Controlling the mind Controlling the mind is like trapping the wind it is almost impossible but proper training and through discipline one can get the ability to control the mind . According to Vivekananda The powers of mind are like rays of light dissipated; when they are concentrated ,they illumine.This is our only means os knowledge.
The man that has practiced control over himself cannot be acted upon by anything out side;there is no more slavery to him. his mind has become free. such a man alone is fit to live well in the world. Nature wants us to react, to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating,lie for lie,to hit back with all our might.Then it requires a supper divine power not to hit back, to keep control,to be unattached. How hard it is to control the mind!Well has it been compared to the maddened monkey.There was a monkey,restless by his own nature, as all monkeys are. As if that were not enough some one made him drink freely of wine,so that he became still more restless.Then a scorpion stung him.When a man is stung by a scorpion, he jumps about for a whole day;so the poor monkey found his condition worse than ever.To complete his misery a demon entered into him.What language can describe the uncontrollable restlessness of that monkey?the human mind is like that monkey,incessantly active by its own nature;then it becomes drunk with the wine of desire,thus increasing turbulence.after desire takes possession comes the sting of the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others,and last of all the demon of pride enters the mind,making it think itself all of importance.How hard to control such mind. By practicing pranayama jnana mudra dhrana and taraka
The man that has practiced control over himself cannot be acted upon by anything out side;there is no more slavery to him. his mind has become free. such a man alone is fit to live well in the world. Nature wants us to react, to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating,lie for lie,to hit back with all our might.Then it requires a supper divine power not to hit back, to keep control,to be unattached. How hard it is to control the mind!Well has it been compared to the maddened monkey.There was a monkey,restless by his own nature, as all monkeys are. As if that were not enough some one made him drink freely of wine,so that he became still more restless.Then a scorpion stung him.When a man is stung by a scorpion, he jumps about for a whole day;so the poor monkey found his condition worse than ever.To complete his misery a demon entered into him.What language can describe the uncontrollable restlessness of that monkey?the human mind is like that monkey,incessantly active by its own nature;then it becomes drunk with the wine of desire,thus increasing turbulence.after desire takes possession comes the sting of the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others,and last of all the demon of pride enters the mind,making it think itself all of importance.How hard to control such mind. By practicing pranayama jnana mudra dhrana and taraka
