MIND CONTROL

I agree with Gayathri. I cannot say I do meditation but in the middle of the night when varied thoughts keep me awake, I try to keep some image before my eyes like the Siddhar Swami and repeat some short mantra like Om Namasivaya or Namo Narayanaya or Rama Rama and somehow this helps me to divert the mind away from the other thoughts and I go to sleep.

Long long ago I attended some lectures of Chinmayananda Swami and I did learn many things from him then being new to the subject and one of the things that stuck in my mind is: when you feel angry, jealous or something like that, do not try to fight it, just be conscious of it and gradually you will be able to overcome these tendencies. In my experience I have felt that becoming conscious of our negative thoughts will lead to overcoming them, at least to some extent. He called it CONSCIOUS AWARENESS.

-RAMAKRISHNAN.