Theos-Talk Archives (October 1997 Message tt00052)

Rudy:

ATMA- BUDDHI- MANAS.
 Know Self as Master of the
 Chariot, and body as  the chariot;
 Know Soul as Charioteer, Mind also as the reins.
 The powers, they call the horses, sensuous things their roads;
 Self-powers -Mind united- this , say the wise, is the Enjoyer.
 He who in not full of Knowledge, with  Mind ever ununited;
 His  powers are unswayed, like the charioteer's unruly horses.
 But he who is full of Knowledge, with Mind ever united;
 His powers are swayed, like the charioteer's well-ruled horses.
 He who is not full of knowledge, with Mind unruled, ever impure;
 He gains not the that Rest,- he returns to circling   birth and
death.
 But he who is full of knowledge, with Mind well ruled, ever
pure;
 He  gains that Rest   wherefrom he is not born again.
 He who    firmly grapes Mind, the reins, like a charioteer full
of knowledge;
 He gains the Path,--- that supreme Rest of the pervading Power.
 Than the powers, the impulses are higher; than the impulses Mind
is higher;
 Than Mind, Soul is higher; than Soul is higher the great Self.
 Than the great Self, the Unmanifest is higher; than the
Unmanifest, Spirit is higher;
 Than Spirit, none is higher at all; this is the end, the SUPREME
WAY.

Katha Upanishad 1,3.

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought: all that
we are is founded on our thoughts and formed of our thoughts.

The DHAMMPADA