SB 04.22.30 - Time tested technique to control mind
Bhagavat-Sangi-Sangasya
SB 04.22.30 - Time tested technique to control mind
indriyair viṣayākṛṣṭair
TRANSLATION
When one’s mind and senses are attracted to sense objects for enjoyment, the mind becomes agitated. As a result of continually thinking of sense objects, one’s real consciousness almost becomes lost, like the water in a lake that is gradually sucked up by the big grass straws on its bank.
So, reason behind agitation of mind is hooking up of our mind with some sense objects, either out of addiction/habit or due to hankering for enjoyment. We should understand the difference between both of these situations - addiction & for enjoyment.
If a person’s mind is hooked up to a sense object with an internal conviction that the specified sense object will surely give me happiness & satisfaction in the amount which I have not achieved till now, then this is a symptom of ignorance, which will surely fetch frustration or anger after achieving that sense object.
In the second case, a person’s mind is hooked up to a sense object out of his past addiction or habit or conditioning. In this situation, person knows the reality that fulfillment of these sense desires will not give a long term satisfaction but still he/she is not able to resist himself/herself. Obviously, the second situation is better than first situation relatively as a person has the true knowledge but somehow he/she is not able to apply that true knowledge in his practical life.
Whichever situation we may be in, whether first or second, there is one nice solution taught to us by Srila Prabhupad to get rid from this problem & that is - We must take serious responsibilities of doing devotional activities. We must take anxieties for serving Krishna. Just remember, that these anxieties are not ordinary; they are transcendental. When we are completely immersed in transcendental anxieties for Krishna, then surely our mind won’t think of the sense objects seriously. A flash of thought pertaining to sense object may come, but it will go away very soon. This technique is a time tested way to control mind. Let us try to apply it by taking serious responsibilities.
