faith in the Master; even a moment's doubt is fatal. Krishna had to convince Arjuna that He was in everyone and that no one died, as all were dead already. Then what Arjuna did was "action without action."

The above three ways are thus almost impossible to attain, So how should one act? To be involved in the mere "sansar" [worldly matters] with your wife, children, and to act results in your getting bound with hoops of iron. But submissive, loose and weak impressions are created by actions done without self-interest, even if at times thoughts of helping or pitying others come into the mind, because mind's part is to make the ego identify with the body and not feel false, and to experience the sanskaras . But when the mind sees that the ego is not so ready to accept its dictatorship, then the impressions formed by the actions of the above type are weak. Such actions are therefore eventually of help towards attaining Man-O-Nash .

When Knowledge comes, it comes in a flash; Godhood is what you then experience. God is Knowledge, and in a moment you know everything and then you know that there was nothing to know.

Some Masters have chalked out ways of destroying the mind through mind itself, by means of meditation and concentration; when mind is concentrated, its further function is weakened and the impressions exhaust themselves. But in this process of meditation and concentration, Man-o-Nash is almost impossible, because mind has the habit of getting its impressions carried out; when the mind feels frustrated, it gets more desperate. The moment you sit for meditation, thoughts which you never got before sometimes come to you, and eventually one of the following three things happen: (1) you get fed up because you cannot concentrate, (2) you get sleepy or drowsy, (3) or more bad thoughts enter your mind and you have to give up your attempts.

But if you have a brave heart and you patiently persist, then, in a very few cases, the mind is temporarily stilled.

Now this results in one of two things—one goes into a state of trance or one gets a sort of Samadhi. Neither this trance (Hal) nor Samadhi are Man-0-Nash. Such a Samadhi becomes a profession in some cases; and trance becomes like dope and one gets addicted to it. One enjoys that trance, but it is temporary. There have been cases of those going into Samadhi and while coming down, getting as their first thought the same thought they had while going up into the Samadhi. Thus, if they had the thought of money before entering into Samadhi, they get the same thought when coming out of it.