Subjugate mind;both your friend and foe
To
propel your mind in the right direction to know the real purpose of life and
how to lead a meaningful life without causing any umbrage either to God or any
other human beings is an uphill task and painstaking proposition. Why? The
reason is that mind is your best friend as well as the enemy. If you are able
to control your friend rather than being controlled, it is laudable and you are
able to strike a deal to reach the success ladder upwardly with some comfort. Our
mind is always restless and behaves like a chirping bird who flies here and
there. If you are in a dilemma to
subjugate your mind, then it will fritter mostly on trivial issues with an
output of negativities. The rule of mind is that you need to engage it properly,
but not with fiddle-faddle. If mind is guided in a systematic manner, the
outcome in terms of thoughts will be positive.
Another important aspect of your mind
is that its thought process is not directly proportional to academic
qualifications. You may not be academically brilliant as you might have not got
a chance for sufficient education, but you may develop your power of mind by
various methods. As per yogic principles and analysis, thereby, our mind’s
behavior is classified into five different types.
First
one is Kshipta type, where the mind is disgruntled, fragmented and wavering
most of the time. Here, our mind is distracted and search many things at a time
without any effective conclusion. Our mind is completely restricted. In the Mudha state, our mind is always dolorous
and not able to remember anything even for a short period of time. The third
type is Vikshipta, where the mind is gathering only one input and thinking in
one direction; at one time, it is steady and some other time, it is volatile. When
you focus on a new practice of anything, your mind will be mostly in this
state. Fourth one is Ekagrata, where
mind is steady and induces you to concentrate on any one aspect at a time and
that too very thoroughly. The last state is known as Niruddha and here, mind is
completely controlled.
You
are not able to concentrate when mind passes through restlessness. When a
beginner is trying to practice something new, different thoughts erupt and make
him unassertive from the unaccustomed new thing and force him to get rid of the
new practice. He will be then interested to come out from the impasse. In this
type incongruous happenings, you have to be adamant enough to put your focus
steadfastly on a single thing. At the same time, your mind will force you to a
berserk situation; you have to put it back again and again in line of your thoughts
and efforts. Your mind will provoke you to think in a hundred different
directions. But you must be rigid; otherwise there will be no progress. It is very
essential to feel and observe the mind analytically. You should avoid rambling
and take adequate actions to stop confused thoughts and calm the emotions. The
purpose of concentration is the stilling of mental waves. You must ensure that the
mind should not hover around anxieties, worries and fears. Our mind is mostly
tuned to get attracted to wishful ideas. So, you must concentrate on a
particular thing, which is very appealing to you. To increase your control of
mind, in the beginning, concentrate on gross objects. The rising star in the
clear sky during night, a soothing and pleasant color or a concrete, spiritual
object can be considered for concentration with open eyes. You may then use
your power of mind to subtle objects and abstract ideas. To be always in the Ekagrata
state, closing your eyes, you concentrate on the space between the eyebrows,
the heart or any spiritual entity, the centre of energy, which is one of the effective tools
and systems to sedate your mind. If you
can manipulate your mind to your advantage to think of a single point or a thing,
it is beneficial to you. But don’t
wrestle and struggle to exert your mind much. The more you struggle to calm
your mind transcending the natural course of actions, the more it will be
distracted and you will be frustrated. You may then leave the practice to focus
on a new subject, at least for the time being. Some people who are not mentally
strong may leave the practice forever.
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There
will be physical discomfort and discordant due to overuse of emotions and
thoughts. In course of time, when you understand the real techniques, how to
control mind, the same becomes cool, pure and strong and you will be full of
joy. If you take a count of all the pleasures, which you may think, nothing is
comparable to the bliss derived from meditation, which stems from the power of
the mind. Always practice the same. Be always patience, cheerfulness and
amicable. You will be able to subjugate
your mind and success is bound to come.
If you resort to serious introspection, it is possible to identify the
various disturbing factors, which is diminishing your power of concentration. You have to eliminate them with your Ekagrata
with patience. You may destroy them through the right method of discrimination
supported by meditation.
The
powerful mind is the precursor of tremendous concentration power. With this power only, you can focus on any
one aspect for a long time. When you concentrate, perhaps all your senses may
not be that activated as you are attached to the pleasure of your body and the
allurement encircling you. The crux of the method to subjugate your mind is to fix
the same on the absolute. When you reach this stage, you become serene,
balance, hearty and amenable. Once you become experienced, you get immense joy
and spiritual oblation. The power of concentration opens the inner lid of love
and it leads to meditation, which is the sole key to your perpetual spiritual
progress and effervescence to understand the rattling nature of mind so as to
defuse the same for the benefits of everyone surrounding you.
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