The mind can be full of chatter and it can be very difficult to control. In the Bhagawad Gita, Arjuna says to Lord Krishna – “The mind is very restless, turbulent, strong and obstinate, O Krishna. It appears to me that it is more difficult to control than the wind.“
Our mind can trick us into believing many things including who we are. Society has expectations about who we are, we have our own aspirations about who we want to become, and consequently, we can be disillusioned with who we are and our true purpose.
The simple solution begins with stilling the mind and here’s where Yoga comes in. The ultimate goal of Yoga is Citta, Vritti, Nirodaha, which translates into stilling the changing the state of mind. This helps stops the noise in the head and clear the clutter. But the magic begins after that. The moment the noise stops in your head, the understanding of who we are becomes clearer.
In the path of meditation, beginning with observing and controlling your breath will be tough and will have multiple interruptions. You being too busy to meditate is the most common of them all. It’s all about prioritizing. Initially prioritizing meditation over the Netflix movie might seem painful. Every cell in your body will prefer short-term gratification of the Netflix movie over meditating.
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