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Importance of Controlling Your Mind
from: Kevin PedersonSince ancient times, the human philosophers have realized the
importance of mind in governing the human affairs. They knew
that a person's external circumstances were the result of his
internal thoughts. They were aware that if the person thought
riches, he would be riches, while the thoughts of poverty,
success and failure would produce the corresponding effects in
the person's circumstances. Today, modern science has
acknowledged the truth of these findings. Hence it becomes
crucial for a person to control his mind.
Yoga has specific techniques which deal with the science of mind
control. We will study the nature of mind as is recognized by
yoga in this chapter. Shankaracharya has defined mind in four
different ways as per its functions: manas for the job of
resolving and doubting; buddhi for the decision and judgment;
asmita for the consciousness of its individual existence and
chita for remembering the previous experiences. Mind is a vast
collection of thoughts and traces of the past experiences. When
you are born, your mind is the collection of samskaras collected
over the previous births. Those samskaras, whose fruits have
already been enjoyed have been wiped out. But as you grow up,
new samskaras are being added continuously due to various acts
performed by you from birth to death. This translates into the
law of karma which states that the events one faces in his life
are the results of the activities done by him in the past and
his mind at birth contains the samskaras from his previous
births. Our
Yoga recognizes five factors, basic to the mind of every person.
They are called kleshas because they are the forefathers of
every human misery. They are: avidya which is the false
knowledge or ignorance of one's true self in relation to the
objects; asmita or ego feeling since in yoga, body and soul are
two different aspects; raga is the liking of pleasurable
experience; dvesha or aversion to pain; abhinivesha or fear of
death. Yoga understands the human behaviour from the perspective
of these five qualities which are assumed to be present in a
person since birth and are considered as the impurities of the
mind. They make a person unstable and agitated. Hence yoga has
given way of dhyana and pranayam to cleanse your mind.
About the author:
Kevin Pederson, the webmaster for Yogawiz,mentions all about
of yoga, mind control and meditation technique through Mantra
Yoga. Yoga recognizes the importance of having a
healthy mind in your life.
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