Have you ever felt that our mind, most of the times, behaves like child!!?
Yes it is!
Whenever we tell a child to not to do something..he tries to do that.
Same is our mind. If you tell your mind not to think about something ..it starts making thesis on the "something"!! :)
I would like to convey you an important observation from this correlation between mind and child. That observation is related to cultivation of mind.
Consider an infant in your house(assume one!). If you don't give him anything to play, what he will do!? Most of the times he falls asleep. Sometimes he feels bored. When he feels bored, there are chances that he'll try to play with hazardous articles in home such as knife or power sockets, which can cause great harm to him.
But if you,selectively, give him some harmless article, such as a Brinjal, he'll play with it. He shakes it. He tries to bite it(However he can't, since no teeth). He drops it. He'll play until he gets tired and then falls asleep. No harm.
Now, let us compare the child's behavior with our mind's. If you don't give any work or good thoughts to your mind...what it'll do!! It'll become lethargic initially. And then starts generating evil thoughts. You must have observed this when you are sitting idle in home. As far as I observed, people, who don't engage their mind in positive thoughts or activities, do revolve in an infinite loop of negative thoughts.
But if we, selectively, give our brain some good thoughts, it'll play with the good thought and will be positive and active as well.
To better put my point, let me give a metaphor.
If you have an acre of field and you don't sow any useful seeds, weeds grow throught the field and cosumes fertility of the field. In same way, If you don't give good thoughts to your brain, bad thoughts automatically pop-up and cosume your energy.
So moral is:
Empty Mind is Devil's work shop.
Stay engaged in mastering your mind.
Yes it is!
Whenever we tell a child to not to do something..he tries to do that.
Same is our mind. If you tell your mind not to think about something ..it starts making thesis on the "something"!! :)
I would like to convey you an important observation from this correlation between mind and child. That observation is related to cultivation of mind.
Consider an infant in your house(assume one!). If you don't give him anything to play, what he will do!? Most of the times he falls asleep. Sometimes he feels bored. When he feels bored, there are chances that he'll try to play with hazardous articles in home such as knife or power sockets, which can cause great harm to him.
But if you,selectively, give him some harmless article, such as a Brinjal, he'll play with it. He shakes it. He tries to bite it(However he can't, since no teeth). He drops it. He'll play until he gets tired and then falls asleep. No harm.
Now, let us compare the child's behavior with our mind's. If you don't give any work or good thoughts to your mind...what it'll do!! It'll become lethargic initially. And then starts generating evil thoughts. You must have observed this when you are sitting idle in home. As far as I observed, people, who don't engage their mind in positive thoughts or activities, do revolve in an infinite loop of negative thoughts.
But if we, selectively, give our brain some good thoughts, it'll play with the good thought and will be positive and active as well.
To better put my point, let me give a metaphor.
If you have an acre of field and you don't sow any useful seeds, weeds grow throught the field and cosumes fertility of the field. In same way, If you don't give good thoughts to your brain, bad thoughts automatically pop-up and cosume your energy.
So moral is:
Empty Mind is Devil's work shop.
Stay engaged in mastering your mind.
good comparison!!!
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