Thursday, March 18, 2010

The mind like any other part of the body, must be trained to function...[part 2]

The mind, like any other part 
of the body, must be trained to function. 

With intense practice, the hands learn 
the skill to use a pen, to write. 

A child will stumble, several times, 
before it learns to walk with confidence. 

In the same way, you must 
exert control on the mind 
by not allowing it to stray, 
or else you, My dears, will never know peace. 

The mind is like a camera 
that will capture all that the 
body encounters and will 
develop each moment into 
a series of thoughts that it stores in its bank. 

The mind continues to function, 
even when the body remains inactive, 
replaying sporadic thoughts of that 
which it has already experienced 
and stored in its memory. 

It is like an automatic replay 
button that plays without your 
own knowledge, allowing you to 
experience several unhappy 
incidents of the past or even 
your imaginary worries of the future.