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in your perception of truth, your personality becomes so integrated that you are in complete harmony with the Cosmic Will. Thus, the very thoughts that arise within your mind will carry the Divine authority of the Cosmic Mind. When a Sage is in tune with the Cosmic Mind, his thoughts re ect Cosmic thought and the intentions that operate through his mind are Cosmic intentions.
The Upanishads state, “Satyamevajayate naanritam”—“If you are practicing truth, the victory is yours.” Although truth may not triumph easily, if you hold rmly to the ideal of the truth that you have glimpsed, you will eventually see that truth triumph over all obstacles. Ultimately, you will attain the Absolute Truth—Self-realization.
Tenth Commandment
Thou shalt not covet.
This commandment enjoins the practice of aparigraha (noncovetousness), the last of the yamas or ethical restraints of Raja Yoga. In Yoga philosophy, asteya and aparigraha—nonstealing and noncovetousness—are closely related sister virtues that are both directed towards the removal of greed.
If a person is dominated by a highly intense and perverted form of greed, he chooses the path of
