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Vol. 8, Health and Order of Body and Mind
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Self-Control
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The Control of the Consciousness
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Vol. 8, Health and Order of Body and Mind
Self-Control
The Control of the Consciousness
This is the control which liberates the consciousness from its attachment to the lower planes. That attachment keeps the consciousness deluded and confined to the earth; by self-control it can be liberated. Self-consciousness grows through lack of self-control. Man attaches such importance to his life that his slightest joy or sorrow becomes of worldwide importance to him, and thus he becomes a prey to every form of weakness; for it is a natural law that a single atom of depression gathers clouds of gloom, and a slight pain reflected in the consciousness grows into a mountain.
Self-control is the way by which the Sufi makes the consciousness free from all worldly reflections, hereby attaining the blankness out of which the whole world was manifested. This perfection can only be attained by absolute self control.
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