Integrate Your Mind
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THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ
O Kaunteya (son of Kuntī), the turbulent senses carry away the mind of a wise man, though he is striving to be in control
Bring integrity to your thinking by doing completion with your root patterns
tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñāpratiṣṭhitā
Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me. His mind is steady in the present whose senses are under control
By fighting as your own responsibility demands, you earn merits and go to heaven.
dhyāyato viṣayānpuṁsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodhobhijāyate
When a man thinks of objects, it gives rise to attachment for them. From attachment, desire arises; from desire, anger is born
Complete, for the bliss of completion.
krodhād bhavati saṁmohaḥ saṁmohāt smṛtivibhramaḥ smṛtibhraṁśād buddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati
From anger arises delusion, from delusion, loss of memory, from loss of memory, the destruction of discrimination, from destruction of discrimination, he perishes
Be Complete in the Present Moment
Kṛṣṇa continues to explain to Arjuna how difficult it is to control the senses and what happens when one loses control of the senses.
A man, intent on spiritual progress, went to a master and begged him to teach him how to control his mind.
The master tried to explain that the mind couldn't be controlled in the way he was seeking, by stopping his thoughts, but he wouldn't listen.
Fed up, the master gave him a bottle of a liquid and told him to drink three drops three times a day. The man asked, 'That's it? It will control my mind? 'The master said, 'Just one thing, make sure you don't think of a monkey when you drink the medicine. ''Oh, sure, quite simple!' said the man as he walked out.
At the door he turned and asked, 'By the way, in case I do think of a monkey, what should I do?
You can never destroy thoughts or suppress them. Suppression does not work on the mind, only completion does. Suppressed emotions solidify as a volcano of patterns and explode when they get the chance. You can only complete with thoughts by doing self-completion with them, and gradually the mind will settle down.
Lack of integrity is nothing but suppressing your thoughts and putting all your problems under the carpet.
You can never destroy thoughts or suppress them. Suppression does not work on the mind, only completion does. Suppressed emotions solidify as a volcano of patterns and explode when they get the chance. You can only complete with thoughts by doing self-completion with them, and gradually the mind will settle down.
Lack of integrity is nothing but suppressing your thoughts and putting all your problems under the carpet. When you do completion and settle into the present moment, with no expectations and no attachments, you will find that your inner space becomes quiet and your senses slow down.