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Arjuna in Bhagavad-Gita tells Lord Krishna,
"Chanchalam hi manah Krishna pramaathi balavad dridham;
Tasyaaham nigraham manye vaayoriva sudushkaram". (Gita 6.34)
The Mind verily is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding, O Krishna! I find it difficult to control just as wind is hard to grasp (in the fist).
Why is Mind so restless, turbulent, and unyielding???? It is because it has a lot of options spread before it in this materialistic world. It is very hard to make it stick to one. Look at the flood of materials in to the market in the name of technology. Just an example of cell phones every few days we have a new upgraded version and also cars every quarterly year we have a new model car. Accepted that this the way we have to live enjoy the present but what has these done to us instead of giving us comforts it is depriving the peace of mind which we are looking for.
Look at the malls mushrooming in and around the colleges. Will the young students mind not be restless and lured towards them???? Yes it is just the matter of making money and let anything happen to society its “none of my bother” kind of attitude. Mind is always looking for something new it would lose interest the moment that thing with it aimed for is achieved. It would not let the individual to enjoy the present situation it is always yearning for what is not got.
How can one get out of this problem of the mind??????
Cut down the number of options and the mind will cease to be restless. Here is an illustration: A bird sat on the mast of a fishing boat. When the boat sailed through the mouth of the river into the black waters of the sea, the bird failed to notice the fact that the boat had come away from where the boat had anchored. And it finally became aware of the sea, it left the mast and flew north in search of land. But it found no limit to the water in the sea and so returned back on the ship. After resting a while it flew southward. There too it found no limit to the water in the sea. Panting for breath the bird returned to the mast of the ship. Again, after resting a while, it flew eastward and then westward. Finding no limit to the water in any direction in the sea, at last it decided to settle down on the mast of the ship only.
Same is the case with Mind, given the options it will try to sit and hop on every thing it sees. But once the options are limited it will sit quite. In the illustration the Jnana or Bhakti serves as mast to the bird called Mind. It may wander for few minutes but will have to return to either of them to get solace…… Right??? What say????
Arjuna in Bhagavad-Gita tells Lord Krishna,
"Chanchalam hi manah Krishna pramaathi balavad dridham;
Tasyaaham nigraham manye vaayoriva sudushkaram". (Gita 6.34)
The Mind verily is restless, turbulent, strong and unyielding, O Krishna! I find it difficult to control just as wind is hard to grasp (in the fist).
Why is Mind so restless, turbulent, and unyielding???? It is because it has a lot of options spread before it in this materialistic world. It is very hard to make it stick to one. Look at the flood of materials in to the market in the name of technology. Just an example of cell phones every few days we have a new upgraded version and also cars every quarterly year we have a new model car. Accepted that this the way we have to live enjoy the present but what has these done to us instead of giving us comforts it is depriving the peace of mind which we are looking for.
Look at the malls mushrooming in and around the colleges. Will the young students mind not be restless and lured towards them???? Yes it is just the matter of making money and let anything happen to society its “none of my bother” kind of attitude. Mind is always looking for something new it would lose interest the moment that thing with it aimed for is achieved. It would not let the individual to enjoy the present situation it is always yearning for what is not got.
How can one get out of this problem of the mind??????
Cut down the number of options and the mind will cease to be restless. Here is an illustration: A bird sat on the mast of a fishing boat. When the boat sailed through the mouth of the river into the black waters of the sea, the bird failed to notice the fact that the boat had come away from where the boat had anchored. And it finally became aware of the sea, it left the mast and flew north in search of land. But it found no limit to the water in the sea and so returned back on the ship. After resting a while it flew southward. There too it found no limit to the water in the sea. Panting for breath the bird returned to the mast of the ship. Again, after resting a while, it flew eastward and then westward. Finding no limit to the water in any direction in the sea, at last it decided to settle down on the mast of the ship only.
Same is the case with Mind, given the options it will try to sit and hop on every thing it sees. But once the options are limited it will sit quite. In the illustration the Jnana or Bhakti serves as mast to the bird called Mind. It may wander for few minutes but will have to return to either of them to get solace…… Right??? What say????
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