Control of the ripplings of the mind is yoga.
The brain moves quickly. But between receiving messages from our senses, to the resultant like or dislike created, there is a world of pain.
For example, the delicious smell of freshly baked bread reaches our nose.
First we sniff the air. Then we realise it is the smell of bread baking. Then we want to eat some of that bread. We suddenly feel hungry. We imagine the bread to be delicious and we crave the taste of it on our tongue. We become irritated because we have no cash on us to buy the bread. We see someone else buying it and become jealous. And so on.
If we had felt happy that some other lucky individual was buying the bread and would soon be enjoying it, we would feel liberated and at peace.
In fact, our world around us, and everything, and everyone in it, is our own interpretation.
We interpret the messages our senses send us, then we project our own ideas, our interpretation, or misinterpretation, back onto the world.
If we interpret a hell, we suffer.
If we interpret a heaven, we are happy.
We control our mind. There is nothing in the world to bind our interpretation. We choose how to interpret the world.
See the heaven all around you, appreciate your life, and be happy.
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