Flow of electricity through wire generates heat only if there is resistance to conduction.

Flow of electricity through wire generates heat only if there is resistance to conduction.

So also it is only the ego's resistance to the Lord's Power, which is the flow of Consciousness that generates the worlds.

Surrender (Islam) to the flow and there will be no pain.

Then the mind becomes one with pure Consciousness.

Why does outgoing mind develop egoic resistance? Due to non-extinction of past vAsanas. For that, tapas, svAdhyAya and Ishvara praNidhAnam (islam, surrender). And the preceding steps of aShtAnga yoga.