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How to Withdraw From the Sense-Objects
Whatever is perceived by the mind, speech, sight and the other senses is Myself. There is nothing besides Me. Understand this rightly.
The objects or the Gunas invade the mind and the mind gets entangled in the objects or Gunas, O sons. The sense-objects [1] and the mind thus mutually blended or intertwined form of this body of the Jiva who is Myself.
[Note - The running of the mind outside through the avenues of the senses and the resultant experience of the mind by external objects are produced by the Jiva’s identifying himself with the body [2] because of delusion or ignorance. The essence of the Jiva is Brahman or Myself. If the mind which is connected with the objects, is the essence of Jiva, then their separation is not possible. But the essence of Jiva is Brahman. Mind is only attributed to Jiva. The mind is only superimposed on the Jiva. On account of this superimposition of the mind on the Jiva, he is apparently connected with the objects. Jiva’s connection with the objects is through the mind. The Self should be withdrawn from both the mind and the objects by meditating on ‘I am Brahman.’ Turn the mind from the external objects by reflecting on the unreality of the objects and identifying yourself with Brahman. By realising your identity with the Supreme Self you will find out that the objects have no existence. By worshipping the Lord, you can completely rest in your own true essential nature as the Infinite, Satchidananda Brahman.]
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