How to control Mind

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Tks Really_I_am for your comments on my post. It

is our mind which makes us fool or intelligent. It

is the mind which hooks us into the Maya and it is

the mind again which takes us away from the maya and

remains with us in illumined form till we finally merge

into the Truth. Swamy sivananda has in very simple

words explained the mind and it mysteries and control.

<br><br>CONTROL OF MIND:<br>=================<br><br>Life in

physical plane is a mere preparation for the eternal life

of everlasting sunshine and joy which is to come

when one gets knowledge of the Self through intense

and constant meditation after purifying the mind.

This immortal life of supreme joy is described as the

‘Kingdom of Heaven’ in the Bible. That Kingdom of Heaven

is within you, in your heart. Realise this Immortal

Life, O Susil! by controlling the mind, and enjoy the

Supreme Bliss of the Self.<br><br>The secrets of Yoga

Sastra can only be imparted to that student who is

Jita-Indriya and Abhyasasura, who has devotion to Guru, who

has Vairagya, discrimination, who is firm in his

determination and who has strong conviction in the existence of

God.<br><br>The mind is single, but it appears dual in dreaming

state as the perceiver and the perceived, through the

power of Maya or illusion. The mind itself takes forms

of rose, mountain, elephant, river, ocean, enemy,

etc. Just as heat is inseparable from fire, so also

fluctuation is inseparable from mind. It makes the mind

restless. This fluctuation is caused by the power of Rajas.

Its is the fluctuation that causes Asanti (absence of

peace of mind). The Bhaktas remove this tossing by

japa, Upasana and worship of Ishtadevata.<br><br>The

power of fluctuation is itself the mind. This

fluctuating mind alone is this world. The mind becomes no

mind if fluctuation disappears. The mind ceases to

exist, if it becomes destitute of this fluctuation. What

is called Maya is this fluctuating potency of the

mind. Mind does havoc through the power of fluctuation.

Fluctuation is Mara or Satan or Vasana or Eshana or Trishna.

It was this fluctuation that brings about the

downfall of a struggling aspirant. Destroy this

fluctuation through strong Viveka, constant meditation and

ceaseless Brahma-Vichara.<br><br>As soon as fluctuation

manifests itself various sorts of imaginations crop up.

Imagination co-exists with fluctuation. Imagination is as

much dangerous as fluctuation. Fluctuation moves the

mind. Imagination fattens the mind. Mind, minus

fluctuation and imagination is a mere zero. Fluctuation and

imagination are the two wings of the mind-bird. Cut the right

wing through Atmic enquiry and the left wing through

the practice of thoughtlessness. The great

bird-mind-will fall dead on the spot immediately.