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  ================================================================================= 1.#Opinion : Saturday 15,  February 2025, 05:30. 3834. / Article Philosophy The Search for Reality-3. Swami Krishnananda.// =============================================================================== What is the means to the knowledge of Reality as it is in itself? If it is not the mind and the senses – the causes of the experiences of the individual – then what other state of experience does a person pass through, unaffected by the modifications of the mind and the senses? There is one more state left, than the waking and the dreaming states. It is deep sleep. In deep sleep there is no action of the mind and the senses. Therefore the individual in the state of deep sleep is not obstructed by the categories of the mind and the limitations of the senses. Therefore, perhaps, there is a possibility of knowing Reality as such in the state of deep sleep. But, unfortunately, one does not have exp...

=============================================================================================== Friday  14, January 2024. 05:30. Methods of Mind-Conquest -4:   Swami Sivananda Stages of Mind-conquest: (Continued) ============================================================================= Mind-conquest by Control of Speech: Thought and word are intimately bound up with each other; mind and speech are inextricably related to one another. The culture of the one results in the culture of the other; the control of the one is the control of the other. Sivananda prescribes Mouna Sadhana, or the observance of suspension of speaking, the control of speech, the preserving of silence, for a few hours every day, and for a longer time on special days. This discipline helps one use measured, effective words during speaking, it conserves the energy that is wasted in idle talking and worldly gossiping; it helps one think much, and accomplish much, attain peace of mind. Sivananda says, ...