You are awake when you feel
that you have full knowledge; but, when
awake, you are aware only of the many, not of the One.
It is only
when you are in deep sleep
that all the multiplicity vanishes; then
you are not aware of the world and of your deluded picture of it.
Examine even while awake
the stages of dream and deep sleep and
realise that wakefulness deludes the seeker of Truth;
the senses are deceptive; they are inefficient instruments.
Mind does not have any
powers. The only power is the power of Atma. Mind has no
form. Mind can be said to be woven of desires.
The Atma shines on the
heart, whether the heart be pure or impure.
However, it would be best
if the heart is purified and if the strongest desire is for God.
divinely sent
