The human mind tends to find evidence to prove itself right, not find evidence to prove what is right.
Category: Mind
Here Mahatma Das gives tips on identifying your mind games and how to stop them.
About Your Mind
The way your mind takes control of your life is that it pretends to be you and then makes you think you are in control.
— Mahatma Das
Self torture
Have you noticed in life that the person who causes you the most unhappiness is you?
— Mahatma Das
Planting Seeds in Our Mind
Our minds are like a field, and whatever we plant in that field will grow. Plant negative discouraging thoughts, and you will most certainly be a negative and discouraged person. And if you don’t plant positive thoughts in your mind, who will?
— Mahatma Das
Positive Thinking
Positive thoughts are like a turbo engine under your feet pushing you towards Krishna.
— Mahatma Das
The Mind Won’t Easily Surrender
When we decide to become devotees our minds do not agree. The mind goes on as if nothing had changed.
— Mahatma Das
Knowledge can be problematic
More problematic than ignorance is the illusion that you know or understand something that you don’t.
— Mahatma Das
The voice of Wisdom
Have you ever heard the voice of wisdom faintly speaking to you from within your heart, but you turned down the volume because you didn’t like the message?
Be careful with your mind
As we know, the mind can be our friend or enemy. Here is a thought to ponder in this regard. “Be careful how you are talking to yourself because you are listening.”
How to stay high?
You will never stay low if your thoughts are high and never stay high if your thoughts are low. Always remember that you can decide what you want to think about and that you will never rise higher than your highest thoughts.