The mind is indeed difficult to control, but why should one control his mind?
Mind relishes for joy and not for sorrow. When do you feel happy? When a desire is fulfilled. The desire that rises in the mind for attachments to worldly pleasures, may it be animate or inanimate. But what if the desire is not fulfilled? From unfulfilled desire rises anger and frustration. In brevity you loose your cool , calm and composure. In essence the mind is no longer peaceful.
Infatuation sets afloat after anger. In such a state a man cannot differentiate between right or wrong, good or bad. He loses the power to reason. The loss of reasoning leads to complete chaos in the mind. He like a man who is taken over by the perspicacity for desire objects. His mind is completely debilitated.
But, the person who can discipline his mind through self control does not get enthralled by worldly pleasures. He enjoys spiritual joy, the joy that comes through freedom from concerns about personal benefit, freedom from likes and dislikes. He is free from the grasp of ‘sense’ objects, free from the nuances that arise in day to day life. He is unperturbed by the consequences of his actions. He in no doubt is a role model for all human beings. Thus the mind should be void of attachments, a person should know to forgo his desires.
A person who works with the sole intent to achieve selfish motives will miss the train to bliss time and again. It might be considered as a case where ‘counting chickens before they hatch’ takes place. Selfishness will take a man to no place. People who have propensities to work without looking beyond their work are bound to be happy and satisfied.
Happiness is not in the farthest reaches, it lies in within………
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