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om mind“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” ~Bhagavad Gita
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ne of the most prominent yoga texts, the Bhagavad
Gita, explores a charioteer (traditionally, a person
who drives a horse and buggy) as an analogy of the
mind. In Chapter 3, verse 43, Krishna likens our five
senses of taste, touch, hearing, sight, and smell to
the horses that pull the chariot of our untamed mind.
Under the control of a skilled driver, our senses (the five horses)
serve us very well. In fact, they can take us great distances! But
under the direction of an incompetent or distracted driver, we can
be pulled off course or driven into rugged terrain. To get where we
aspire to go – be it Kansas, the Olympics, or Enlightenment – we
need the strength and determination of a disciplined mind. And like
any muscle, the mind must be trained to declare its authority as a
master of the senses.Change The Record
Most of us are familiar with a series of hit singles that jockey for a
spot on the jukebox of our mind. We have “I’m Not Good Enough”
by Self-Pity, followed by “What’s the Point” by Pure Doubt, and
good old, “I’m too Small, too Fat, too Thin, too Short, too Old,
or too Weak,” by The Excuses. But every once in a while, a new
band makes a quiet debut to the unfamiliar lilt of “Maybe I’m Okay
After All.” But we don’t play the song often enough to know the
lyrics by heart.
Now, there’s good news and bad. The bad news is you’ve played
the Golden Oldies for as long as you can remember – perhaps the
length of your entire musical life. You’ve played them for so long
and so often that you’ve convinced yourself the lyrics are true.
The good news is that the lyrics aren’t true, they’re the creative