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====================================== 1.#Opinion : Sunday 28, June  2024 05:30. 3617. / Article Philosophy 1.#The Search for Reality -3:  2.#The Search for Truth - 1: Swami Krishnananda.// =========================================================================== Now, does a person exist in the state of deep sleep, or not? Certainly he does not die, but does exist in the state of deep sleep. It is evident that the senses do not exist as conscious agents in deep sleep. But the person exists. Therefore, the real person is different from the senses. The mind also does not function in deep sleep. But the person lives. Therefore, the real person is different from the mind. Then, what does exist in the state of deep sleep? It is ignorance that exists there. Then, is the real person who exists in the deep sleep state identical with this ignorance? If it is so, who knows that this person is identical with ignorance? That knower cannot be ignorant, for knowledge and ignorance are opp...

=================================================================================== Friday 26, Jul 2024. 05:30. CONQUEST OF MIND Swami Sivananda Part Three SECOND PHASE OF MIND-CONQUEST– ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE Stages 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 practises self-sacrifice ide...