Bad thing happens in our life. But it's not what happened to me, what I do about it determines the outcome. If a snake bites you, do you run after the snake or you go to the hospital to cure yourself?
Same way you will find lots of snakes around you in your day to day life, but how do you protect yourself is up to you. There are laws to protect our physical assets, but there is no law to protect
your intellect. It's your responsibility to protect your thoughts. There are snakes (people)
around you to poison your mind and provoke you.
It is not what others do but our own mistakes that hurt us the most; it is our response to those
provocations. What people will say or do is under their control. But how I will react is under my
control. I can have control on my thoughts, and thoughts are generated in my mind. I can
achieve mastery over my mind through conscious and continuous practise; otherwise
compulsive thinking will take me over. By controlling my thoughts, I can determine my
destiny. My mind & consciences is my spiritual asset. I need to protect and use it with outmost
care. God has given me the will power to protect it from evil purpose. Mind control is the
result of self-discipline and habits. I either control my mind or it controls you. There is no
half-way compromise.
The most practical of all methods for controlling my mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by present actions based on my definite future plan and keep my mind clean through forgiveness exercise, whenever required.