Mind in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven

One evening while I was having a cup of tea and snacks sitting nearby the window alone, suddenly a collection of memories gushed through my mind.

An hour passed by, but the mind was still going on and I was juggling with my emotions. I found myself smiling, frowning, laughing, crying, regretting etc in my mind. My mind was rushing with enormous, restless thoughts.

I couldn't stop my mind.

Much to the astonishment, I felt as if I am on a boat in the middle of the stormy ocean. The thoughts were like inexpungible ocean waves.
I couldn't stop admiring the power of human mind. It has the capacity to transport you to far off places that you may or may not like to go. It will take you through life journey of desires and fear and many unwanted things. Most of the people are wandering in their mind without their knowledge and they become restless. Sometimes the thoughts that burden our mind is pointless, time-consuming and of course stressful.

You need to control your mind before it turns you evil and depressed. Do you think controlling your mind is that easy task to do? Then accept my challenge. Sit on a chair and close your eyes for just 10mins and tell your mind - "stop thinking, be quiet for sometime." I know you smiled just now by imagining what your mind is going to do for the next 10mins once you asked it to stop thinking. The issue is not the arising of these thoughts, it is that we are unable to control it.

One of the best way to control your mind is meditation. It has the power to calm the mind. The mind gets relaxed and starts focusing on healing and replenishing the wonderful soul. It's a proven fact, a man can never find a peaceful and energetic place like his soul. Stop your mind from bringing in unwanted thoughts, empty it and try to reach your divine soul.

Here's an eye-opener story to make you realize to what actually we are giving importance in our life and regret later for not controlling our mind and neglecting the most precious jewel that we already have within us.

Once upon a time, there was a king who had four wives.

 He loved his fourth wife the most and took best care of her and gave her nothing but the best. He gifted her with diamonds, gold and elegant clothing.

He loved his third wife too, he was very proud and show her off to everyone.

He loved his second wife too because she was the one who was always there for him in his times of need and would help him to come out of his difficult times.

Now comes the first wife, who was loyal and took great care of the king. She loved him deeply, but he hardly took notice of her.

One day the king became very ill and was on his death bed. He was afraid of his death and wanted someone to accompany his afterlife.

The king first asked his fourth wife. I loved you the most, now I am dying, will you die and come with me to the afterlife?
The fourth wife replied - "I'm sorry, I can't do that and walked away."
The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the king's heart.

The king then asked the third wife - I loved you so much, now that I'm dying, will you die and keep the company?
The third wife replied - "I'm sorry, I love my life too much. I'm going to remarry and start new life when you die."
The king's heart sank and turned cold.

The sad king then asked his second wife - you have always helped me in times of need, now I need your help again. Would you accompany me to my afterlife?
The second wife replied - I'm sorry, this time I can't help you. What I can do is arrange your funeral and will be there for your funeral.
The king felt devastated.

Then a voice called out - I'II leave with you and follow you wherever you go even if it is to the afterlife.

The king looked, it was his first wife, she was so simple, skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition.
The king felt so embarrassed and said - "I'm sorry I should have taken much better care of you while I could have!"

Moral of the story -
We all have four wives in our life.

1. The fourth wife is our body - No matter how much effort and time we give to make it look good, it would leave us when we die.

2. The third wife is our wealth and possessions, when we die, they all go to others.

3. The second wife is our family - No matter how close they had been to us, the farthest they can go with us is to our funeral.

4. The first wife is our soul, often neglected in our pursuit of material, wealth and sensual pleasures. But it is the only thing that follows us wherever we go

Nourish your mind and soul by giving time to yourself, take time to pray and meditate.
You will hear your soul when you calm your mind with a powerful weapon i.e Meditation.
Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your life challenges.

Here's some simple tips for you on how to meditate and calm yourself -
- Sit comfortably.

- Close your eyes.

- Focus on the breath and fell the body move with each inhalation and exhalation.

- You may chant some prayer or listen to calming music or count numbers in backward counting etc.

- Try to bring certain image and try to focus only on that image while meditating. The image could be of your favourite god or a beautiful scenery.

- At beginning, you can start meditating for five minutes, then gradually increase it to one hour.
At start you may find it hard to control your mind but bring it back and very sooner you will be able to achieve the art of meditation.

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