First Step - Control our vision
When Sita was being carried away by Ravana over the Chitrakoota Mountain, she dropped several of her jewels so that people could find them and convey the news to Rama. When Rama and Lakshmana became friendly with Sugriva, he brought the jewels, which his followers had gathered and showed them to Rama. At that time Rama asked Lakshmana if he could recognise the jewels. Lakshmana said that while he could not recognise the other jewels, he could certainly recognise those which Sita wore on her feet. When Rama asked how he could recognise these, Lakshmana replied that every morning he used to go and touch her feet; hence he was quite familiar with them.
Lakshmana was looking at the wife of his brother as his own mother and was looking only at her feet. He never looked at her face. Lakshmana would always bend his head low if he found some other woman coming in front of him. Lakshmana was a person of exemplary character. The vision and the eyes of the young people today do not bend even if we bend them by force. If they use their vision for unsacred purposes, disturbance of the mind will surely follow. The first important sadhana is to control our vision. Lakshmana had such sacred thoughts and mind. If only he is taken as an ideal example and we follow him, there will be no doubt of our own elevation. - Sathya Sai Baba
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