Currently Browsing: 06. Mind & Soul

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July 2017

• 65) What is the difference between the mind and the modes?
• 64) Which is better – learning with the intelligence or learning with the mind?
• 63) How can we get the mind out of a problem when we need to think about the problem to solve it – Hindi?
• 62) Dealing with conflicts by dealing with the mind – Hindi

December 2016

• 61) In Gita 6.5, can both atma be translated as the mind – elevate the mind with the mind?
• 60) If our mind acts according to default settings, what is the role of our free will?
• 59) Why do we say that we think with the mind and not with the soul?
• 58) ​How can we practically do abhyasa for focusing the mind?
• 57) When Krishna disapproves renunciation as it will disturb people’s minds, how can we understand Prabhupada’s giving sannyasa to young disciples?
• 56) Are the sense and mind different – which of them drives us?

November 2016

• 55) ​Help your mind to learn using association and intelligence
• 54) ​What is stillness of mind?
• 53) ​Where are the mind, intelligence and ego located?
• 52) Does the mind tempt us because of the modes or do the modes tempt us because of the mind?
• 51) How can we fix the mind on Krishna?
• 50) What are the sizes of the soul and the mind?
• 49) How can those unaware of scripture differentiate between the mind and the intelligence?
• 48) What is more powerful – the soul or the mind?
• 47) If someone is going through a bad phase astrologically, how does the mind affect their problems?
• 46) How much does the mind affect problems in astrologically compatible relationships?
• 45) How do we differentiate between the mind and the heart?
• 44) How can we remove bad impressions from our mind?
• 43) Can the soul experience anything other than what is displayed on the mind’s screen?
• 42) How are the soul, mind and body brought together?
• 41) When bhakti provides higher pleasure than sensuality, why does the mind still crave for sense pleasure?

October 2016

• 40) Is our next body shaped by our desire or by our mind?
• 39) ​How does the mind make decisions?
• 38) ​How to deal with the mind if it traps us in the same behaviour repeatedly?
• 37) What to do if the mind acts on us even before we realize what is happening?
• 36) How to avoid getting distracted by the mind during our idle time?
• 35) Tap the power of your mind​ – with Spanish translation
• 34) How can we measure our progress on the path of controlling our mind?
• 33) ​What does the Gita’s call to control the mind by practice and renunciation mean practically?
• 32) How can we train the mind to correct its bad ways?
• 31) ​Are we meant to neglect the mind or to channel it?
• 30) When the mind troubles us, how can we practically control it?
• 29) ​Is thinking done by the mind or by the soul?
• 28) ​Look at the mind before you look with the mind
• 27) ​What goes wrong when one person gets undue control on others’ minds?
• 26) ​During chanting should we try to control the mind or should we pray to Krishna that he control the mind?
• 25) ​How do we differentiate between the mind’s desires and the soul’s desires?
• 24) ​How do we address the conflict between the mind and the heart?
• 23) ​Four animal metaphors for managing the mind – horse, wolf, dog and sheep
• 22) ​How can we keep our mind clear between meditation sessions?
• 21) ​How can we keep our heart open when the mind is hostile?
• 20) If our mind’s software is very corrupted, how can we handle it?
• 19) ​Don’t identify with the mind – identify the mind
• 18) ​How can we stay positive when the mind is pessimistic?

September 2016

• 17) Spirituality in an age of science – Managing the messy mind
• 16) Does anger arise in the mind or in the soul?
• 15) ​When the mind treats worldly objects, not Krishna, as its home, how to respond?
• 14) ​How can we control the mind in professional settings where we can’t do devotional activities?
• 13) Does personality come from the brain or the mind?
• 12) ​Is the mind living or dead?
• 11) ​How is the mind like a mirror?
• 10) Understanding the mind through tech metaphors
• 9) Shikshashtakam 2 Text 1 The mind as a window, a TV screen and a mirror

August 2016

• 8) ​Can hypnosis be used to help us better focus our mind in bhakti?
• 7) In the conflict between the mind and the intelligence, who decides?
• 6) Learning to live with the mind – 2
• 5) ​How can we cultivate gravity for controlling the mind, as told in the Gita 17.16?
• 4) ​Should we always seek devotional stimuli with the mind?

July 2016

• 3) ​Are we meant to reject the mind or to engage it?

December 2011

• 2) 08.07: Bhakti integrates our emotional and rational faculties
• 1) Happiness results not just from the state of mind, but the state of being ()