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HOW TO CONTROL MIND
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Just as a tiger confined to a place surrounded by high walls makes repeated efforts to jump over the walls and, becoming exhausted, lies down panting, the mind, failing in its efforts to go out on account of the sense organs being restrained, becomes calm. Then it gives up all effort.
The mind gradually gives up all agitation if the breath is controlled through pranayama, if the company of sages is resorted to, if the vasanas are given up, and by the cultivation of devotion to the feet of Hari. The mind and the breath are like two sides of the same coin and so when one is controlled the other also becomes calm.
Restraint of the mind
If the mind is not allowed to go out towards external objects, but is fixed on the Self, it will become identified with the Self. When the mind is thinking of sense objects it becomes tainted and tamoguna predominates. When the mind withdraws itself from sense objects and attains dispassion towards them, sattvaguna will begin to manifest. (Prakriti, which is the material cause of the whole world is said to be composed of three gunas or modes, namely, sattva, rajas and tamas. The mind is also constituted of the same three gunas.
The proportion of these gunas varies from person to person. In the same person the proportion varies from time to time, depending on the activities of the mind, and one guna or other predominates. When sattvaguna predominates, the mind is calm, receptive to knowledge and pure. When Rajoguna predominates, the person is actuated by greed and is inclined to engage in action for the fulfilment of his desires, heedless of the consequences. When tamoguna predominates, the person becomes lazy and goes into a torpor). The mind of the ordinary person constantly seeks pleasure through the sense organs. If the desired object is not attained the person thinks that he has lost something very valuable and is very unhappy.
Every one has to experience the consequences of his actions in this life or in past lives. This is the inexorable law. The only way to prevent the mind from running out in search of sense pleasures is by the cultivation of dispassion.
The happiness experienced in deep sleep is not born of any sense object because at that time there is no contact of the mind with external objects through the sense organs.
The mind gradually gives up all agitation if the breath is controlled through pranayama, if the company of sages is resorted to, if the vasanas are given up, and by the cultivation of devotion to the feet of Hari. The mind and the breath are like two sides of the same coin and so when one is controlled the other also becomes calm.
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| Author: Amanpreet Singh 23 May 2009 | Member Level: Gold Points : 1 | Controling the mind is not a easy task. It needs very much efficiency and patience.
| | Author: rati 23 May 2009 | Member Level: Silver Points : 2 | Hi Imran,
I think you are right but there is another major factor which can help people to control mind and a mantram can be used to free your mind from attachments
Mind is controlled by your will - a decision you make or forgot to make
Hence you can easily control the focus of your vision by turning your head to any particular side and watching whatever you LIKE and WANT to watch. Exactly the same principle applies for your mind if you close your eyes. That means with just a very little practice you can actively focus your mind on a particular object of your choice. By fixing your mind however - it is bound to be quiet or at least occupied with an object of your active choice rather than jumping around and getting totally out of conscious control !! You need to learn to be in control of yourself. In order to achieve that - you first need to control your mind - your thoughts. Just keep your mind continuously busy with something really Divine - something very precise and accurate. Limit yourself to a very few selected objects or Mantras. Or have your Guru give you an individual Mantram.
A mantram is a word or sentence used as a positive affirmation to open your blockages and get love flowing again !
To clarify about the use of individual Mantram - a Mantram never can be secret. But it can be individually adapted to the needs, the individual spiritual blockages a person / soul has. An individual Mantram may change during the course of months or years. Depending on your overall spiritual progress.
This is the way Mantram work. People keep repeating a holy word or sentence for an extended period of time up to hours and hence they keep that mind busy and filled with the holy energy coming from that object. Any true Mantram is directly related to a Divine truth. Hence whatever aspect of Divinity you are using it is that Divine truth that is flooding into yourself, your mind, your aura and may change you - free you. You should only use Mantras that you surely know its exact and true meaning and you fully agree on its meaning.
Mind control can first be learned easily by directing your visual focus
Now you have learned how to control your visual focus and at the same time have controlled your mind. You can do exactly the same procedure with closed eyes. You may focus your mind on a particular object and keep focusing exactly on that object. On all aspects, behavior, colors, .... of that object. By doing so for several seconds your mind gets more and more absorbed by the energy of that object.
Then you move to directing your mental focus to become more proficient in mind control
Now after any time of your choice, you may then decide to move your mental focus to any other object of your choice. Control of mind is that easy. You just need to keep your mind busy with something really Divine. Busy on something really Divine also calms down all mental activity. You may focus on smaller and smaller aspects of the object and the mind is getting more and more quiet while remaining focused in one direction only.
You may focus your mind on such objects like orchids, roses, your preferred flower, saints, gurus, but best of all - Love and God. To focus on God is best done through your Sahasrara Chakra on top of your head - the door to God.
An easy way to acquire mind control is to repeatedly do the love prayer
The love prayer is something extremely powerful - it requires you to relax, to want to feel well, to want to be loved, to want to love and finally to really open for God and enjoy the results of your love prayer - sweet love and golden light and love from God entering your mind, heart and soul - all your physical body !
Practice and you will succeed more and more - week after week -year after year. Mind control is very easy. Like walking, skating, surfing, dancing, playing music, SCUBA diving or similar skills. You learn and improve by doing and repeating frequently. Be aware of what you are doing and what your true goals in life are. If you focus on an eternal and Divine goal beyond death - your soul may start a dance of Divine Joy and Love - because home in God is what your soul wants heading for. NOW ! Where does your ego want to head for ? Your soul is winning anyway - Love always wins. It might be much more enjoyable to join your souls goal and team up with your own soul and fulfill your souls need - Love. If you can commit your life to Divine Love and God - your ego, represented by your present personality and your soul may soon become one and head for that final journey to God realization and God union.
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