In physically comfortable circumstances but with disturbed mind – everything is ruined
- in physically uncomfortable situations when mind is appease – then you are satisfied
A person with an unsatisfied – can’t satisfy month after month – such a person can’t live and is committing suicide: mind is troubling him so much
How to live a life that the mind nourishes you – is your friend?
<-> and not harasses you, drains all your energy and takes your time
- in his anger, anxiety, future plans ….
Conditioned life: spiritual soul is inside the covering of gross and subtle matter -
and all the attention is given to the gross and subtle coverings though they are useless without the presence of the soul
Uncontrolled mind causes pain and disturbance to you and you then cause disturbance to others
You must deliver yourself with the help of the mind
<-> the same mind that causes you so much anxiety, harassment… can deliver you
In KC don’t deny/ negate the mind but making it our best friend
the mind can be your friend or your enemy
acc. to your lifestyle, the mind acts differently
KC is a culture for training the mind so it will deliver you
Without such a culture the mind is the greatest enemy: thinks of so many crazy things
- the mind comes up with so many impressions which you identify with
To be in love with one’s own mind: the basis of conditioned existence
People are so much enraptured by their thoughts they have in their mind – the thoughts are leading them around – oh I just had this thought – an extreme version of how everyone is
People think: because it’s my mind therefore I have to take it seriously, it’s my mind – it’s so important
13:30 - looking back at thoughts we have had on the mind – they were not at all important
BUT at the time we were thinking them they appeared to be very important
all day, all night the mind is accepting and rejecting … I like this, don’t like this, shall I do this, don’t do this, this is a good place, this is a bad place …
so much time is wasted being absorbed in your own mind:
- so much time wasted when you are in your mental world – think you are just thinking about something and no time is passing – but so much time has passed
It is your responsibility to deliver yourself with the help of your mind. Is your mind helping you to become delivered from material existence?
The mind should be trained in not to be attracted by the glitter of material energy
- Symptom of friendly mind: it is always thinking of how to serve Krsna
- Symptom of enemy mind: always thinking of how to try to satisfy the material senses
Here you see whether your mind is your friend your enemy
What is it always thinking about?
Bhakti-yoga is all about to train the mind that it always thinks of how to satisfy the senses of Krsna
------ You MUST think of satisfying someone, of someone’s satisfaction – usually it’s yourself, or family members, friends, society etc.
Now find the best person to satisfy the senses
Bhakti-yoga means you can find no better person to satisfy than Krsna
We always think that my mental needs are legitimate – whereas others are way over the top
Men’s mentality:
- always have to feel like that they are solving problems (you gotta fix s.th. whether a car, computer, financial problem) in a very respected way -> in that way he shows his peacock feather to the female – playing his manhood in that way
Women’s mentality:
- don’t care so much about solving problems, whether there is problem or not
- they just want exude emotions and have these emotions soaked up by a spunge, (they want someone to soak up their emotions)
All these various responses are in relationship to an uncontrolled mind
30:10 - Men don’t want to speak about their problems rather keep them inside, try to solve them within: Never talk about problems, broadcast only the solution
- Women always want to talk about their problems
must train our mind to be detached from the glitter of material energy
After proper training and some years spent towards that goal of mind control, the mind actually becomes your friend by nourishing your life with thoughts of Krsna, plans of how to serve Krsna – then you have a happy life
- Dirty mind – filled with thoughts of sense gratification - is like a dirty room
Nowadays a dirty mind is considered to be a complement – because the mind is so much out of control therefore the standards sink lower and lower
Train your mind so that it nourishes you. If you treat your mind properly, nourish it – then it will treat you properly and nourish you.
It is our individual responsibility to fill our mind with Krsna discussion and His glories
Then you see your mind demonstrate his real potential to take you back to Godhead
It starts chanting and meditating on Krsna’s glories and nourishing you in that way
After some years of practicing sadhana-bhakti – practicing the rules and regulations of KC the mind starts to submit to Krsna – starts to become attached to the lotus feet of Krsna -> your own mind fills your life with wonderful Krsna content
Then you see how KC works: you got to see the change in your mind – that requires training and culture
Therefore there are rules for ashrama-living (grhastas, brahmacaris…everyone) so that your life style will be conducive for making your mind your friend
Maharaj Ambarisa set the example of what to do with the mind:
Always thinking of Krsna by using the various limbs of the body
Intelligence should predominate the mind.
-> The mind doesn’t make priorities. Mind just receives sense perceptions, stimuli – can see in small children: completely under influence of the mind – for every perception there is immediate response. Adults have different responses: act on their thoughts
Intelligence should devise a lifestyle to make your mind your friend, so that your mind fills with Krsna content
Come up with an active programme for dealing with the mind
Protect yourself from the powerful mind and engage that powerful mind in Krsna’s service
When focusing on the holy name – transcendental sound vibration - the mind becomes submissive – after years of doing this the mind starts to chant back to you, starts reciting slokas to you… the mind tells you: let’s just think of Krsna -> the friendly mind
-> The same mind that tells you think of material sense grat – the same mind can tell you to think of Krsna
The same mind that has the tendency to absorb you in material thoughts, that same mind pushes you to absorb yourself in Krsna thoughts -> Then you see that Bhakti-yoga process actually works
When learning this from young age then you are really fortunate. Fortunate when starting KC from young age:
- avoid filling mind with so much garbage
- can train the mind to be attached to Krsna’s lotus feet
the younger you start the better, because the longer you wait the more bad habits the mind assembles
still there is hope at every stage of your life when you take shelter of the holy name which immediately focuses your mind on Krsna’s lotus feet
Our process is not to repress the mind but to engage it in something superior – to place it at Krsna’s lotus feet
Sense control is part of KC
Bhakti – yoga includes both positive and negative:
To deny yourself the glitter of material existence and to fill yourself with attraction to Krsna
must have a supportive lifestyle for our spiritual goals
you can do it yourself: you choose to think about certain things, and live a certain way – therefore you get a certain result
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