You are awake when you feel that you have full knowledge; but, when
awake, you are aware only of the many, not of the One. It is only when you are
in deep sleep that all the multiplicity vanishes; then you are not aware of the
world and of your deluded picture of it. Examine even while awake the stages of
dream and deep sleep and realise that wakefulness deludes the seeker of Truth;
the senses are deceptive; they are inefficient instruments. Mind does not have
any powers. The only power is Atma Shakti, the power of Atma. Mind has no form.
Mind can be said to be woven of desires. The Atma shines on the heart, whether
the heart be pure or impure. However, it would be best if the heart is purified
and if the strongest desire is for God.
