of it in itself. But this latter power can cut two ways; it may tempt the mind to construct more images of the reality and mistake them for the reality itself. It is one of the many dangers of a too active mind.Patel, Govindbhai
My Pilgrimage to the Spirit
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Sri Aurobindo — Patel, Govindbhai
February 29, 1932
February 29, 1932
There are two different things — one, when you have done things before in another life and work them out again with less effort, because, the power is already there in you — the other is when you have the power of formation of which I spoke, and whatever is suggested to the mind, the mind constructs and establishes a form of it in itself. But this latter power can cut two ways; it may tempt the mind to construct more images of the reality and mistake them for the reality itself. It is one of the many dangers of a too active mind.