"It is the mind that makes or mars a person. If it is immersed in things of the world, it leads to bondage; if it treats the world as but temporary, then by that detachment, it becomes free and light. Train the mind not to feel attached to things that change for better or for worse. Do not hold before it the tinsels of worldly fame and riches; attract it toward lasting joys derived from springs inside you. That will bring rewards. The mind itself will then become the guru, for it leads you on and on, once it has tasted the sweets of listening, recapitulating and repeated steady meditation. It is the mind that fills the image made by the potter with the Divinity that the devotee sees in it; it is the mind that fills the shrine room with the fragrance of holiness."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Divine Discourse - 24.3.1958)
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