How we can control our mind?

- September 08, 2020

As most powerful thing in this world is mind it can make anything like buildings, bridge and basically anything and everything that we see all around but it can do destruction work also like kill someone, robbery, kidnapping etc. Which also we see all around.

The nature of mind is told in bhagvad gita which I already mentioned in my previous blog in "5 powerful lessons from bhagvad gita" which is :For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.

So, worrior Arjun asked God that how to control mind as it is a very difficult task and God replies to great warrior Arjun that O mighty-armed son of kunti, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by suitable practice and by detachment

God said that it can be done by 2 things practice and detachment and meditation and taking god's will also help So, let's deeply talk about these 2 methods which is told by god himself:

1. Practice : It is said that practice make a men perfect but practice makes permanent whatever we practice so we should practice to control mind.

for example if your mind say let's have a drink there is no harm in that but you should told your mind no that's not an option. So, when you do it regularly your mind will conditioned like that and not go towards alcohol again and again with that same force.

It's can apply to anything if you are fat so you should avoid eating junk food but your mind play games with you and whatever you tell your mind to do or think he will do opposite of that. So, that's why God also told to regulate senses to avoid lust and here lust means attachment to anything like junkfood, alcohol, drugs, sex, smoke etc.

To avoid lust we should check that what we are taking inside our mind by the channels and senses are the channels here. So we should check what we are eating, seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling so by that we can get only good knowledge and build good habits that why Mahatma Gandhi said: don't see bad , don't hear bad, don't speak bad.

2. Detachment: Detachment is said "vairagya" in Sanskrit and basically we should be detached from bad things and involve in good ones and we all know what is bad and what is good for us.

we don't know is the relationship between soul, senses and mind as the senses are like horses and mind is driver and soul is master. So, mind control our senses and wants to take them to materialistic things like girls, alcohol, drugs but if our soul tells him to not go there then mind takes that order because soul is a master and mind is servant of soul.

And soul is part of God so indirectly it is the order by god and mind must obey that order and with chanting the holy name of God it becomes easy to do that.

So, at last I want to say whatever your sense take in becomes your thoughts, your thoughts build your habits, your habits builds your character and your character decide memes your destiny and what you are is what you get. So, take the information in your mind wisely because it will decide your destiny.

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