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  ========================================================================= 1.#Opinion : Saturday  15, June  2024 05:30. 3571.  Article Philosophy 1.#The Search for Reality -2:  Swami Krishnananda. =========================================================================== Now, does the scientist admit the existence of an ultimate Reality? He does, and he should, if his statements should be reasonable or tenable, and be based on direct experience. No doubt there are some who claim to have no knowledge of anything except of phenomena; but they, obviously, cannot say that this knowledge should be valid, ultimately. But, if the scientist is to admit that there is a Reality, how can he defend himself? How does he know that Reality exists? He knows this through observation and experiment. His experience consists of the knowledge which he derives as a result of observation through the senses. That means his knowledge of the Reality is what is given to him through the senses. Now, can Reality

======================================================================= Friday 14, June 2024. 05:30. CONQUEST OF MIND Swami Sivananda Part Three SECOND PHASE OF MIND-CONQUEST– ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE Stages of Mind-conquest ======================================================================== Mind-conquest by the Method of Sakti Yoga: Freedom from the thraldom of mind, matter and Maya, maintains the Sakta-guru, is impossible of achievement except through the Grace of the Endless Sakti or Power that the Divine Mother is. If the Mind is to be conquered, the Maya is to be transcended, the Matter is to be transfused into absolute Consciousness, one has to awaken the Supreme Power latent in oneself, as the Kundalini Sakti, as the Divine Mother, by Dhyana, by Bhavana, by Japa, by the force and potencies released from Mantra Sakti. One attains Siddhi or Perfection when the latent infinite Power is awakened, and the entire process and the subtleties of the discipline have to be conducted an