Mind Control
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Why Meditation Feels So Difficult
In Raja Yoga, Swami Vivekananda famously compares the human mind to a wild, drunken monkey. Most people make the mistake of trying to force their mind to be completely still the moment they close their eyes. Vivekananda warns that this is like trying to violently fight a wild animal – it only makes the mind… Continue reading
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Silence Your Mind With Chanting
One of the biggest challenges today is a noisy mind. Thoughts constantly jumping.Replaying the past.Projecting into the future. And when the mind is like this, it becomes weak. It cannot focus.It cannot see clearly.It cannot go deep. In the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, this problem is not solved by force. It is solved by understanding… Continue reading
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Master Your Mind With Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali can be seen as a user manual for the mind. They are not about belief or philosophy in the abstract. They are practical. They show you how your mind works and how to work with it. Most of us are deeply identified with our thoughts. Whatever appears in the mind, we… Continue reading
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Master Your Mind with Meditation
Meditation is often understood as a way to relax or clear the mind. In the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, however, its purpose is much deeper. Meditation is a tool for self-realization—not to become something new, but to see clearly what you are not. The mind is constantly in motion. Thoughts, emotions, and reactions arise one… Continue reading
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When the Mind Goes Out of Control
There are moments when the mind doesn’t listen. A heated argument.An insult.Or that endless loop afterward—replaying what happened, what you should have said. It feels like the mind has taken over. Vivekananda didn’t see this as a failure.He saw it as the natural state of an untrained mind and something that can be worked with.… Continue reading
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Vivekananda – Protect your Mind
Most people believe their problem is lack of control. “I can’t stop overthinking”“I can’t focus”“My mind is all over the place” So they try to fight their thoughts. But that’s like trying to control the waves… without understanding the ocean. The Real Mechanism Your mind doesn’t create thoughts out of nothing. It builds from what… Continue reading
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Krishna’s Secret to Mastering the Mind
The struggle with the mind is not new. Long before modern distractions, long before screens and noise, a warrior stood in the middle of a battlefield and confessed something deeply human. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna says to Krishna that the mind is restless, turbulent and difficult to control. It moves like the wind –… Continue reading
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Vivekananda – Witness Your Mind
Most of our struggles don’t come from the world outside, but from the storm inside. We are constantly overwhelmed by stress, anger or anxiety. Swami Vivekananda taught that the problem isn’t the thought or the feeling itself – the problem is our identification with it. When a wave of anger rises, we don’t just see… Continue reading
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Swami Vivekananda on The Secret Yogic Science of Mind Control
Swami Vivekananda revealed a profound secret the ancient Yogis had discovered — that the rhythm of the breath holds the key to the rhythm of the mind. Through the simple act of conscious breathing, they found a way to still thought, calm emotion and touch the source of peace within. In his Raja Yoga lectures,… Continue reading
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