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Attachment is the cause of a permanent mental impression in
the case of an object which provides pleasure; when an
object that is a source of pain is present, aversion is the
cause. In the absence of both, because the mind does not
melt, no permanent mental impression is created. This is
the meaning.
The mind's acquisition of the form of the Blessed
Lord is the secret meaning of all the scriptures because all
scriptures, though differing in approach, culminate in this
state alone. Before it is attained, however, the forms of
all other objects must be removed from the mind.
XXIII. The Possession of the Lord's Form is Natural 229
It might be asked how the mind's being filled with
an infinite number of desirable and undesirable impressions
that have been entering it during its melted state from
beginningless time might cease. Indeed, this condition
seems to be the inherent nature of the mind, just as
coolness is the nature of water, warmth the nature of fire,
When something possesses a
and mobility the nature of wind.
quality inherently, there is no possibility that this
inherent nature may be destroyed.
the author says:
In answer to this doubt,
32. THEREFORE THE WISE SHOULD CONSTANTLY, BY THE MEANS
SANCTIONED IN THE SCRIPTURES, MAINTAIN HARDNESS TOWARD
WORLDLY OBJECTS AND THE MELTED STATE IN RESPECT OF THE
FEET OF THE LORD.