Mind

 Hare Krishna everyone I am Owskar Ganbawale and welcome to 'Being Krishna Conscious'.

 Recently I was talking to some school friends. During that talk, I asked those who was their best friend? so some of them came and named their best friends the second question I asked them was who is your biggest enemy? To my surprise, a young girl came forward and took the name of a boy and everybody started laughing like anything. The third and the most interesting question that I asked those was who is your best friend and your greatest enemy at the same time? It means who is that one personality who can act as your best friend and your biggest enemy both at the same time? So we all  were having so much fun and everyone was having a great time but this third question is very significant

Now  I asked that question to you all who is your best friend and your greatest enemy at the same time? Interestingly Shri Krishna has talked about this one personality in Srimad Bhagavad-Gita according to Sri Krishna that personality who can act as your biggest friend and your biggest enemy is none other than your MIND. Let us try to understand this.

According to shastras our body is made up of three different levels level number one is called gross body this gross body is made up of five elements the body which you can see right now this is level one; level 2 is above level 1 which is known as the subtle body this is comprised of three elements which are man buddhi ahankar. This man is called the Mind buddhi means intelligence ahankara means. Some of us say "This is not my ego it is my self-respect we all have some self-esteem that is nothing but ego itself". Let's Reserve this particular topic for some other discussion. Coming on to…

level number three which is above level number one and two which is nothing but the spirit soul. Talking about level two we have man buddhi ahankar let's talk about man which is mind and buddhi intelligence what is the difference between mind and intelligence? let me give you a practical example supposing I know that I have my exam the next week and my intelligence is telling me to study because I did not pay any attention in the class and I do not know anything about that subject so my intelligence is telling me to study right now but what is my mind telling me? my mind is constantly telling me to scroll through Instagram and to keep looking at the reels or shorts on  YouTube, it will not let me study so this is the difference between intelligence and mind, my intelligence knows the distinction between right and wrong and it tells me to do right but it is my mind which is so uncontrolled that it keeps telling me to commit what is wrong that is why we can see so many ill happenings taking place in the society theft, robbery, dacoity, rapes, and other crimes this is the reason the ultimate route is uncontrolled mind

So what is the need? the actual need is to control the mind right now we all can at least agree that right now we have an uncontrolled minds no matter how hard we tell ourselves to wake up early from tomorrow morning that Tomorrow Never Comes. This mind has been compared to a monkey now we all know that a monkey is so Restless that it cannot even sit for One entire minute at one place it keeps jumping from one place to another from one branch to another and it is so Restless that it won't be controlled so our mind has been compared to a monkey which is so Restless I'm sure people from India especially those who were born in the 90s must have seen that madari dance in their childhood in which a person known as the madari showcases a dance of monkeys in which the male monkey would come and he will propose to the female monkey for marriage and then the female monkey would wear all the Bangles she will put up shringar and get ready for the marriage so there is an entire theme and all of these steps are taking place on the beats that the madari is giving to the monkeys. 

Now on one hand on which we are saying that a monkey is so Restless that it is almost impossible to control it. it is so Restless versus that madari who is able to control not one not two but even three four monkeys together at the same time and making them dance on his beat. How is this possible? What did the madari do to control these monkeys who are so Restless? If we are able to answer this question then the same answer will be applicable on how to control the monkey-like uncontrolled mind. What does the madari do? the madhari trains the monkey he takes up a training process and an appropriate technique to train those monkeys so the answer is we have to train our minds so that they can shift from being uncontrolled to controlled. The question comes what is that training process which technique are we supposed to take upin order to control our mind? That technique or that training process in the age of Kali Yuga is very easy it is not tapasya.. it is not some form of worship it is not yagyas it is not doing sacrifices but it is only one thing the most simple thing which is Chanting the holy names of Krishna is the only way in the age of Kali yuga there is no other way .... so in the age of kali yuga

The training process to control the mind is to keep chanting the names of Lord Hari. But there are so many mantras there are so many different names Krishna has numerous names which all names are we supposed to chant? Which Mantra are we supposed to chant?

To answer this let me give you a situation if you want to travel to a far-off place and you have two options option number one is that you can travel by bus and option number two is that you can go buy an airplane which one will you choose? obviously, we all would choose the second option. Why? because in the first option which is traveling by bus, you will definitely reach your destination but it will take longer time and the journey would be uncomfortable versus the second option which is more time convenient and you will be so comfortable during your flight. Similarly, if you have two or more mantras that can definitely take you to your desired goal which is Krishna but one of them will take longer time and the other one will make you reach it quickly and more efficiently which one will you choose? You will definitely choose the one which is more time efficient and which is more comfortable. And that Mantra which is also known as the Tarak Brahma Mantra is This 16 lettered Mantra is so powerful that you do not need any other thing any other vehicle to travel from this material world to Krishna in the spiritual world that is why this Mantra is called Tarak Brahma Mantra. 

So the technique or the training to control our mind is to keep chanting this Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and we will surely reach our destination which is Krishna Prem .Make sure that when you are chanting you are putting all your energy and all your heart into chanting so that when Krishna sees us he becomes pleased by our endeavors and our sincerity. So let us not wait for the right time but let us take this time and make it right by chanting the names of Krishna and making our lives successful and Sublime.

So start chanting from today onwards and do let me know your experience as well.