Talk 352.
THE DIFFERENT CREEDS
The thought rises up as the subject and object. `I' alone being held, all else disappears. It is enough, but only to the competent few.
The others argue, "Quite so. The world that exists in my sleep has existed before my birth and will exist after my death. Do not others see it? How can the world cease to be if my ego appears not?" The genesis of the world and the different schools of thought are meant to satisfy such people.
D.: Nevertheless, being only products of intellect they cannot turn the mind inward.
M.: Just for this reason the scriptures speak of "in-turned look", "one-
pointed look" and so on. The Self being always the Self, why should only a dhira be illumined? Does it mean a man of courage? No; dhih = intellect;
rah = watch; protection. So dhira is the one who always keeps the mind inward bent without letting it loose.