In Ramayana when Ram was in exile with Laxman and Seeta, one morning Laxman spotted a huge procession led by his brother Bharat approaching towards them. His reflex reaction was that Bharat not content with grabbing the throne of Ayodhya which rightfully belonged to Ram wanted to finish his brother and to accomplish his mission he was coming with his warriors. Fumed, he started making highly derogatory remarks about Bharat and took his bow to wage a war. But Ram who by virtue of Yoga had a stable mind stopped Laxman and asked him not to act on the basis of imaginary fairs. Ram was right Bharat was coming with altogether a different mission. Unstable mind is a breeding ground for imaginary fears and it can make heaven of hell and a hell of heaven. The less energy we spend on unnecessary emotional gyrations the more we have for intelligent decision making.
Sage Patanjali, the father of Yoga, in his Ashtanga Yoga advises a man to create a stable mind with yoga. It is the training of mind which imparts equanimity. It is a mental state that looks with equal ease at happiness and sorrow, at misery and luxury and treats success and failure in a same way. It looks at the world and happenings around with an open mind free of biases, fears and has only good and positive thoughts. “Control your mind, your prana will be automatically controlled” says Satya Sri Sai Baba. Veda’s sukti “Shiv sankalpam astu” Oh God may only good thoughts enter my mind reinforce this view” The man who develops a stable mind rarely commits blunders which he might have to rue later on.
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