THE EASIEST WAY TO CONTROL YOUR MIND
This technique was taught to me by my Guru. There is a very simple technique.
And this works best when you are lead into it gradually, step by step.
The mind needs to be in a pre-meditative state always. This is the pre-requisite. And this is achieved very simply also by a technique.
Let us try to understand why the mind is not in our control. The mind is just a medium to interpret our thought flow.
You have to understand a couple of very important instructions here;
1. Thoughts are both voluntary and involuntary
2. Only those thoughts that are associated with feelings and/emotions will attract your attention.
3. It is our decision to interact or not to with the thought to draw an inference
4. It is therefore our decision to engage or not to engage our mind.
If these four points are understood by you, you have got the first technique. Let me explain a little
here for your understanding.
If you are wanting to reach someplace and you are driving your car in that direction and someone
calls you to another place, will you change your direction?
Well, you will, ONLY if you are;
1. Not sure of where you are headed
2. What is the purpose
3. What is that you want to achieve
4. And If your will is weak
So you need to be sure that to silence your mind, you have to decide to ignore the feelings and emotions that are associated with the thoughts. Your only objective is to attain a pre-meditative state and not be attracted by your thoughts.
Secondly, you cannot consciously control the mind. You can only negate its existence. The more
you try to control it, the more it resists your effort. And when you negate its existence, you have
your mind in your complete control.
Let me explain to you with another simple to understand example. You would have observed
small children who constantly seek for attention. Your mind is like a small child.
When you ignore the calls for seeking attention by the child, the child keeps quite after a while
when it sees you are not responding to its call. But he/she alert to receive your acknowledgement
of its existence. So the child waits for you to call out his/her name.
In the same way, when you ignore the mind, it initially becomes very volatile and then slowly it
settles down as there is no audience. It is ready to do your bidding as it requires your attention.
Now this is important…..! Your mind is just a voice of your ego. If you have to overcome the mind,
you have overcome your ego too. So you can hit two birds with one stone. Control over your mind
and control over your ego.
Remember, if you are forever struggling to bring your mind under you control, you are not having harmonious thoughts. Your thoughts and their accompanying feelings and emotions are distracting you.
So be watchful of your thoughts. What you think is your responsibility. This should not be difficult considering your preference to want to meditate. Remember my example of your wanting to go somewhere started above. So make the right choice to think good and pleasant thoughts that keep you in a happy mood, relaxed and in Joy.