In our childhood, we will remember the parents taking extra pains to find a Right school. Because Right school meant Right environment and development of Right habits.

They also used to ask who your Friends are in school, and with whom do we spend most of our time. The Reason for this is, we inculcate the traits of our companions in us, very easily as we spend maximum time with them. For example, sitting with a studious student, we also become studious. If our friends are naughty in nature, we too become Naughty.

Similarly, our 5 sense organs Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue and Skin also have a Friend - Mind. The Master's say, the mind could be our best friend, if it's orientation is towards The Lord, Prayer and Meditation. The same Mind can be a distractive friend, if it tends to embroil itself in the worldly pursuits.

The Mind is the processor, it has the capacity to think, analyse, understand and implement. It assimilates the information through our sense organs and starts working on it.

The Master's say, till we keep it simple, the processing done by Mind is simple and straight. But if it gets distracted, then the processing gets complicated. We get confused. We have only Problems, no answers. We think, think and over think.

The need to analyse arises due to multiplicity of options that is perceived. We are not able to choose one from many. We start orienting our mind towards the worldly pleasures and pursuits. The Mind relishes to dwell in complication because it ensures we, The Soul, are not stable. There is no balance in our approach. Ultimately, we succumb to our friend Minds' whims and fancies.

The Master's say, the only way to keep us in Balance is by doing Meditation. Meditation is the true prayer which ensures our friend Mind is oriented towards The Lord and is Truly a Faithful enabling us to fulfill our True purpose of this Life - going back to our True Home.

Let us practice the Art of Silencing the mind. If the wandering nature of the mind is less, we can silence it quickly, otherwise it will take little longer. Since, we are partner in crime, we will need to persevere to change this habit. That is the only way we can attain Moksha, orienting the mind towards The Lord.

Authored by K. Giri