Who Controls Your Mind?
Few people are aware of the thoughts that pass through their
minds. Thinking is performed like a habit, in an automatic
manner. If the thoughts are positive, then it is all right, but
if they are negative, they may cause trouble.
The mind is like small child, who accepts and takes for granted
whatever it sees or hears, without judgment and without
considering the consequences. If you let your mind behave as it
likes and give it complete freedom, you lose your freedom.
We are constantly flooded with thoughts, ideas and information
coming through the five senses, other people, the newspapers and
TV. These thoughts, ideas and information penetrate the mind
whether we are aware of this process or not.
This outside flow influences our behavior and reactions. It
influences the way we think, our preferences, likes and
dislikes. This means that we let outside powers shape our lives.
So where is freedom?
Most people think and believe that their thoughts originate from
them, but have they ever stopped and considered whether their
thoughts, desires, likes and dislikes are really theirs? Maybe
they are outside influences that they have unconsciously
accepted?
If there is no filter to process the thoughts that enter the
mind, there is no freedom. Then all actions are like the actions
of a puppet on a string, though no one will admit it.
You may object and say that the thoughts that pass through your
mind are yours, but are they? Have you deliberately and
attentively created every thought that entered your mind?
Why let outside influences control your mind and life? Why be a
slave to other people's thoughts? Do you want to make your mind
free or do you prefer to enslave it to other people's opinions
and thoughts? If you leave your mind open to every thought that
passes by, you put our life in other people's hands, and without
realizing it you accept their thoughts and act in accordance
with them.
Each person is more susceptible to certain kind of thoughts than
others. Certain thoughts and ideas we ignore, and others spur us
to immediate action. Thoughts concerning subjects we love have
more power on us than other thoughts, but even thoughts and
ideas that we don