There is a Sanskrit proverb – ‘Man eva manushyanam karanam bandhamokshayoh’ which means that mind is the cause of man's bondage and salvation. The meaning is that it is the mind that binds man in worldly bondages and the mind itself frees him from bondage. If the mind does not want to, one can ignore even the biggest of bondages. Shankaracharya has said that "Whoever has conquered the mind has conquered the world." It is the mind that puts a man in heaven or hell. The key to going to heaven or hell has been given by God in our hands.
Meaning of the utterance - After considering the importance of the mind, it is necessary to consider the meaning of the utterance related to the case. This statement in its full form is as follows.
Where are all the layers of sorrow and happiness, masculine tajhu na mit.
Losers of the mind are defeats, victories are won by the mind. That is, sorrow and happiness fall on everyone, so do not give up your man; Because defeat and victory are dependent only on whether the mind accepts it or not, that is, if the defeat is accepted by the mind, the person's defeat is sure. On the contrary, if the person's mind does not accept defeat, then Vijayshree kisses his feet even in adverse circumstances. Victory and defeat, loss and gain, success and failure and sorrow and happiness are all the causes of the mind; Therefore, as a person experiences, so shall he become.
Some examples of firmness of mind There are many such examples in front of us, in which through the will power of the mind, individuals have converted their defeat into victory. The reason for the victory of the Pandavas in the war of Mahabharata was that Shri Krishna had strengthened their morale. Nachiketa not only defeated death, but also received boons from Yamraj as per his wish. Savitri's mind did not give up even in front of Yamraj and finally succeeded in bringing her husband out of the mouth of death.
Maharana Pratap with meager means fought with the Mughal Emperor Akbar with determination in his mind. Shivaji made Aurangzeb's teeth sour by taking a very small army. Japan was completely destroyed by the explosion of the atomic bomb by America in World War II, but today due to the strength of its morale, Japan is one of the few powerful countries in the world. The lean Gandhiji shook the foundations of the British Empire with his determination. Many such examples can be presented, from which it becomes clear that victory and defeat depend on the firmness of the mind.
The power of the mind in the performance of action-
It has often been seen that the work towards which a person is more inclined, he completes that work even after suffering hardships. As soon as the attachment of the mind towards a task decreases, so does the effort to accomplish it. There is attachment in the mind of the climbers who climb the snow-capped mountains. This feeling of attachment keeps motivating them to move forward continuously.
Key to success: Stability of mind, patience and continuous work – in fact the mind is the key to success. As long as there is a strong desire to do some work, then there will be hope to do that work even after failing. There is a famous story that a king fought with his enemy many times and was defeated. When he was defeated, he sat in a solitary room. There he saw a spider climbing up.
The spider climbed up several times, but it kept falling again and again. Eventually she climbed up. This gave immense inspiration to the king. He again accumulated power and defeated his enemy and took back his kingdom. The essence of this short story is that if the mind does not give up, one day or the other one gets success.
How to empower the mind? - The question arises that how to empower the mind? To make the mind powerful, first of all it has to be controlled.
That is, one who has subdued his mind, he has subdued the world, but the man who does not conquer the mind and himself becomes under its control, as if he has accepted the subordination of the whole world.
To make the mind powerful, it is also necessary to remove the feeling of inferiority. When a person thinks that I am weak, lowly, devoid of strength and means, then his mind becomes weak. That is why it is necessary to make the mind empowered to get rid of this feeling of inferiority.
The mind is supremely powerful. It is the source of eternal power. Recognizing this power of the mind, this resolution has been repeated many times in the Rigveda – “Ahamindro na parajigye” that means I am the center of power and I cannot be defeated throughout my life. If by forgetting this infinite power of the mind, we have made it weak, then despite everything, we will feel dissatisfied and defeated and if we keep the mind strong, then we will never experience defeat and failure in life.
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