Passage 7

In English

Analyse every object and discover the cheapness and hollowness of each. Then, genuine (detachment) will be planted in your heart. So, utilise the priceless weapon, the perfect mirror, that God has given you - the (intellect), for the journey to God. An old adage announces that " is shaped by one's actions" - . But this is not quite correct. The mind prompts the sense for action. It has the on one side and the senses on the other and is drawn by both into action. When the (mind) leans towards the senses, and activates them, bondage results; if it leans towards the intelligence (which is illumined by the ), liberation results. Sometimes, the is enticed by the fake delight that the mind revels in, through the senses. has to be used at this moment to turn it away from serfdom to the mind. It must be restored to its status of regulator and controller of the vagaries of the mind.