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No man, can be changed or reformed unless his mind changes; and the mind can never change unless the structure and composition of the thoughts are changed.
A change in thoughts can be effected by three methods, namely,
1) By reducing the quantity of thoughts.
2) By improving the quality of thoughts and
3) By giving different direction to the thoughts.

Points To Be Noted~
Every Individual has his distinct Tendencies viz Vasanas. Though our activities appear to be defined by our tendencies, man has unique capacity, denied to all other living creatures, to exercise Self-Effort in choosing his actions. By persistent & prolonged application of this faculty every human being can erase his inherent tendencies and reach pinnacle of perfection.

Things that comes to mind as I progress with this book is that I feel cheated by the name of this book. I purchased it assuming it to be the Inner Engineering course that Isha was offering but there is little to none of that in this book..
Though there is lot of Sadhguru's insights to learn from this book, if your sole purpose of purchase is the same as mine then...

Favourite passages so far:
"It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. "

"They all went indoors with their new friends, and found rooms so small as none but those who invite from the heart could think capable of accomodating so many. "

"It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. "