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Chapter 6
Appendix:—If according to the preceding verse, a striver may not practise silent discipline, then he should restrain the mind from worldly objects and thoughts, and concentrate it on God. An excellent means to fix the mind on God is that wherever the mind wanders, there he should perceive (see) God and whatever thoughts come to the mind, they should be regarded as the manifestation of God.
There is a vital point that so long as a striver assumes any other entity besides God, his mind cannot be totally restrained. The reason is that so long as we recognize any other entity, attachment can't be totally wiped out and without total destruction of attachment, mind can't be totally controlled. If attachment persists, mind can be restrained to a certain extent by which worldly `siddhis'—accomplishments are achieved but Divinity is hot attained. If any other entity is assumed, then the mind is controlled for sometime and then there is deviation viz., there are two states—trance and relapse. The reason is that without assuming the other entity, two states are not possible. Therefore the mind can be totally restrained by assuming that there is no arty other entity besides God.
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