Swami Sivananda
To be continued  ...