08. A Sure Aid |
There is
no doubt that Ramanama is the surest aid. If recited from the heart, it charms
away every evil thought; and evil thought gone, no corresponding action is
possible. The outward helps are all useless if, the mind is weak. They are
superfluous if the mind is pure. This must not be taken to mean that a pure-
minded man can take all the liberties and still keep safe. Such a man simply
will not take any liberties with himself. His whole life will be an infallible
testimony to the inward purity. The Gita truly says that mind makes the
man and unmakes him. Milton paraphrases the same thought when he says: "The mind
is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."
Harijan, 12-5-1946
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