Ruling The Mind By Increasing Your Qualities And Powers (Part 1)

Have you ever looked inside the inner kingdom of your mind where your thoughts, feelings and emotions are your ministers? Is it a kingdom of law or lawlessness? Do you ever wonder to yourself –

I wish there would be more order and less chaos in my kingdom!

So what stops you from creating a kingdom of law and order? Is it external situations or is it your internal reactions to these situations? Just for one day, perform this little exercise, check that out of the thousands of thoughts and feelings you create in a day, how many are your own creation and how many are responses to external events. If they are your own positive creation or if they are responses to events, but correct ones, then be proud that your ministers are obeying you. Do you realize that the time when these thoughts and feelings are your wrong reactions and not your original correct creations either, is the time when these ministers are disobeying you and creating lawlessness?

A kingdom where the ministers disobey the king i.e. you, the soul repeatedly, is a kingdom, the atmosphere of which is lacking in peace, love and joy. The kingdom in our case is our mind. It is a kingdom which is not respected by its people, who are guided by the ministers of thoughts, feelings and emotions. The people are your attitudes, expressions, words and actions. They further misbehave under the influence of the negative thoughts, feelings and emotions. It is a kingdom where the king cannot face external situations with strength. Also, it is a kingdom which is lacking in stability.

(To be continued tomorrow …)