23.1 In the Samvat year 1878, on Jyeshth sud 11 [31st May 1822], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting in front of the mandir of Shree Vãsudev-Nãrãyan in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was wearing a white khes and had also covered Himself with a white chãdar. He had tied a white pãgh around His head. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
23.2 Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “Today, I thought about the nature of the mind. It appears that the mind is not separate from the jeev; it is a reflection of the jeev itself, but not separate from it. I also observed that the nature of the mind is like the heat of summer and the frost of winter. Just as a person can die from heat or frost, in the same way, when the mind travels towards the vishays via the indriyas, if those vishays are full of miseries, the mind becomes ‘hot’ like the heat of summer; and if those vishays are full of happiness, then the mind becomes ‘cold’ like the frost of winter. Specifically, when the mind – having indulged in those vishays which are full of misery and having become ‘hot’ like the scorching winds of summer heat – enters a person’s heart, it makes the person extremely miserable and forces him to fall from the path of kalyãn. Such a person should be known to have died from the effects of heat. When the mind – having indulged in the pleasures of those vishays that are full of happiness and having become ‘cold’ like frost – enters a person’s heart, it makes that person satisfied, and causes him to fall from the path of kalyãn. He should be known to have died due to frost.
23.3 “However, a person whose mind remains unmoved – it does not become ‘hot’ upon experiencing repulsive vishays and does not become ‘cold’ upon experiencing pleasurable vishays – should be known as a param-bhãgvat sant. However, it is no small achievement to develop the mind in this way.
23.4 “Moreover, the mind is like a child. If a child attempts to grasp a snake, or touch a flame, or perhaps hold an unsheathed sword, it becomes upset when it is not allowed to do so; and even if it is allowed to do so, it will be hurt and upset. Similarly, if the mind is not allowed to indulge in them, it turns away from Bhagvãn, and becomes extremely miserable. Therefore, only a person whose mind has a craving for Bhagvãn and which becomes neither ‘hot’ nor ‘cold’ by the vishays, should be known as a sãdhu.”
End of Vachanãmrut Gadhadã II || 23 || 156 ||