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Saturday, 15 August 2015

What it Means to Control the Mind

Waking Times: The human Mind is a wonderful masterpiece that has immense potential. Most of the potential, however, remains unused by most people, since it is not us who are in charge of things, but our Mind takes control of us. Our Mind is rushing through life with us like a car running without a driver, causing us constant suffering and sorrow. But if we were able to control our Mind, our life would change completely. This mad speeding would change into a beautiful, creative dance, giving us happiness, instead of pain. The question is therefore, how we are able to take control over our Mind?

In order to control something, we first need to know the thing concerned, so we must know our Mind so as to be in charge of it. The most important thing we need to know about our Mind is that it is not something that exists separately, individually, like some inanimate object. The Mind is not an object–it is a process...read more>>>...