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==================================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Saturday  20, Apr  2024 05:30. 3508.  Article Philosophy 1.#The Search for Reality -1: Swami Krishnananda Swami Krishnananda. ==================================================================================== What is Reality? Reality is that which never changes, which is absolute, unlimited, and is never contradicted by any other thing or experience. How is it known that Reality is changeless? Well, then, let us take for granted that Reality is changing, that Reality is that which changes. Now, what is change? Change is a modification of something from one condition to another condition. The death of one condition of a thing and the birth of  another condition is what is meant by the change of that thing. Now, does the thing itself change, or is it something else in it that changes? If the thing itself, in its essence, changes, the death of one of its conditions would mean the death of i

  ==================================================================================== Friday 18, Apr 2024. 05:30. CONQUEST OF MIND Swami Sivananda Part Three SECOND PHASE OF MIND-CONQUEST– ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE Stages of Mind-conquest ==================================================================================== III- METHODS OF MIND-CONQUEST: 1.Mind-conquest by the Four Traditional Methods: A digest of Sivananda’s description of the four traditional methods of annihilating the mind, runs thus. A Vedantin destroys the mind through Self-expansion; he practises self-denial, identifies himself with the Supreme Brahman, and thus brings about the annihilation of the mind. A Raja Yogi achieves the same goal, by stilling the mind, eradicating the Vrittis. A Bhakti Yogi obtains the death of the mind by contracting and reducing it to zero; he practises self-surrender, places his mind at the feet of the Lord. A Karma Yogi slays the mind by removing selfishness and by selfless service; he