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Your enemy is inside you –

& so is your friend

The mysterious mindJohn Milton: “The mind is a universe

and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”

A J Iyer refused to study the mind because “it has no locus”

Three-level model of the self

The body: our visible material covering that we feed and dress.

The mind: the subtle material mechanism that interfaces between the soul and the gross material body.

The soul: the essence of who we are

Difference bet soul & mindThe soul is the root of consciousness, whereasThe mind is the route of consciousness

The Ventriloquist The mind makes us its show.Stop it before it shifts from the second person voice to the first person voice.

Trajectory to tragedy (Gita 2.62-63)

Contemplation (dhyana)Attraction (sanga)Obsession (kama)Irritation (krodha)

Trajectory to tragedy (Gita 2.62-63)

Delusion (sammoha)Oblivion (smriti-vibhrama)Stupefaction (buddhi-nasha)Self-destruction (pranashyati)

The inner seer is a coach, not a critic

Krishna’s purpose is not to catch us when we do wrong; it is to catch us when we fall

Catch the mind before the mind catches you

Observation – distance yourself from the mind Meditation – connect yourself with higher spiritual reality