The natural tendency of the mind is to be restless.Thinking seems to be a continuous and ongoing activity
The restless mind lets thoughts come and go incessantly from morning till night. They give us no rest for a moment. Most of these thoughts are not exactly invited, they just come, occupy our attention for a while, and then disappear.Thoughts resemble the waves of the ocean, always in a state of motion, never standing still. These thoughts arise in our mind due to many reasons. There is a tendency on the part of the mind to analyze whatever it contacts. It likes to compare, to reason, and to ask questions. It constantly indulges in these activities.Everyone's mind has a kind of a filter, which allows it to accept, let in certain thoughts, and reject others. This is the reason why some people occupy their minds with thoughts about a certain subject, while others don't even think about the same subject.Why some people are attracted to football and others don't? Why some love and admire a certain singer and others don't? Why some people think incessantly about a certain subject and others never think about it? It is all due to this inner filter.This is an automatic unconscious filter. We never stop and say to certain thoughts come and to others we say go away. It is an automatic activity.the mind is like a thought factory, working in shifts day and night, producing thoughts.The mind also gets thoughts directly from the surrounding world. The space around us is full of thoughts, which we constantly pick, let pass through our minds, and then pick up new ones. It is like catching fish in the ocean, throwing them back into the water and then catching a new ones. This activity of the restless mind occupies our attention all the time.
Now our attention is on this thought and then on another one. We pay a lot of energy and attention to these passing thoughts. Most of them are not important. They just waste our time and energy.It is as if some outside power is always putting a thought in front of us to pay attention to. It is like a relentless boss constantly giving us a job to do. There is no real freedom. We enjoy freedom only when we are able to still the mind and choose our thoughts. There is freedom, when we are able to decide which thought to think and which one to reject. We live in freedom, when we are able to stop the incessant flow of thoughts.
Stopping the flow of thoughts may look infeasible, but constant training and exercising with concentration exercises and meditation, eventually lead to this condition. The mind is like an untamed animal. It can be taught self-discipline and obedience to a higher power. Concentration and meditation show us in a clear and practical manner that we, the inner true essence, are this controlling power.so
We are the bosses of our minds.
I hope you guys like this essay.
6 comments:
Good start Sudhakar! Well written essay. I had difficulty to believe you could write on such serious essay...
Never the less good start... :-)
thank you.
i learned this from Personality development course which is conducted by Dr Bharath chandra and i think you guys know this guy name.
s maga u cannot control the flow of mind.
u need to understand one more thing here, most of our taught process / flow of mind are dependent on lot of factors, like ur physical state, mental stress, eating habits, environment.
more importantly also the plannetery positions.
welcome on board.
keep posting !!!
very good one.. I like the logic and the conclusion :-)
counter logic might be, let the mind wander on thoughts.. and enjoy whatever happens :-) nothing is important everything is timepass :-)
Nice article which articulates about freedom of thought and how the thought can be focused by means on concentration and meditation.
Great start Sudhakar and keep them comin !!
Sooper alla Sisya neenu, Abu Dhabi ge hogi, thumbaa JaaNa aagbiTTidyaa:-). Nice / factual Article, Maga.
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