They call the senses the horses, and the objects their pastures. The wise call the Self, joined with the senses and the mind, the enjoyer.
इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहुर्विषयाँ स्तेषु गोचरान् । आत्मेन्द्रियमनोयुक्तं भोक्तेत्याहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ ४॥
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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.