Mind: Master or Servant?

We rush about in search of unknown experience, but unfortunately, you always take the same mind with you. Many modern scientists do not fully understand the theory of mind over matter. Too often they equate control of the mind with mental institutions, drugs, and biofeedback techniques. They do not realize that the soul stands above both mind and body, which it uses for its expression and evolution. The mind is a hard taskmaster. It insists that we jump when it says jump, that we eat when it says eat.
One desire can multiply and destroy the best intentions. The secret of conquering the tyranny of the mind is to play the game. By continuously controlling the thought waves, or by observing but not identifying with them, you can reduce and eventually stop them. Unity already exists.

It is our true nature but has been forgotten through ignorance. Removal of the evil of ignorance, the idea that we are confined within body and mind, is the chief aim of any spiritual practice.
The constant attempt to feel that you are the all can and ought to be practiced in the midst of intense activity. Let the mind and bodywork, but feel that you are above them as their controlling witness. Do not identify with them. If the senses are under full control, perfect peace and solitude can be found even in the noisiest and most crowded city.
From The Unreal to real:
Meditation is an experience that cannot be described, just as colors cannot be described to a blind man. All ordinary experiences are limited by time, space and the law of cause and effect. Normal awareness and understanding do not transcend these bounds. Finite experience cannot be transcendental, for it is measured in terms of past, present and future.
Meditation is the source of real rest. True deep sleep is a rare occurrence. During dreams the mind remains active, working subtly. There is little true rest during sleep. In meditation, when the mind is fully concentrated, far away from object and near the Atman, the Self, a lasting, spiritual, blissful rest, is experienced. Once meditation is achieved, the time normally devoted to sleep will gradually be reduced to as little as three or four hours.
On the purely physical level, meditation helps to prolong the body’s anabolic process of growth and repair and to reduce the catabolic, decaying process. Ordinarily the anabolic process predominates until the age of eighteen. Between eighteen and thirty-five the catabolic process sets in. Meditation significantly reduces this decline because of the innate receptivity of body cells to its benign vibrations.
Modern research substantiates the fact that the mind can control the activity of a single cell, as well as groups of cells. Each of the body cells is governed by the instinctive, subconscious mind. Each has both individual and collective consciousness. When thoughts and desires pour into the body, the cells are activated, and the body obeys the group demand.
Meditation is a powerful tonic. During meditation there is generally a tremendous acceleration of energy to the individual cells. Just as negative thoughts can pollute them, positive thoughts rejuvenate them and retard decay. Penetrating all the cells, its vibrations can prevent and cure diseases.
With meditation comes freedom from fear of death. Most people think that death is the end of existence, but in fact, death means only the extinction of the present name and form. The greater the identification with name and form, the greater the fear. The practice of meditation induces detachment from name and form. It makes one aware of the ever-changing nature of the body and of all phenomenal existence. Thank you for reading my article, I love to hear any ones opinion or suggestions. Good luck to everyone.

Alka Kaushik is a freelance copywriter and journalist with a particular interest in health and wellness. She is M.phill in Political Science having deep interest in Vedic Sciences. For more related Articles kindly visit http://www.shreevedic.com