The problem with many of us is that we have given way too much
importance to our thoughts.
Just think about it. How many thoughts we have in a day?
Hundreds or thousands. How many thoughts we have had in our life up until now?
Millions or quadrillions. The irony is that the mind makes us believe that
every thought is important and we foolishly subscribe to our mind.
Just like in an ocean so many waves come and go, similarly
we get so many thoughts. The problem is not the thought per se, but our
attachment to our thoughts.
Interesting thing is that thoughts are harmless - they come
in awareness and pass away. Just like clouds pass through the clear sky.
Our thoughts can harm us only if we give importance to them
and hold on to them.
That's why in the Bhagavad-Gita when Lord Krishna is explaining the
flowchart of how a living entity suffers. The first step, He explains is
contemplation of sense objects. Contemplation is nothing but holding on to our thoughts
longer than required.
Our reason to come to this material world is that we took
our mind's proposal seriously. And if we continue to keep taking our thoughts
seriously and strengthening it by giving our attention, we will continue to be
enslaved by our mind and continue to suffer in this world.
As the saying goes - Insanity, is doing the same thing again
and again & expecting a different result.
So what to do? We need to snap out of our mental world of
imagination to the real, true world of service to Krishna.
We need to develop the conviction that only thoughts about
Lord Krishna and service to Him are worth giving our attention to. Any other
thought is not worth our energy....we should
surrender it as soon as it arises. That should be our plan of action.
- Achyut Gopal Das
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