If all were to begin blaming each other for their own imperfections, then tell Me, how would one find the strength of the effort to bring the reform?

What is the way to overcome or sublimate this selfishness?

What is the way to overcome
or sublimate this selfishness?

For this, first, we should
have a proper evaluation,
a proper understanding of our body, senses, mind, etc.

They are not ourselves.
In ignorance we identify ourselves with them.

They are our vestures,
they are like the dress we wear.

The body is not we,
the sensory organs are not we;
the mind is not we; They are merely our vestures.
That is why we say, "this is my body, etc."
We never say "I am the body".

We should therefore try to
realize that we are really apart.
The self that is apart from these is
the real entity in us, and we are that.

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Assign to your mind the task of serving the Lord and it will grow tame...

Assign to your mind the task
of serving the Lord and it will grow tame.

You hand over only ornaments that
need repair or reshaping to the goldsmith.

So too, give the Lord your mind
that certainly needs repair, if not complete reconstruction.

The blemish that affects the mind is illusion.
It is like a fierce dog that will not allow
any one to approach the master.

Illusion is the Lord's pet and so,
it will not harm you if He orders it not to.

Hence, the way to avoid the dog is by calling
out to the master loudly, so that he comes to
welcome you himself, that is to say by praying
to the Lord to shower His grace upon you.

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