dattaswami Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 The mind is not firm on a single point. It is always wavering. How to fix the mind? The very nature of the mind is wavering. The Lord created the mind with such nature. You cannot change the nature of mind because the Lord created both the mind and its nature. How can you change the creation of the Lord? The Lord must have created the mind with such wavering nature for some good purpose only. You do not understand that purpose and therefore you are making a futile attempt to change its nature. You must divert your mind from the world to the Lord. The mind is always moving from one point to the other point in the world. When you divert the mind to the Jnana Yoga (Knowledge) of the Lord, then also the mind varies from one point to the other point. The Lord has several divine qualities. To understand His greatness, to understand the real path and to understand you, the mind is diverted from one point to the other point. Therefore the nature of mind suits to the study of Jnana Yoga, which is the base for devotion (Bhakti) and from Bhakti, Service (Karma Yoga) results, which finally brings the grace of the Lord. Therefore your effort must be to divert the mind from the world to the divine knowledge. Both the world and divine knowledge consist of various points and both these suit to the nature of the mind. You must withdraw the mind from the world and repeatedly try to divert to the knowledge of the Lord. Gita says the same (Abhyaasenatu). In such case you will succeed in the spiritual path because you will strained and finally fail if you try to change the nature of the mind. Try to use the same nature of the mind in your spiritual effort. Any item in this world is good because the Lord created it only to help your spiritual effort. All the bad qualities like Kama, Krodha, Lobha etc., can be diverted towards the Lord and they can be used to attain the grace of the Lord. Any thing becomes bad only when you use it for the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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