In English
Keep the body steady to control your mind
King was able to get liberation when he offered his entire mind and the three types of activity, thought, word and deed, to . The essential meaning of this episode is that one should become , to realise unity with the Divine. As long as you have a mind, there is duality. Cold and heat, day and night, sorrow and joy, loss and profit - all these pairs of opposites come about only when you have a mind. If you want to learn to treat all these things equally, you have to offer your mind to God. That is why in it has been said that it is the mind that is responsible for liberation or bondage. As long as you have the mind, and will not leave you alone. As long as you have these two , there will be no stillness of the body. What is the reason for the restlessness of the mind? On account of the desires of the sense organs the mind becomes restless. Here is a small example for this. When there is some water in a vessel, if the vessel moves, the water also moves. If the vessel is steady, the water also will be steady. In steady water, you are able to see your image, but in moving water, your image will also be moving. Therefore, if you want to enter into a state of meditation, you must keep your body still. The body is like the vessel, and the mind may be compared to the water inside it. If body moves, the mind inside will be agitated. Therefore, control your mind and make it steady by keeping your body steady. For meditation, it is very important to keep the back straight. The power travels from the (at the base of the spinal column) to the (thousand-petalled energy centre) in the crown of the head. Therefore, you must be steady. Head, neck and body have to be straight; there should be no bend. This is extremely essential for students and engaged in meditation. That is why I tell the students often, "Why do you study? To become steady!" If fight from boyhood you can keep your body under control, it will be very useful in achieving many things in later life. chose as an ideal representative of mankind to set an example for humanity. He said to , "I am using you as an instrument in order to make an example of you. Therefore, you must first become an ideal person."