The Master Is Stronger Than His Thoughts
The Master is you, the one who is fully awaken, the one walking the path of purity and truth.
He is the one who has renounced the desires and passion of self and submitted to the way.
The Master gains great power and strength by following such way.
Like a balance scale who has two sides, the Master has one favorite side.
The sides of the balance scale are the pure path and the other side is the impure path.
The Master favors the pure path. The thoughts that occasionally arise are considered the voices behind the gate.
The voices behind the gate are also known as the army of illusion. The Master resides within the garden of peace, where all pure seeds grow, and all fresh waters flow.
The thoughts are statements that the army of illusion speaks while they peek behind the gate at the Master.
The Master sits in pure peace, observing every statement that comes across the gate and watches it as it slowly dies out, given it no attention and no power, because it is powerless.
The Master knows who he is, he knows the power he possesses. The army of illusion spits out more statements, but they travel across the mind of the Master, and the Master just observes it, and continues in his blissful calm state without giving it any power. If the Master gives attention to the statements, the statement will cling to the mind of the Master like a leech sucking out the power from the Master. If this ever occurs the Master immediately cuts the power sucking statement with its sword of truth and wisdom, but practicing mindfulness.
The Master understands and knows that the thoughts from the army of illusion is not stronger than the Master.
Dhammapada – The World 13
“Swans rise and fly toward the sun.
What magic!
So do the pure conquer the armies of illusion
And rise and fly.”
Dhammapada – The World 17
“The wise have mastered Body, word and mind.
They are the true masters.”
