The Greatest Service

At any moment, in this moment, you can stop for just a second; not stop the thoughts, not stop the ideas, not stop the body experiences or emotional experiences. Simply stop paying attention to them for just one second and move your conscious attention into what it is that is here that makes it impossible for you to deny that you exist. You can do that right now and see that this presence is untouched and untouchable by any of the madness that goes on within it, and it cares not for any of it.

Q: How shall I overcome my passions?

M.: Find their root, and then it will be easy.

(Later) What are the passions? Kama (lust),
krodha (anger), etc. Why do they arise?
Because of likes and dislikes toward the
objects seen. How do the objects
project themselves in your view? Because of
your avidya, i.e., ignorance. Ignorance of
what? Of the Self. Thus, if you find the Self
and abide therein, there will be no trouble
owing to the passions.

(Later) Again, what is the cause of the
passions? Desire to be happy or enjoy
pleasure. Why does the desire for
happiness arise? Because your nature is happiness,
itself, and it is natural that you come into
your own. This happiness id not found anywhere
besides the Self. Do not look for it elsewhere,
but seek the Self and abide therein.
Still again, that happiness which is natural is
simply rediscovered, so it cannot be lost.
Whereas the happiness arising from other
objects is external and thus liable to be lost.
Therefore, it cannot be permanent, and so it is
not worth seeking.

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