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"THE MIND CREATES BONDAGE & THE MIND CREATES LIBERATION!" - SAI BABA: themind is an incredible tool => the key question is, how do we use this tool so it only works for usand not against us

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IT IS ESSENTIAL TO LEARN TO QUIET THE MIND, OTHERWISE ONE CANNOT TRULYOBTAIN INNER PEACE: in the Eastern world they often call the mind the "monkey mind"because it is so hard to quiet it

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FIRST KEY TO QUIET THE MIND = OWN YOUR PERSONAL POWER AT ALL TIMESAND BE CONSCIOUS & AWARE OF YOUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, DESIRES & THECONTENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS : the owning of your personal power helps you to bethe observer & have the needed detachment and/or dis-identification from the contents ofconsciousness that is needed to have self-mastery over your mind, emotions, desires &content of consciousness (read Dr Stone's book " Soul Psychology ")

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MOST PEOPLE ALLOW THEMSELVES TO LIVE ON AUTOMATIC PILOT : which meansthey are allowing the subconscious mind to run their lives instead of the conscious mindwith personal power causing, creating & choosing one's life & reality

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GOLDEN BUBBLE OF PROTECTION: protects you from the negative thoughts, feelings

& content of consciousness from the outside world => all negative thoughts & feelings &energies coming from other people or your environment should be denied entrance so againyou are always causing & choosing your own reality from within & without

50-75% OF THIS LESSON OF LEARNING TO QUIET THE MIND, IF PROPER SPIRITUAL VIGILANCE ISCONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED, = TO STOP EVERY THOUGHT THAT COMES INTO YOUR MIND FROM INSIDE

YOURSELF AT THE GATE OF YOUR PROTECTIVE BUBBLE, WHICH YOU SHOULD ESTABLISH EVERYMORNING, AND EXAMINING EVERY THOUGHT AS TO WHETHER IT IS A NEGATIVE THOUGHT OR A

POSITIVE ONE : *of the negative ego or the Spiritual consciousness; *of God or not of God => if it is of God, let it inand if it is *not*, push it out & deny it entrance into your mind => "THERE ARE NO NEUTRAL THOUGHTS" & "DENYANY THOUGHT NOT OF GOD TO ENTER YOUR MIND!" (A Course in Miracles ); => Sai Baba calls this process

SELF-INQUIRY (75% of the Spiritual path) => this process is occurring every single moment of your life and if you arenot choosing & causing your life, who is? => the answer = the non-reasoning, subconscious mind, the astral

body, the negative ego & inner child, all of which were never meant to direct one's life

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JUST BECAUSE THE MIND GIVES YOU A THOUGHT, FEELING, IMPULSE OR CREATIVE IDEA OF APOSITIVE OR NEGATIVE NATURE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT ORDO ANYTHING ABOUT IT

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MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE INSOMNIA CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE THEY CANNOT QUIET THEIRMIND : if it is late & you have to get up early, even if you are thinking about a lot of really positive things, itis better to stop thinking even positive thoughts, otherwise you won't be able to sleep

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THE MIND AS A TELEVISION SET (METAPHOR): i t is essential to not only change the channelsof your mind with your channel changer (=your conscious mind), it is also essential at times toshut off the TV and let it rest for awhile => this state of total dis-identification from the contents ofconsciousness is a wonderful, enjoyable, rejuvenating & healing state in & of itself => there aresubconscious TV programs, conscious TV programs (when the conscious mind engages thecontent of consciousness), Superconscious TV programs and the state of no thought when theTV is shut off and just stillness & quietness is enjoyed

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REPEATING MANTRAS OR THE NAME OF GOD TO QUIET THE MIND : common practice in Indiaand tool to keep the subconscious mind & conscious mind preoccupied => this does not replace theneed, however, to quiet the mind completely

V.LESSON 2 = TO LEARN TO PUT THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, IMPULSES, DESIRES & CREATIVE IDEASON THE SHELF AND PICK THEM UP THE NEXT DAY

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WRITING LISTS: the mind will be quiet as long as it feels honored to a certain degree => whenyou are doing an activity and you just don't want to think about anything and the mind presents a

number of things that need to be done tomorrow, keep a little notebook with you in your purse, orpants pocket and just write all these things down on your " tomorrow list" => your mind will beperfectly happy to be quiet as long as it is on the "tomorrow list"

THERE IS A TIME TO IDENTIFY & A TIME TO DIS-IDENTIFY WITH THE CONTENT OF ONE'SCONSCIOUSNESS : *it is important at times to think, do affirmations, visualize, pray, repeat the Names of God,

chant, do mantras, create, achieve & identify with God and the positive aspect of one's content of consciousnessand *there is a time to just be quiet & still, be in the quiet & stillness of no thought, no specific feeling, no specific

creation and do *not* identify with the content of consciousness, even positive or Spiritual content

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