Lessen the Number of Habitual Thoughts

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Generally, in untrained persons, four or five kinds of thoughts occupy the mind

at a time. Household thoughts, business thoughts, thoughts of office, thoughts

of body, thoughts of food and drink, hope and anticipation, some kind of

planning to get money, some kind of thoughts of revenge, some habitual thoughts

of answering calls of nature, bathing, etc., occupy the mind at a time.

 

When you are studying a book with interest at 3.30 p.m. the idea of pleasure of

witnessing a cricket match at 4 p.m. disturbs your study every now and then. It

is only a Yogi with one-pointed mind, who can have only one thought at a time

and can keep it as long as he likes.

 

If you watch the mind carefully, you will find that many thoughts are

inconsistent. The mind wanders at random aimlessly. There will be some thoughts

of the body and its wants, some thoughts of friends, some thoughts of acquiring

money, some thoughts of eating and drinking, some thoughts of your boyhood, etc.

 

If you can study the mind and if you have consistent thoughts of one subject or

one kind only to the exclusion of all other thoughts, this itself is a very

great achievement, is a great step in advancement in thought-control. Do not be

discouraged.