Don't LISTEN to your Mind - Shree Krishna's Key to Take Back Your Life by Swami Mukundanand
Main Points: 1 Bhagavat Gita chapter 6 Dhyan Yog, The yog of meditation shloka chanting is followed by translation and commentary by Swami Mukundananda, Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 6 Translation. For those who have conquered the mind it is their friend but for those who have failed to do so, the mind works like their own enemy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=1 2 As a spiritual teacher for 40 Years, now I have seen all kinds of struggles that the sadhaks undergo, helped them, guided them, coached them, seen them succeed, seen some fail, some of them they come to satsang where there's knowledge where people are intented in bhakti but people say, oh this person is so bad, this person did not understand me, that person behaved like this, I'm fed up, I'm sick, I'm going. What happened ? Oh, there were so many demons. Shri Krishna says the real demon is in your own head, read the verse again, the biggest enemy is in your own head, we create anger, greed, desire, hatred - these are the biggest demons. But people are finding demons on the outside whereas the real demon is sitting inside our uncontrolled mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=55 3 there was one British athlete called Jem Gilbert. When she was young, she saw her mother dying on the dentist chair. The doctor was doing some tooth extraction, in those days 100 years ago and then seeing that death in the dentist chair dwelled on her mind. It created a demon in her mind and no matter how bad her teeth were as she grew up, she refused to be treated by any dentist. Finally when the problem became so big she was was about 40 years old by then, so she finally consented all right, I'm willing to visit and when she sat in the dentist chair and the dentist applied the instrument, she died - it's there it's a historical fact. Jem Gilbert she died in the dentist chair and the newspaper printed out that her own image in her own mind killed her, that her mind became her own enemy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=126 4 so when we want to go out and find enemies, Shri Krishna says why go so far, why not look inside. When we were little children we used to say, “Bura jo dekhan main chala, bura na miliya koy, jab dil khoja aapana, mujhse bura na koy. (Sant Kabir) “बुरा जो देखन मैं चला, बुरा ना मिलया कोय, जब दिल खोजा अपना, मुझसे बुरा ना कोय (संत कबीर) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=215 5 there was a hall with 1,000 mirrors and a dog entered. So he found a thousand dogs there. So he became so annoyed, anything he would do, they would all do and as a consequence, he started fighting with all of them. In the morning when the guard came, he found a dead dog and broken mirrors, so you will say this dog was so foolish but Shri Krishna is saying like that dog, your own enemy dog is also sitting inside your mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=236 6 In 2018, there was the world soccer tournament in Russia and the underdogs reached the finals. The finals was played between Croatia, who were The underdogs and France. Croatia had come to the tournament with just two main strikers and one of them was Nicola Kalinic. In one match, he was made to sit by the side and he was brought in for the last 15 minutes, he came inbut that annoyed him tremendously and in the next match again for some reason, the coach made him sit outside and for the last 10 minutes he called him in - so Kalinic refused to come in. It was an important match Kalinic said no. So after the tournament, everybody said this was wrong, you should apologize Kalinic said I will not apologize and the coach said okay then I'm sending you back, Kalinic said send me back, he never thought that Croatia will ever reach the finals, so he went off back to Croatia and out there he went on a vacation and he also started posting on social media his pictures I'm enjoying myself but Croatia moved from one step quarterfinal to semi finals and finals and those 22 minus one players they became the toast of their country and Kalinic missed out on all of it. Why, the newspapers published Kalinic was his Own Worst Enemy, his anger, his uncontrolled mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=288 7 so Shri Krishna says, this mind has the potential to be your best friend - how will it be your best friend ? When you master it and the sign of a mastered mind, the power of thoughts, you can tell your mind to think like this & not to think like this. The mind follows your Intellect's instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=410 8 and the mind, if it is the master, then the mind says, now I'm in a bad mood, now I'm in a good mood, now I am angry now and the soul says, yes boss, we are all angry now. So Shri Krishna says that kind of mind will be your worst enemy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfAWdRlrQM&t=445
Transcript
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bhagavat Gita chapter 6 Dhyan yog The
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yog of meditation shloka chanting is
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followed by translation and commentary
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by Swami mukundananda
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 6 Chanting
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 6 Translation
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for those who have conquered the mind it
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is their friend for those who have
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failed to do so the mind works like an
Bhagavad Gita BG 6.6 Commentary by Swami Mukundananda
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enemy see as a spiritual teacher for 40
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years
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now I have seen all kinds of struggles
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that the sadhaks undergo helped them
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guided them coached them seen them
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succeed seen some
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fail some of them they come to a
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satsang where there's knowledge where
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people are intented in bhakti but oh this
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person is so bad this person did not
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understand me that person behaved like
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this I'm fed up I'm sick I'm
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going what
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happened oh there were so many
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demons Shri Krishna says the real demon
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is in your own head read the verse again
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the biggest enemy is your own
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head we create anger greed desire hatred
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these are the biggest demons now people
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are finding demons on the outside and
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the real demon is sitting
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inside our uncontrolled mind there
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was one British athlete called Jem
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Gilbert when she was young she saw her
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mother dying on the dentist
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chair the doctor was doing some tooth
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extraction in those days you know so
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I'm talking about what she saw almost
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100 years
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ago and then seeing that death in the
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dentist chair dwelled on her mind it
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created a demon in her mind and no
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matter how bad her teeth were as she
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grew up she refused to be treated by any
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dentist finally when the problem became
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so big she was was about 40 years old by
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then so she finally consented all right
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I'm willing to
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visit and when she sat in the dentist
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chair and the dentist applied the
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instrument she
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died so it's there it's a historical
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fact Jem Gilbert she died in the dentist
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chair and the newspaper took
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out that her own image in her own mind
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killed
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her that her mind became her own
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enemy so when we want to go out and find
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enemies Shri Krishna says why go so far
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why not look
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inside when we were little children we
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used to say “Bura jo dekhan main chala, bura na miliya koy, jab dil khoja aapana, mujhse bura na koy. (Sant Kabir)
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there was a hall with 1,000
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mirrors and a dog entered so he found a
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thousand dogs there so
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he became so annoyed now anything he
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would do they would all do and the
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consequence he started fighting with all
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of them in the morning when the guard
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came he found a dead dog and broken
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mirrors so you will say this dog was so
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foolish but Shri Krishna is saying like
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that
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dog your enemy is sitting
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inside in
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2018 there was the world soccer
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tournament in
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Russia and The Underdogs reached this
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finals any soccer man out
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here so the finals was played
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between
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Croatia and France who were The
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Underdogs, Croatia of course the first time
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they reached the finals so they came to
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the tournament with just two main
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Strikers and one of them was Nicola
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Kalinic so in one match he was made to
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sit by the side and he was brought in
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for the last 15
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minutes he came and that annoyed him
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tremendously and in the next match again
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for some reason the coach made him sit
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outside and for the last 10 minutes he
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called him in so Kalinic refused to come
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it was an important match Kalinic said
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no so after the tournament everybody
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said this was wrong you should apologize
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Kalinic said I will not
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apologize and the coach said okay
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then I'm sending you back he said send
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me back he never thought that Croatia will
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ever reach the finals Croatia was not
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considered a strong team at all so he
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went off back to Croatia and out there
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he went on a vacation and he also
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started posting on social media his
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pictures I'm enjoying myself
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but Croatia moved from one step
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Quarterfinal to semi finals and finals and
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those 22 minus one
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players they became the toast of their
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country and Kalinic missed out on all of
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it
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why the newspapers published he was his
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Own Worst Enemy his anger his
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uncontrolled mind so Shri Krishna says
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look this mind has the potential to be
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your best
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friend how will it be your best friend
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when you master it and the sign of a
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mastered
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mind the power of thoughts you can tell
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your mind think like this don't think
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like this the Mind follows your
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intellect's
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instructions and the mind if it is the
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master
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then the mind says I'm in a bad mood I'm
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in a good mood I am angry now and the
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Soul says yes boss we are all angry now
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so Shri Krishna says that kind of mind
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will be your worst
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enemy now he has come to the mind and
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he's then going to move on to
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meditation this is a very powerful
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chapter where Shri Krishna is giving
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one strong piece of knowledge after the other.
