Yoga is about control of the mind.
But how does this work?
Many people say that it is so difficult to control the mind and they gave up the path of mind control.
To control the mind is not easy, for sure.
But how does this work?
Many people say that it is so difficult to control the mind and they gave up the path of mind control.
To control the mind is not easy, for sure.
The perceptive and assertive egoistic thinking mind is what we think we are.
When we say taking control over the situation,
it means that we are not being influenced or controlled by the
situation.
Control of the mind is about the mind is not being influenced of controlled by the restless impure selfless modification of the mind, as well as rendering the state of the mind calm and pure through the
effort of the mind itself under the persistent practice of self-control, discipline
and purification process, to allow the mind to reflect upon itself to see the truth of itself, to know Thyself, without hindering by the veil of ignorance, restlessness and impurities.
The mind is the one who needs to develop self-awareness to be aware of what is happening in the mind and not being influenced by it. If the mind doesn't have this self-awareness, it doesn’t know what is happening in the mind, but constantly getting involve with the modification of the mind, identifying itself with the modification of the mind, attaching and associating with the impermanent states and activities of the mind, and constantly reacting towards whatever the mind perceives through the senses.
The ignorant mind is being
controlled or determined by the modification of the mind, and being affected or influenced by it all the
time, being disturbed and have no peace. And so, we, or the mind, wants to be free from the restless modification of the mind which
is full of impurities, such like anger, hatred, jealousy, greed, lustful
desire, dissatisfaction, disappointment, irritation, frustration,
doubt, craving, aversion, fear and worry.
Mind control is about the mind becomes the master of itself and not being over-powered by the impure egoistic modification of the mind. The mind that has developed self-awareness is in control of its action and speech, and not the modification of the mind controlling and influencing its action and speech. If there's no presence of attachment, identification and association from the mind towards the modification of the mind and let the modification of the mind being what it is, being impermanent, and the mind is being undisturbed, or unaffected, or uninfluenced by the forever changing phenomena (thought waves) that are constantly happening in the mind, then the mind will be peaceful as it is being free from being determined by the different condition of the mind or the impermanent state of the mind.
If the state of the mind is agitated, it is just the state of the mind being agitated, not us. And it's impermanent.
Mind control is about the mind becomes the master of itself and not being over-powered by the impure egoistic modification of the mind. The mind that has developed self-awareness is in control of its action and speech, and not the modification of the mind controlling and influencing its action and speech. If there's no presence of attachment, identification and association from the mind towards the modification of the mind and let the modification of the mind being what it is, being impermanent, and the mind is being undisturbed, or unaffected, or uninfluenced by the forever changing phenomena (thought waves) that are constantly happening in the mind, then the mind will be peaceful as it is being free from being determined by the different condition of the mind or the impermanent state of the mind.
If the state of the mind is agitated, it is just the state of the mind being agitated, not us. And it's impermanent.
If the state of the mind
is calm and peaceful, it is also just the state of the mind being calm and peaceful,
not us. And it's impermanent.
The perceptive assertive thinking mind goes beyond the state of the mind. The mind becomes the witness that is witnessing
what is happening in the mind, observing whatever the mind and the body
are experiencing in the present moment now. We, or the mind doesn’t have to react towards all the feelings and emotions, likes and dislikes, agreements and disagreements, wants and don’t wants in the mind. And they are impermanent and not who we are.
The state of the mind is constantly changing from positive to negative, from good to bad, and vice versa. It is full of impurities like anger, hatred, jealousy, greed, lustful desire, irritation, frustration, disappointment, dissatisfaction, fear, worry, imagination, craving and aversion. If we, or the mind, has attachment and identification towards the modification of the mind, and is being controlled and influenced by the impure modification of the mind, then the mind will be frustrated all the time if the mind has craving and aversion where it only wants to have good and happy experiences, and reject unpleasant and unhappy experiences.
The perception of the entire worldly life existence happens in the mind only. All the differentiation of good and bad, positive and negative, right and wrong, pleasantness and unpleasantness, they only exist in our mind. Without the mind, there is nothing to be perceived. Calming and taming the modification of the mind, the “world” will be calmed and tamed. The ceaseless perception of names and forms or thought waves are still there but they have no power to disturb or influence the mind anymore.
By doing the yoga asana, the breathing exercise, the concentration exercise and meditation, it can help the mind to have certain influence towards the state of the mind, such as calming and stilling the state of the mind, slowing down the thought waves, but not necessary to control the state of the mind to be what we want it to be. It's impossible, because the modification of the mind doesn’t belong to the mind. All the good and bad thoughts, positive and negative thoughts, pleasant and unpleasant feelings and emotions, arising and passing away unceasingly, it is not in the control of the mind at all. All the thoughts come and go as they like, whenever they like. It is not up to the mind that it only wants to have good, positive and happy thoughts and feelings, and doesn’t want to have bad, negative and unhappy thoughts and feelings. If the mind thinks it can control the state of the mind like this, it is getting itself into huge disappointment and frustration.
It is like the pleasant and unpleasant sensations that arise and passing away throughout the body from moment to moment. These sensations do not belong to the mind and it is not in the mind control that it only wants to have pleasant sensations and retaining the pleasant sensations forever not changing. And it is not in the mind control that it doesn’t want to have unpleasant sensations and want to get rid of the unpleasant sensations.
The state of the mind is constantly changing from positive to negative, from good to bad, and vice versa. It is full of impurities like anger, hatred, jealousy, greed, lustful desire, irritation, frustration, disappointment, dissatisfaction, fear, worry, imagination, craving and aversion. If we, or the mind, has attachment and identification towards the modification of the mind, and is being controlled and influenced by the impure modification of the mind, then the mind will be frustrated all the time if the mind has craving and aversion where it only wants to have good and happy experiences, and reject unpleasant and unhappy experiences.
The perception of the entire worldly life existence happens in the mind only. All the differentiation of good and bad, positive and negative, right and wrong, pleasantness and unpleasantness, they only exist in our mind. Without the mind, there is nothing to be perceived. Calming and taming the modification of the mind, the “world” will be calmed and tamed. The ceaseless perception of names and forms or thought waves are still there but they have no power to disturb or influence the mind anymore.
By doing the yoga asana, the breathing exercise, the concentration exercise and meditation, it can help the mind to have certain influence towards the state of the mind, such as calming and stilling the state of the mind, slowing down the thought waves, but not necessary to control the state of the mind to be what we want it to be. It's impossible, because the modification of the mind doesn’t belong to the mind. All the good and bad thoughts, positive and negative thoughts, pleasant and unpleasant feelings and emotions, arising and passing away unceasingly, it is not in the control of the mind at all. All the thoughts come and go as they like, whenever they like. It is not up to the mind that it only wants to have good, positive and happy thoughts and feelings, and doesn’t want to have bad, negative and unhappy thoughts and feelings. If the mind thinks it can control the state of the mind like this, it is getting itself into huge disappointment and frustration.
It is like the pleasant and unpleasant sensations that arise and passing away throughout the body from moment to moment. These sensations do not belong to the mind and it is not in the mind control that it only wants to have pleasant sensations and retaining the pleasant sensations forever not changing. And it is not in the mind control that it doesn’t want to have unpleasant sensations and want to get rid of the unpleasant sensations.
All the sensations, feelings, emotions, or thoughts come and go as there are, without asking the permission of the mind to come and go.
The effects of the Asana practice, the pranayama practice, the concentration and meditation are there to influence the energy field, to calm down and to balance the energy, and at the same time this will influence the state of the mind as well. This is because the state of the mind is influenced by the energy field, or the mind is moved by the Prana. That’s why by doing yoga and pranayama practices can help us, or the mind, to have certain influence or control over the state of the mind. But even the state of calmness in the mind is also impermanent. We, the mind, cannot attach to the calmness that comes from the state of the mind due to the influence of the energy field. All calm and disturbed states of mind will change and disappear.
The effects of the Asana practice, the pranayama practice, the concentration and meditation are there to influence the energy field, to calm down and to balance the energy, and at the same time this will influence the state of the mind as well. This is because the state of the mind is influenced by the energy field, or the mind is moved by the Prana. That’s why by doing yoga and pranayama practices can help us, or the mind, to have certain influence or control over the state of the mind. But even the state of calmness in the mind is also impermanent. We, the mind, cannot attach to the calmness that comes from the state of the mind due to the influence of the energy field. All calm and disturbed states of mind will change and disappear.
By meditating, the mind is practicing non-attachment, non-identification, non-craving, non-aversion, non-judgment and non-expectation towards the modification of the mind. Standing as a witness observing all states of the mind. Let the state of the mind being what it is.
If the state of the mind is being overly restless, agitated, depressed and over-whelming, then the mind can perform certain practice that can influence the state of the mind momentarily without trying to control the state of the mind to be in certain way. Without expectation that the state of the mind has to be in certain way.
Similarly, the perception of the different conditions of the world is also impermanent. Let the conditions of the world being what it is. If the condition of the world is overly bad and unlivable, then the mind can perform certain action that might can influence the condition of the world momentarily without trying to control the world to be in certain way. Without expectation that the world has to be in certain way.
It's about going beyond the impermanent selfless state of the mind by transcending all states of the mind (the dullness, the agitation, the calmness). Then true and lasting unconditional peace is there instantly. It is always there, but it is beyond the function or modification of the mind. Once all kinds of attachment and identification disappear, where there's no association with the state of the mind, then the mind will be resting in this unconditional peace that is not affected by impermanence, or energy field, or conditions, or qualities. It is beyond happiness and unhappiness. It is beyond good and bad, positive and negative, pleasantness or unpleasantness, meaningfulness or meaninglessness. It is beyond births and deaths, names and forms.
Along with this peace, is unlimited and unconditional love, compassion and wisdom.
The mind is not a bad thing at all. We should not judge the mind as something bad. The mind is just being what it is. It is not something good or bad. It might give troubles to itself and others if it allows itself to be controlled or influenced by the modification of the mind. But it won’t give itself or others any problems if there's no egoistic attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, judgment and expectation, and not being disturbed or affected or influenced by the impermanent and selfless modification of the mind.
We, the mind, is being conditioned by what is going on in the mind, not the things or happenings out there that are conditioning us, the mind, to be happy or unhappy.
Yoga is about freeing the mind, of what we think we are, from the impermanent selfless condition of the mind and the body. Be free from being determined by the impermanent selfless condition of life existence and the world.
We don’t have to control, or to change, or to interfere with the state of the mind, the body, the life existence and the world. Just observing the state of the mind, the body, the life existence and the world as it is, accepting the present moment as it is, no craving, no aversion, everything is just being what it is.
It's about going beyond the impermanent selfless state of the mind by transcending all states of the mind (the dullness, the agitation, the calmness). Then true and lasting unconditional peace is there instantly. It is always there, but it is beyond the function or modification of the mind. Once all kinds of attachment and identification disappear, where there's no association with the state of the mind, then the mind will be resting in this unconditional peace that is not affected by impermanence, or energy field, or conditions, or qualities. It is beyond happiness and unhappiness. It is beyond good and bad, positive and negative, pleasantness or unpleasantness, meaningfulness or meaninglessness. It is beyond births and deaths, names and forms.
Along with this peace, is unlimited and unconditional love, compassion and wisdom.
The mind is not a bad thing at all. We should not judge the mind as something bad. The mind is just being what it is. It is not something good or bad. It might give troubles to itself and others if it allows itself to be controlled or influenced by the modification of the mind. But it won’t give itself or others any problems if there's no egoistic attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, judgment and expectation, and not being disturbed or affected or influenced by the impermanent and selfless modification of the mind.
We, the mind, is being conditioned by what is going on in the mind, not the things or happenings out there that are conditioning us, the mind, to be happy or unhappy.
Yoga is about freeing the mind, of what we think we are, from the impermanent selfless condition of the mind and the body. Be free from being determined by the impermanent selfless condition of life existence and the world.
We don’t have to control, or to change, or to interfere with the state of the mind, the body, the life existence and the world. Just observing the state of the mind, the body, the life existence and the world as it is, accepting the present moment as it is, no craving, no aversion, everything is just being what it is.
At the same time, we can perform
all our duty or perform any actions that bring beneficial improvement
to the mind, the body, the life existence and the world, without attachment and identification,
without craving and aversion, without intention, judgment and
expectation.
Just like the sun, the water, the air, the earth and the
space. They just give and provide, and are selflessly and ceaselessly performing respective action that is
supporting all kinds of existence in the universe without any discrimination
of good or bad beings, living beings or non-living beings, ancient or
modern beings, happy or unhappy beings, wise or ignorant beings, selfish
or selfless beings, healthy or unhealthy beings.
This is selflessness. This is compassion. This is renouncing the fruit of action. This is what yoga is about.
If we attained yoga, or if the mind realized yoga, then no matter where we are, where we go and how we are, we perceive or see yoga in everywhere and everything.
If the state of the mind is being negative, let it be, but without grasping, clinging or attachment and identification, and let it go. If the state of the mind is being agitated or depressed, let it be, but without grasping, clinging or attachment and identification, and let it go. The mind, or we, can have likes and dislikes, but not letting the likes and dislikes determine our happiness and confidence, not letting it controls or influences our action and speech, not letting it distracts or pulls us away from the inner peace (which is beyond all the different states of the mind).
May all be free from being determined by the modification of the mind. Be the master of the state of the mind. Be the witness of the modification of the mind. Not being over-powered by the modification of the mind. Not being disturbed, or affected, or influenced by the activities of the mind. Not being controlled by the state of the mind.
This is control of the mind.
This is selflessness. This is compassion. This is renouncing the fruit of action. This is what yoga is about.
If we attained yoga, or if the mind realized yoga, then no matter where we are, where we go and how we are, we perceive or see yoga in everywhere and everything.
If the state of the mind is being negative, let it be, but without grasping, clinging or attachment and identification, and let it go. If the state of the mind is being agitated or depressed, let it be, but without grasping, clinging or attachment and identification, and let it go. The mind, or we, can have likes and dislikes, but not letting the likes and dislikes determine our happiness and confidence, not letting it controls or influences our action and speech, not letting it distracts or pulls us away from the inner peace (which is beyond all the different states of the mind).
May all be free from being determined by the modification of the mind. Be the master of the state of the mind. Be the witness of the modification of the mind. Not being over-powered by the modification of the mind. Not being disturbed, or affected, or influenced by the activities of the mind. Not being controlled by the state of the mind.
This is control of the mind.
The mind is the one who is in control of itself, not the ceaseless impure egoistic modification of the mind controlling the mind that influencing it's behavior and life existence being in certain way that might hurt itself and/or others.
Be free.
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