Take care of the mind

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Take care of the mind

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Many of us spend so much care to take care of the body. The mind too requires

equal care, if not more. If the body is healthy, but mind is unhealthy, the

person will not have peace to enjoy the health of the body. Many diseases

of the body arise from a diseased mind. An unhealthy mind also affects the

immunity system of the body and paves way for other diseases as well. If the

body is unhealthy but the mind is healthy, the severity of the disease does

not affect the person. The person can be cheerful and enjoy life in spite

of a diseased body, if the mind is healthy.

 

A healthy mind is a goal in itself. The definition of a mentally healthy

person is given in the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. It is popularly

known as " Stitaprajna Lakshana " . You can refer to the definition at

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2973/011.html. You may also refer to

a dicussion at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2973/008.html.

 

We all know that to develop a healthy body, the following are necessary:

1. Taking healthy food

2. Avoiding unhealthy food

3. Good exercise

The same is applicable to develop a healthy mind also.

1. One should feed the mind with healthy inputs. This includes the company

of holy men and others of similar temperament and reading scriptures and

other good books.

2. One should avoid the company of people with dissimilar temperaments. One

should avoid books, movies and TV programmes which are against the goal.

One should not foster bad and negative thoughts.

3. Just as the body has various organs like hands, legs, the respiratory

system, digestive system, etc., the mind to has various faculties like

intellect and emotion. The intellect has to be exercised by science,

mathematics, philosophy and the like. The emotion has to be exercised

by worship, music, devotional songs, good literature and the like.

 

All the while, one should remember the ultimate goal - to develop a healthy

mind. Otherwise, it will become off the target like the effort of the old

scholar to memorise grammar rules (which became the object of the great

poem of Sri Sankara - Bhajagovindam).

 

With love,

Gomu.

 

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