The Stronger The Hold Of Problems On Our Mind The Weaker Becomes Our Hold On Ourselves Gita 06.05

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the stronger the hold of problems on our thoughts the weaker becomes our hold on ourselves when somebody gets very rattled by some event then others may tell them get a hold on yourself calm down buck up so when we have this usage get a hold on yourself what we mean by that is that there is a part of us which can oversee and which can monitor and regulate monitor and moderate what we are doing so how exactly does this work and why does it sometimes not work that means when we feel overwhelmed by something how do we pull ourselves together basically the bhagavata says that you know you could say there is the mind inside us which is often the source of our immediate or impulsive emotional reactions and even physical reactions to some extent when something bad happens immediately our mind starts being afflicted by fear and then our body may start trembling may start shivering so to some extent these emotional and physical reactions might be involuntary but that doesn’t mean we have to go along with those reactions we as souls are observers of our body and our mind so if we consider that our thoughts originate primarily from the mind then the physical world outside the mind inside and we as souls further inside now the mind being the interface between the soul and the world the mind can either be influenced by the world or by the soul of course it is influenced by both but which influences more determines how the mind will behave so urging us to elevate ourselves Bhagavad Gita says that in 6.5 Elevate yourself with yourself don’t degrade yourself with yourself for the self is the friend of the self and the self is also the enemy of the self so here the second self refers to the mind so we could say that we need to elevate ourselves with our mind and not degrade ourselves so when problems come problems catch hold of our mind then our mind goes wild so can we regulate that connection between the problems in our mind yes we can how? by increasing our hold on our mind now the way we hold our mind is by carefully monitoring and mentoring it firstly we have to remember that we are the parents and the mind is like a child instead of seeing something strange scary the child may start screaming or crying but the parents stay calm and then the parents calm the child similarly when problems come upon us the child has the mind will be like a child and it will over react so as long as the child is looking at that scary thing the child will become overwhelmed but if the child turns towards the parent and listens to the parent the child will become calm and if the parents are also feeling apprehensive and the parents turn towards the police person who is well built and well equipped with weapons then then the parent will become calm and the child will also become calm so similarly when problems overwhelm us we can’t let the problems get a hold on us and to prevent that hold or to break that hold if it has already happened we need to remind ourselves first that I am a soul and I am the observer of my mind and I am the observer of the situation so when we observe ourselves in this way we distance ourselves from our mind and distancing ourselves from our mind is difficult so then we need to turn towards the supreme soul and become absorbed in him जितात्मन्हः प्रशान्तस्यः पर्मात्मा समाहितः शीतोष्णसुक दुखेशु थामानापमानयो so when we get a hold on our mind and direct our mind towards the supreme then the worldly ups and downs just heat, cold, pleasure, pain, honour, dishonour won’t hold so tightly on us and thus we can get a better hold on ourselves by holding on to Krishna