The mind must become the servant
of the intellect, not the slave of the senses.
It must discriminate and detach
itself from identification with the body.
The kernel of the ripe tamarind fruit
is not attached to the outer shell;
likewise the mind must be unattached
to this shell called the body.
Strike an unripe tamarind fruit
with a stone and you cause harm
to the pulp inside; but, when you
strike the ripe fruit it is the dry rind that falls off;
nothing affects the pulp or the seed.
The mature aspirant does not feel
the blows of fate or fortune; it is the
unripe one who is wounded by every blow.
from a divine source
from a divine source
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