Chapter 2, Sloka 64 & 65
But the
self-controoled man, moving among objects, with his sense under restraint and
free from both attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
In that
peace all pains are destroyed; for the intellect of the tranquil-minded soon
becomes steady.
"Maintaining a stable state of mind is an important thing in ancient literature. Same thing is in the Gita,
Upanishads and in Yoga also. We don’t follow this and indulge in all kinds of
feelings and cause disturbances. In that disturbed condition, real thinking
doesn’t happen and that leads to problems. Getting angry, getting confused – these are dangerous things, but we don’t see
any harm in them.
If one is sincerely interested in leading a better life then anger
will be an important point. We don’t get free from anger because we have lot of intelligence;
we believe certain things to be right and react. This is a simple statement,
but very hard to believe or follow. Just reading will not help; we have to integrate
it into our mind and have full faith in it – it may take a number of years.
There are a few people who have this attitude from childhood and in the end
they can do things peacefully and with understanding. These things are rare and to find such persons is also difficult. We get angry on
petty things and feel sad. If we want to overcome all this then right from the
beginning, we should observe the small small things, face them and not react.
We have a lot of reasons not to follow all this - "If I don’t get angry, people
will exploit me." To have control on the mind, and to keep the mind at peace in
any circumstance is not our goal. We have to make small beginnings. If anything
happens at home, don’t react immediately. Observe, understand and peacefully
express. We have to train ourselves. When we burst out a lot and
people tell us about it, then we start thinking. This habit doesn’t stop, because we
don’t consider it to be wrong. We listen, but we don’t decide not to get angry
and in small small things. We have to maintain our peace of mind. No sooner we
go out of Institute, something will happen and we will get angry and this will
continue. It’s not for a little while, it continues for the whole day. Unless
we decide that we have to stop these habits and cultivate the positive habits,
there will not be a change."
"We have all the reasons to get
attached to someone, to hate someone. The more we are with someone, we get
attached. It is a natural phenomenon, but we are supposed to have full control.
How to control the senses? Awareness that these things are harmful and not
required. When you have a dog in the house, you have to have full control on
him. Same with our emotions. Express your love, show your disagreement and
gradually a stage should come when nothing disturbs you. Whenever we are
suffering we should know we are suffering because of attachment, because of
hatred and don’t blame others for our suffering. We have to work on ourself."
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