Mind Control

… to succeed

Need to work hard with full commitment … a lot of concentration is required for that … and mind control is the key for concentration.

Now the question came, "how to control our mind?", which is not at all an easy task … but if we able to control our mind then the rest of the job will be very easy for us.

All problems are caused by the mind, by the desires arising in it. It is not easy to control the mind and keep it away effectively from desire. If we ask the mind to think of an object, it seems to obey us for a moment, but soon it takes its own course, wandering off.

The mind of a sensible person must be kept under comfort control. Thinking and non-thinking must be governed by our will. Only then can we claim that it is under our control, that we are masters of our consciousness.

Emotions are always capturing our mind and convincing us by their irrational logic. When work does not thrill, the boredom emotion make us feel tired, restless and make us unable to concentrate; we feel disturbed and disappointed. This kind of situations can be handled by focusing the common sense on the emotion.

The secret of control is to allow our own common sense to take over by stilling the emotions. That happens when the common sense evaluates the questions “What is my motive?” or “What am I looking for?” or “Is it really essential?” or “What is its merit and what are its demerits?” Recognition of that feeling will help to still the emotion.

Caution .. Normally our common sense is not in control of our mind. The most powerful emotion in the system takes charge and we usually reflect the convictions of that emotion. Sooner or latter we will be so enveloped by that frame of mind that we will feel there is no other way of looking at a problem. It takes a lot of practice for our common sense to view that emotion from the outside.

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."

- Budha