17/02/2017
How a timely pull can save us from a deadly fall?
As a rider travels the terrain using the horse, we souls traverse material existence using a horse-like tool – our mind. The mind integrates the inputs from the senses and conveys our intentions to the senses. The way a timely pull can control the horse, so too can timely restrain control the mind. When such restraint is neglected, the thought grows into a desire, which then grows into an intention, thereby sentencing us to self-sabotage. Just as a rider on a wild horse meets a deadly fall, so too does a seeker with a wild mind falls to unworthy sensual indulgences.
However, we can protect ourselves from all this peril and pain. How? By exercising due vigilance in checking the mind’s distractions and focusing it on our higher purposes, especially the highest purpose of devotional service to our all-attractive Lord.