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are to be counteracted by the good tendencies, and the bad marks on the mind should be removed by the fresh waves of good impressions, until all that is evil almost disappears, or is subdued and held in control in a corner of the mind; but after that, the good tendencies have also to be conquered; only thus the "attached” becomes the “unattached.” Work; but let not the action or the thought produce any strong impression on the mind; let the ripples come and go; let huge action proceed from the muscles and the brain, but let them not make any deep impression on your soul. How can this be done? We may see it easily enough that the impression of any action, to which we'attach ourselves, remains lastingly.
I may meet hundreds of persons during the day, and among them meet also one whom I love; and when I retire at night I may try to think of all the faces I saw, but only that face comes before the mind--the face which I met perhaps only for one minute, and which I loyed; all the others have vanished. My attachment to this
