You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
Interpretation
Control your thoughts instead of letting them control you.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-control over one's thoughts and mental processes. Rather than allowing the mind to dictate emotions and actions, individuals should take charge and guide their thoughts towards constructive outcomes.
In practice
Use this quote in a personal development workshop to highlight the importance of mindfulness.
Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual masters, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.
Outsiders always look for a reason to explain why they are not inside. They never look in the mirror. Let's face it, the profession I'm in is a very simple and a very cruel one. There is no way that you can create a career for someone without talent and no way to stop a career of someone with talent.
Deep in the soul, below pain, below all the distraction of life, is a silence vast and grand - an infinite ocean of calm, which nothing can disturb; Nature's own exceeding peace, which "passes understanding". That which we seek with passionate longing, here and there, upward and outward; we find at last within ourselves.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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