The more we watch the mind’s movie the more the mind makes our life a horror movie Gita 06.06
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the more we watch the mind’s movie the more we make our life a horror movie suppose we went with a friend to watch a movie and we got so caught in that movie that we lost track of everything around us and that friend sneak their hands into our pocket and stole our wallet leaving us penniless and identity less now our similar is the way in which our mind distracts and defrauds us Gita Wisdom explains that our mind is our constant inner companion it shows us various movies by telling us stories that are so vivid that we forget everything else for example the mind may show us movies of sensual indulgences that provide immense pleasures being caught in those movies we engage in immoral anti-spiritual activities in the pursuit of those pleasures without even realizing what we are doing only when the movie ends we realize that we have been left that we have ruined our we have done things that have ruined our reputation and maybe even ruined our relationships we have corrupted our character and our consciousness or otherwise the mind may show us movies around victimhood wherein some wrongs that have been done against us are highlighted and exaggerated feeling enraged and being driven by the belief that we are seeking justice we act aggressively speaking and doing things that are unacceptable and again when the movie ends we find that we have broken hearts and ruined relationships thus when we watch the mind’s movie we end up making our own life a horror movie and the more we watch the mind’s movie the worse is the horror movie that results pertinently the Bhagavad Gita warns us that our mind is our enemy as long as it is uncontrolled that means as long as it controls the fantasies we entertain inside us vandhuraatmaatmanastasye inaatmaivaatmanajitaha anaatmanashatrutve vartetaatmavishatruvat how can we prevent our life from becoming a horror movie by remembering how dangerous the mind is and by ensuring that we don’t get caught in its movies the best way to not get caught by the mind is to get caught in Krishna in his when we cultivate devotional focus and absorption in him then his attractiveness protects us from the mind’s deceptiveness thank you