The mind of God created the stars and all the worlds. Mind is the supreme factor that is working throughout creation, that is keeping the cells of our bodies together. And this wonderful consciousness in every particle of matter is all the work of that divine mind- the mind that needs no instrument to accomplish its object.
Our little minds are part of the omnipotent mind of God. Beneath the wave of our consciousness is the infinite ocean of His Consciousness. It is because the wave forgets it is a part of the Ocean that it becomes isolated from that oceanic power. As a result, our minds have become weakened by our trials and material limitations. The mind has stopped its work. You will be surprised how much it can do if you cast off the limitations you have put on it.
The pure mind of the child, which is open and imaginative, free of prejudices and habits, is more attuned to the mind of God. But when the child grows up and experiences the tramels of material life, his mind takes on the limitations of that existence and becomes restricted in its scope. You become your worst enemy when you limit your mental power. To work with your mind is tremendously worthwhile. You haven’t tried its powers at all. To break through mental limitations is what you should strive for. I have always done that, because I wanted to be different. And when I met my guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar, I realised how supernally different he was. Most people are copies of someone else, imitating what others do. They have no independent thinking. You should be a different individual, expressing the very best of your own unique nature.
Why shouldn’t you develop your mind power and use it for any attainment you desire? All around are storms of difficulties and everyone is after his own, nobody is thinking of you. And in this clash of individualities you are a little mind about to be crushed and swept away. But if you reason this way- “God loves me even as he loved Jesus, Krishna and Buddha. He cannot be partial; He has given me this mind, which contains the gem of infinite power, and I am going to cultivate this power” – you will win.
Extract from the book ” The Divine Romance” by Sri Paramahansa Yogananda