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Life cannot be known by the "mind," its secrets cannot be learned through the "mind." The proof is, the ceaseless strife and contradiction of opinion among those who trust in the mind. Much less can the "mind" know itself, the more so, because it is pervaded by the illusion that it truly knows, truly is. LIFE CANNOT BE KNOWN BY THE MIND ITS SECRETS CANNOT BE LEARNED THE MIND THE PROOF IS THE CEASELESS STRIFE AND CONTRADICTIONS OF OPINION AMONG THOSE WHO TRUST IN THE MIND MUCH LESS CAN THE MIND KNOW ITSELF THE MORE SO BECAUSE IT IS PERVADED BY THE ILLUSION THAT IT TRULY KNOWS TRULY IS
re of emotion and mental measuring. This psychic self, the personality, claims to be absolute, asserting that life is for it and through it; it seeks to impose on the whole being of man its narrow, materialistic, faithless view of life and the universe; it would clip the wings of the soaring Soul. But the Soul dethrones the tyrant, by perceiving and steadily affirming that the psychic self is no true self at all, not self-luminous, but only an object of observation, watched by the serene eyes of the Spiritual Man. 20. Nor could the Mind at the same time know itself and things external to it. The truth is that the “mind” knows neither external things nor itself. Its measuring and analyzing, its hoping and fearing, hating and desiring, never give it a true measure of life, nor any sense of real values. Ceaselessly active, it never really attains to knowledge; or, if we admit its knowledge, it ever falls short of wisdom, which comes only through intuition, the vision of the Spiritual Man. LAIMS TO BE ABSOLUTE ASSERTING THAT LIFE IS FOR IT AND THROUGH IT IT SEEKS TO IMPOSE ON THE WHOLE BEING OF MAN ITS NARROW MATERIALISTIC FAITHLESS VIEW OF LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE IT WOULD CLIP THE WINGS OF THE SOARING SOUL BUT THE SOUL DETHRONES THE TYRANT BY PERCEIVING AND STEADFASTLY AFFIRMING THAT THE PSYCHIC SELF IS NO TRUE SELF AT ALL NOT SELF LUMINOUS BUT ONLY AN OBJECT OF OBSERVATION WATCHED BY THE SERENE EYES OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN SUTRA TWENTY NOR COULD THE MIND AT THE SAME TIME KNOW ITSELF AND THINGS EXTERNAL TO IT SUITRA TWENTY NOR COULD THE MIND AT THE SAME TIME KNOW ITSELF AND THINGS EXTERNAL TO IT THE TRUTH IS THAT THE MIND KNOWS NEITHER EXTERNAL THINGS NOR ITSELF ITS MEASURING AND ANALYZING ITS HOPING AND FEARING HATING AND DESIRING NEVER GIVE IT A TRUE MEASURE OF LIFE NOR ANY SENSE OF REAL VALUES CEASELESSLY ACTIVE IT NEVER REALLY ATTAINS TO KNOWLEDGE OR IF WE ADMIT ITS KNOWLEDGE IT EVER FALLS SHORT OF WISDOM WHICH COMES ONLY THROUGH INTUITION THE VISION OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN
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