‘peace of mind’

Condition of Modern Man

The present man is caught up in a vortex of

 collecting & enjoying all the things which are unending
 not ready to leave anything but ready to grab
everything
 totally self-oriented and without harmony, with the
advent of nuclear family
 for getting money adopting all the means, in order to
have & enjoy everything
 in the first instance will get satisfaction but in the long
run facing restlessness, sorrow, worries, tension and what
not.
 cut throat competition is the major cause of other
worries.
 Reasons behind Modern Man’s this Condition
Restless & without Peace

 looking after & beautifying his body

 trying to follow, what mind wills
# spending lots of money & time on clothes & in beauty clinics.
# following the policy of ‘Eat, Drink & be Merry.’
# in a big hurry to grab all available luxuries.
# becomes mad for earning money, by all means.
# forgetting the main factors like: all the worldly belongings are not
permanent & there is no end to desires.

Result
Absence of Peace and Satisfaction
Avenues Available to Common Man in The Market

Let us now analyze some of the hot selling books

having circulation running into millions& what they
offer:
How to stop worrying & start living ------- Dale Carneige

Live in Present & don’t brood over

past as we can not change our
past & also not to worry about
future which is uncertain, but
concentrate on present which will
become your future.
You can Heal Yourself ----- Louise Liz Hay

Live in Present as Present

actions will decide your future

Listen to your ‘Inner Voice’ &

which comes from ‘Super Power’
which lives, very much inside us.
Monk who sold his Ferrari ------- Robin Sharma

“Live in Present” & have a

control on your mind

Do selfless service

Fix your goal

Discipline your life

Follow the goal in a disciplined

way.
Discover Your Destiny ----- Sh. Robin Sharma

Have a complete control on

your mind.

Live a truthful life & have an

internal dialogue.
Present ------ Spencer Johnson MD

Live in present

Don’t brood over Past

Learn from past mistakes

to do better in present
Silence of Mind ------ Dr. Ketan Bajaj

Gain or right knowledge is

required to have quicker &
right decision in life
 ‘GEETA SAR’
The main zist is as below:
1) Live in the present, as Past is Grave Yard & Future is what you are
doing/investing in present.

2) Why worry about worldly things because at the time of death leaving
everything behind.

3) Cause of worries, is our attachment to worldly attractions, & once,

we reduce that, we will be at peace.

4) It further talks about reducing your desires to have peace & by

reducing gap between desires and basic necessities of life.

5) Look to almighty for Peace & Strength.

6) It sermons to have control over your mind to have peace.

 Sermons of Holy Geeta
1. Peace lies inside, not in outside worldly attractions.

2. check the ‘Force of Desire’ during one’s happy & peaceful

lifetime.

3. one who is happy within & has ‘Inward Aim’& has proper
knowledge, can ‘Achieve Peace’ quickly.

4. one who is dedicated to the spiritual knowledge & subdues

one’s senses, can ‘Achieve Peace’ quickly.

5. It reiterates `
“Man without Peace is always unhappy”
 ‘WHY STUDY & FOLLOW GEETA AT ALL’?
There are a number of basic reasons for reading & adopting
Geeta in our life and for this, there are number of
commandments enumerated in Holy Geeta & few of them
are:
1) It is not a religious scriptures, instead it advocates ‘Art of living’ and
tells us the ‘Way of Life’.

2) It is only scriptures, which gives us scientific reason/explanation of

every problem.

3) It is only the scriptures, which recommends, not to go to jungles to

attain peace.

4) It is the Holy Geeta, which does not bar us to enjoy the worldly
pleasures and from earning money.
5) The main theme of Holy Geeta is very clear

“Neither forget the Lord nor the World”

6) It provides us a complete and practical knowledge for improving
one’s behavior and personality.

7) ‘Holy Geeta’ is like a ‘Light House’ in this hour of darkness.

8) It talks about the vastness of God without whom, the entire

working of universe would come to stand still.

9) It mandates that God is omnipresent and to submit to & be with

him, only then we can achieve real peace.

10) He is our permanent companion & is always with us.

11) It further lays down that he resides in all of us & is always there to
guard us against wrong actions.
Let us analyze the reasons behind the absence of
‘Peace of Mind’. For this we have to understand
the anatomy of our body first & through which we
can achieve peace.

Three vital parts of the Body

As per ‘Holy Geeta’

Human Body has three vital parts & they are:

1. Physical Body
2. Mind
3. Intellect
1. Physical Body ----- ‘Ten Senses’ to carry out inside & outside
activities:

A) Five Senses of Perception:

i) Eyes ---- to see worldly objects.
ii) Ears ---- to hear
iii) Nose ---- to smell
iv) Tongue ---- to distinguish the tastes of different items.
v) Skin ---- to feel different items like heat, cold etc.

B) Five Senses of Action:

i) Hands ---- help in performing actions like collecting, holding etc.
ii) Feet ---- help us in walking.
iii) Speech ----- for communication with others.
iv) Anus ----- for discharging the waste.
v) Genital ----- for reproduction.
2. Mind
 most important constituent of the body which helps us to
make our life and to achieve Peace or Disaster
 according to ‘Geeta’ ---- mind is the most turbulent,
powerful & which does not yield easily

Greatest enemy if it is uncontrolled while it is Greatest

friend & helper if controlled though intellect.

3. Intellect
 greatest gift by lord to human beings only
 provides them with the ‘Power of Discrimination’, helps to
choose between ‘right’ or ‘wrong’
 knowledge ( ) can be achieved through the reading of
our holy scriptures like Vedas & Geeta
 Causes & Reasons behind the eclipses of the Intellect

This is the most important aspect in understanding the sequential process

happening within us & which is destroying the ‘Peace of Mind’. On the basis of
Holy Geeta it is elaborated stepwise as below:
i. We see an object through eyes & we start.
ii. Thinking about it & if we like it then we develop attachment for the same.
iii. Attachment then, results in lust for the same & to grab the same at all cost.
iv. Now if we don’t get we develop ‘Anger’.
v. Anger then results in delusion.
vi. Delusion results in ‘Loss of Memory’.
vii. Loss of memory then, results in blurring & then eclipsing our intellect.
viii. Loss of intellect results in loosing power of discrimination i.e., to choose
between Right & Wrong.
ix. The loss of Intellect then results in dooming of man.

“The basic reason behind the uncontrolled mind is our

unending desires”.
 Solution :
1. mind is ever restless & very difficult to control but it is
possible by practice, renunciation and detachment

2. try to show the mind ---- the fear of death(the real

meaning of life)

3. direct yourself to Satsang.

4. divert the mind to Lord’s worship.

5. Body ( )& Mind ( ) by reversing as Bowing ( )&

Leaving your Ego ( )
 Conclusion
 Peace is an internal matter.

 not sellable item, but has to be won within yourself.

 basic cause of unhappiness ----- nonfulfilment of desires.

 desires multiply, on seeing the outside attractions.

 there is no end of desires.

 the seat of ever-generating desires is our mind, which is always

demanding more & more like a child playing with one toy& then
throwing the same and looking for a new one.

 mind can be tamed only by our intellect --- having proper knowledge.
 knowledge can be acquired ---- reading holy scriptures & other
religious books/listening to saint’s lectures.

 basic necessities of life– food, cloth & shelter, one must have the
same.

 for basic necessities one has to earn money but not to be mad after
money.

 keep the gap between desires and basic necessities. Desires &
Jealousy

 never feel jealous of others

 God can meet our basic necessities, not desires.

 mind is always wandering but can be controlled by regular practice.