Know the Self as the rider in the chariot, and the body as the chariot itself; know the intellect as the charioteer, and the mind as the reins.
आत्मानँ रथिनं विद्धि शरीरँ रथमेव तु । बुद्धिं तु सारथिं विद्धि मनः प्रग्रहमेव च ॥ ३॥
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Everything depends upon the mind. The pure mind acquires a new attitude.
The mind does not become tranquil until it is connected to the ever-peaceful Supreme Being.
Thought is a bird of space that can spread its wings in a cage of words, but cannot fly.
sin confines it in hell. Sin is also an eternity of hell, for eternity is in the will, and were it not in the will, it would not be in the consciousness.