“When your intellect, once perverted by listening to all manner of arguments, is totally absorbed in the contemplation of God, you will then attain yoga. When a person is firmly established in samadhi — samadhi means fixing the mind on God — he is filled with ecstatic love and, therefore, can be completely indifferent to this world.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: From 'The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi'; his commentary on samadhi and absorption in God (attaining yoga).
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A mind yanked in every direction by competing arguments never settles. Fixing attention on a single point quiets that churn, and the calm it brings makes the day's wins and losses weigh less. Absorption, not more debate, is what finally steadies a restless head.
When to use it
- Someone drowning in conflicting advice finds peace once he commits to one clear path.
- A meditator's steady focus makes small daily setbacks stop feeling like emergencies.
- A person quits doom-scrolling rival opinions and settles into one practice that holds.