Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Tonic for the Mind - 22

An alert mind is developed only by quietening the mind. For this to happen, the mind must not wander into the past or into the future unnecessarily, such a mind would have either pre-occupations of the past, worries, regrets or it would be too anxious for the future. Then that mind is not aware of the present, which is always there...it is not alert to it. Alertness is a spiritual and a leadership quality which must be developed. ''Alertness is the price one pays for perfect living".

- Swami Mitrananda

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