Sept 9, 2010

Attachment causes pain and fear.Reduce the attachment. When a fisherman casts his net to catch the fish, the only fish which escape his net are the ones who are near his feet. Similarly to get rid of the attachments we should hold on to the feet of the Lord. Bhagvata shastra teaches us that the thoughts of the mind are the cause of many of our problems and how to control this mind by cultivating devotion to the Lord. There are two types of minds- animal mind and manusha mind. Animal mind is the one which doesnt think independently and gets caught in the worldly web whereas human mind is the one with viveka or independent thinking which knows the fact that we all have in us this divine consciousness which we should realise and uplift ourselves. Whatever we are facing in this life is due to our samskaras in the chitta (ie subconscious). If we have good samskaras we will have a good life. Hence to be happy and improve our lives we have to direct our mind towards God so that we have good samskaras which will enrich our future lives.