First exercise. RETURN OF THOUGHT.
The first thing to do is stay on the mood that you have chosen, and then delete everything that could in any way disturb the mind. To do this, you should try to free themselves from the slightest trace of anger, irritation, anxiety, indecision and fear.
If such conditions can penetrate the mind, there can be no present exercise will, no constancy in the mood. Exercises in control of the mind can only succeed when the mood is stable, but if you're still so young, that may fall under the influence of anger, anxiety or fear, depending on the so-called accidents of life, you can not yet get a self, to rise on the changeable moods and wandering mind. Only that pure, good, friendly and quiet, can be stable, the same anger, fear, and all akin to them by its very nature volatile and unstable. Therefore, a sentiment that you choose should correspond to the best and most disinterested of your ideals, unselfish, not only in relation to yourself, but to others.
You can no longer look at life as a struggle with others or for the sake of a few others, and may not wish to control others, your goal should be to gradually acquire power over themselves and develop your own strength, and the way to your attitude towards other always and for all, without exception, should be benevolent intention to share with them the freedom and power that you get for yourself.
Remember the first question. Dare you to overcome the mental and spiritual resistance, which will meet your determination to take the facts of life such as they are, and do not wish to nature or the Great Law brought other opportunities in your way? " At least every time I would like desire, should say to himself: "Stop!" I do not want! "
Think that might mean a change in your mind? That would mean it for you every time you get up in the morning, when you eat, when you go to bed? What would it mean for you when you meet with your friends, your friends, your so-called enemies? What would it mean for you if you lost your place, your money, if you're sick and your family should have to suffer? Sit quietly and mentally Go through all the trouble that could happen to you during the next week and figure out what each of these cases could mean for you.
Been carried change in your consciousness would mean that you will not want to change anything and that you each of the assumptions of the cases will ask the question: what is your goal, what benefit can I learn from you? This change would mean that you are not going helplessly and say: "I'm sorry" - or "I wish I could," and boldly stand up and say: "I want" - or "I do not want." In this mood you are guided by a hope, but certainty is not the expectation, and knowledge, not fear of the unknown, and confidence in the great law within you and outside you.
Every morning, before you start your day, to devote five minutes to reflect on this cheerful outlook on life. Every night, before bedtime, consume five minutes out to see how you performed during the single day decision. Do not look back to dwell on what you're mistaken; look back mainly to the fact what you had success. And every day will talk to you about your achievements. Do you want anything, do not regret anything, do not expect anything. But when you fall asleep, fall asleep with the thought: I want to. And when You watch, talk quietly within himself: I want to.
Your next task will be for some time to follow all small necessary, to save all your strength, do not waste them on the empty mind, empty emotions or empty case.
During the day, do not do any business, thinking about something else. Thought and action must be brought to unity, should not let a single thought, unrelated to a continuing or prospective action: and no action should not be committed without intent. With respect to this rule for a whole day, the mind and body learn to work together without wasting physical and mental energy. And so you suppress every careless action and every idle thought.
As for the idle action, avoid all unnecessary objects and small empty conventions, to which people are made unconsciously, such as: Quaking knee or leg back and forth through the knee, or the utterance of useless phrases like: "You see, I must tell you," or twisting a mustache, scratching , nail biting, jerking buttons or watch chains, aimless talk, etc. Every deed or word ought to have a purpose. Greater useless actions should also be expelled, for example, later lying in bed in the morning, a waste of time at night, eating unwanted food, the desire to get things really unnecessary. Similarly, unnecessary physical stimulation and nerve and muscle tension should be izbegaemy possible. These useless habits are hard to change overnight, and better monitor their abolition in the course of one hour each day, gradually lengthening time, rather than attempting to change each useless habit once and can not cope with the implementation of the decision.
As for idle thoughts, avoid lying in bed, pondering many questions before going to sleep, or lie awake half-asleep state, or again and again to stop at one and the same thought or argument. If you want something to reflect on, push forward and disassemble everything that relates to this issue and come to any conclusion, then remove all the matter from his mind and did not disassemble it again until you find new facts relating to it . If the pros and cons of a particular course of action are identical, and can not make much difference which way to turn your solution, throw lots and finish variations, do not let your mind again and again consider the same question. If the problem seems not pigeonhole, act immediately and drive off further reconsideration or set it for a specified period; in no case will not let anxiety, fear or despair, wandering in your mind, poisoning and weakening it. Do not think too much about what you do - act. Do not worry about what others say about you, except to remove that portion of truth, which always exists in other people's words. Do not make the imperfections of other subject of your thoughts. If you have a fixed mind, do not eat after dark and do not sleep after sunrise, and doing moderate exercise and breathe fresh air.
It remains to eliminate idle emotions. The search for small pleasures, which do not give the rest, and indulging their emotions, which are not in line with your activities and thoughts, weakens the will. Your main goal should be your main pleasure, if it is not so, or purpose, or pleasure - not from healthy. All this concerns the concentration, preferably within everyday life. We now turn to the daily exercises in the control of the mind.
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