Mean Thoughts and Moral Development

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Uncontrolled thoughts are the roots of all evils. Each thought by itself is

extremely weak, because the mind is generally distracted by countless and

ever-varying thoughts.

 

The more the thoughts are restrained, the more is the mind concentrated, and

consequently the more does it gain in strength and power.

 

It demands patient work to destroy mean and base thoughts; but the entertainment

of sublime thoughts is the easiest and rapid method of destroying base thoughts.

Ignorant of the laws of thoughts, the worldly-minded individual falls a prey to

all sorts of thoughts- thoughts of hatred, anger, revenge, lust- and grows

weak-willed, deficient in powers of discernment, and slave of the adverse subtle

workings of the mind.

 

The best method of gaining mental power is by entertaining sublime, noble and

good thoughts and through their aid controlling the dissipative, distractive,

diversifying, worldly and base thoughts.

 

When all evil thought harasses the mind, the best method of conquering it is by

ignoring it. How can we ignore an evil thought? By forgetting it. How can we

forget? By not indulging in it again, and also by not brooding over it.

 

How can we prevent the mind from indulging in it again or brooding over it? By

thinking of something very interesting, something sublime and inspiring. Ignore,

forget, think of something inspiring; these three constitute the great Sadhana

for establishing mastery over evil thoughts.