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FOREST
A symbol of meditation in the solitude of the
soul; a subjective state of mind wherein the consciousness is
withdrawn from all external attractions into the higher intellect.
"A twice-born Snâtaka, who has thus lived according to the law in
the order of householders, may, taking a firm resolution, and
keeping his organs in subjection, dwell in the forest." - Laws of
Manu, VI. 1.
An ego endowed with mind and moral responsibility, who has further
completed his incarnations and risen to individuality in the
causal-body, may, with steadfast resolve to conform to the Divine
will, and controlling completely his mental qualities, withdraw
consciously inwards to meditate and progress, free from all external
things.
"O Bhârata, what need has a self-controlled man of the forest, and
what use is the forest to an uncontrolled man? Wherever a
self-controlled man dwells, that is a forest, that is an hermitage."
- Mahâbáhrata, Santiparva, 5961.
In the name of moral rule (Bhâ-rata)! what need has a
self-controlled mind of limitation of freedom from external
attractions, and, on the other hand, of what use is such limitation
to an uncontrolled mind? In whatever environment a self-con-trolled
mind is placed, that is freedom for meditation, that is solitude of
soul.
“The word forest' is used in this district (New Forest) in its
primitive sense of a wilderness or uncultivated tract of country." -
MABEL COLLINS, In the New Forest.
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