Monday, April 4, 2022
Take the reins of emotions with "Meditation"!
It is often seen that whenever we are discouraged, we feel powerless, then we feel that we wish that there should be someone who can bring us out of this situation and fill us with enthusiasm as before.
In such a situation, if someone inspires us, it seems as if someone has blown a new life force in us and we start thinking about transforming ourselves overnight. But as it is often seen that its effect is a Lasts only for two days and the train of life comes back on the same track.
This happens again and again and sometimes throughout life, it is called external motivation, which proves to be effective only for a very short time. Emotions are also there, then naturally we will be happy, full of energy and enthusiasm and sometimes we will also be surrounded by sadness and despair. This is a natural process, it should not make much difference to us. Either of us sinks into the deep sea of emotion, such as appearing happy even where there is no such thing as happiness, or feeling sad even in happy occasions.
If this sadness and despair persists for a long time, then it is given the name of depression or depression, that is why it has been said that too much of anything is not good, because later it can cause some other serious problem. Therefore, we should take the feelings whether they are good or bad neutral, as Mahamana Vidur ji has said to King Dhritarashtra in the Udyog Parva of Mahabharata under the Vidura policy:
Happiness is happiness and sorrow.
Synonymous sarvamatee sprshanti tasmad dhiro na cha hrysayen shochet I I4.47 I I
It means that happiness-sadness, creation-destruction, profit-loss and life-death are received by everyone in turn, so a patient person should not be happy and grieve for them.
Emotions are directly related to our thoughts and whose thoughts are more restrained and positive, the more calm it will be and the method of controlling thoughts is "Meditation", by meditation we get attached to our breath, due to which the flow of thoughts starts to stop. And we attain the state of neutrality which Lord Sri Krishna has called in the Srimad Bhagavad-gtā, the state of sthtipragya.
That's why we should try to become situated pragmatic through meditation.