Question: Do we have control of our consciousness?

Sri Chinmoy: An ordinary man doesn't have control of his consciousness. But a spiritual man is able to control his. He is trying to lead a better life, a higher life, and in so doing, he is bringing down the Light of the Beyond into the darkness of the present-day world.

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol. 1, No.11, 27 June 1966, Boro Park Printers -- Brooklyn, N. Y, 1966
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