The Essence Of Discipline Is To Make Our Intelligence Faster Than Our Mind Gita

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the essence of discipline is to make the intelligence faster than the mind whenever we try to discipline ourselves we understand that it requires willpower it requires effort but what is it that we are exactly doing in exercising our willpower what is it that makes us act in a particular way and not in the opposite way suppose we decide to say regulate our internet use our social media involvement our Netflix binging what is it that we are trying to accomplish in terms of our inner world the same principle can apply to cultivation of good habits just as it applies for the reduction of bad habits if not their elimination and that principle essentially is that within us there is a positive force which inspires us to do the right thing and there is a negative force which impels us to do the wrong thing and the positive force which can be called intelligence needs to become stronger sharper faster than the negative force that essentially means that see the intelligence has to become faster than the mind so when the mind proposes come on watch this read this, touch this then before the intelligence before we start doing that our intelligence needs to become active and before the mind’s proposition gets transformed into the body’s action there has to be the intelligence intervention, evaluation and redirection so for this to happen firstly our intelligence needs to be alert and then equipped and that’s why regular reminders of the right thing to do and the wrong thing to avoid are important when we equip ourselves in this way then even if we get the proposition to do wrong and even if we start doing it we will stop it as soon as we can once the intelligence gets activated of course our desires may take a long time to go away but even while the lower proposition is present if at least a higher option is present and the recollection of the higher option is present the facility for going toward the higher option is present then we are more likely to choose the higher option and the practices of Bhakti Yoga give us many such higher options and once we start using them we all can start growing in our lives the Bhagavad Gita urges us all to know that the mind is going to be restless and impulsive and before this it says we need to have our intelligence sustained by determination by conviction and that’s how we will be able to regulate our mind thank you