MIND CREATES ITS OWN IMPRISONMENT
The mind is the best friend to enjoy the most of freedom, and simultaneously it is the worst enemy to raise an impregnable fortress for imprisonment. This is an aphoristic declaration by Srimad Bhagavad Gita (6.6). When one trains and disciplines one's mind, it guides one toward inner peace, wisdom, clarity, and Self-realisation. An unconquered mind is one's worst enemy. It is because, when the mind is unchecked, it chases endless desires and traps one in stress, anxiety, restlessness, and suffering. No one can keep telling someone what to do. Does it really bring out real inner transformation? If it ever does, maybe partially but not completely. Instead, one continues to burden one's own mind with distress, torment oneself, and remain troubled throughout life while trying to change others. The key to one's own lock is in one's own hands. One does not possess the key to everyone else's lock, contends Swami Sri Govindadevgiriji Maharaj ( Vivechan /learn geeta). Y...