A Letter for you!
6 years ago
Friday, June 27, 2008
MIND IS LIKE A MONKEY
Now then, let’s see what could be done to put the mind in order.
The human mind is always oscillating. The nature of the human mind is to project a desire and chase that desire, let us for simplicity call it 'A'. 'A' is what the mind wanted. As soon as it catches 'A', it ends up dropping it. Now again the mind is wandering and is instantly directed at something else (Economics supports this argument by telling us that human wants are unlimited).So now it focuses on something else, lets call it 'B'. Now it wants 'B' and it catches B'. Similarly as in the earlier case, after getting hold of it, it drops it. We can assume ‘A’ and ‘B’ as anything we want and yet we’d end up with the same result. Let’s assume ‘A’ as employment. A job-seeker has all his life only applied for jobs without getting any of them. His only prayer to god would be to get a job. That is his only want. And then finally, god blesses him and he gets employed, though for a meager salary (The mind has now caught ‘A’). Now, the meager salary causes dissatisfaction to him. He wants a higher-paying job in the same company which calls for a promotion. Let’s assume ‘B’ as a high-paying job. The same chap now stops appreciating his present job and wants to get promoted for want of more money(The mind has dropped ‘A’ and is chasing ‘B’).He again prays to god and god blesses him promotion and he gets promoted.
Do you think he’d be happy and content with the promotion?
All those who have answered NO are NO different from this person, the reason being very simple and straightforward. The first line of this paragraph is the reason for saying NO.
It is rather unfortunate that we do not even enjoy that we wanted for a
long time (The job as in the example). Before we cherish what we have won, we start looking for something else or something more
in most cases(Higher-paying job in the example).
Stay tuned for more.
Chant
Hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
and be happy
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thank you
jai gurunath
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4 comments:
How true it is! Mind, like a monkey, never stays idle for a moment. Whereevery we go, it comes along to trouble us to no end!
I think understanding the nature of the mind is the first baby step towards happy living. Unless & until one understands the various functions of the car, how can he drive that.
Sir, please keep writing.
Mind is nothing but maya..it has no shape..it can go anywhere.it wont leave even the spiritual institutions..mind and desire go hand in hand..at one hand we say leave the material life,leave family, leave the job and be in the service of God.ok done left everything and joined the ashram..but what they do over there?. they have given a target of fund raising for the ashram expenses, market strategy to promote the ashram products.recently i heard one of the ashram has 70 outlets all over india and i heard 30 per cent profit is given to the dealer.. A is to chant mantra always thats all should be expected from an ashram wasi why it goes to b......z ?? where the focus has gone??? let us just chant and be happy dont get involve in business..Mind plays its role here..maya wont leave any one !
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare!!
@sivaramkrishnan - 100% true.
@geetha - Srimadh bhagavatham says (rishaba deva charithra - 5th canto) a mother who is an obstruction to the child's spiritual uplift is no mother at all. A father who obstructs the child's spiritual development is no father at all.A relative who is an impeditment to the divine life of a person is no relative at all. This we can understand and fully accept too. But bhagavatham goes a step further to assert that the same is true for even a guru or even a deity!!!!
So any activity whether its an ashram or home or office which doesnt serve as a direct or indirect means for spiritual development, which may potentially be a hindrance to spiirtual progress absolutely needs to be completely eschewed.
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