How To Master Your Mind

(Background music)

(Philosocom's Mastery Series)

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become," -- Gautama Buddha

Mastering your own mind is a product of an internal work, and is based on the ability to let go of external stimuli, in favor of acceptance.

Think of a noisy neighbor as an example. If you are sensitive to noise you will suffer unnecessarily. However, when you master your own mind, you would actively apply reason to calm yourself.

Mastering one's own mind stems from the ability to let go of external and internal attachments. It comes from the ability to simply observe one's thoughts and feelings as if they were separated from you.

Much of mastering one's own mind comes from developing virtue. For instance, developing the virtue of patience shall allow you to let the other side speak even if you disagree with them.

Mastering one's mind is a most difficult task that only ends with the ability to be at peace with reality, no matter what that reality is.

However, the fact that something is most difficult, doesn't render it impossible, nor unworthy task to pursue.

Imagine being peaceful even during the direst of conflicts, like war. Imagine being peaceful even when being insulted. Imagine being peaceful even when life is hard.

Much of mastering one's own mind stems from accepting reality as it is, without letting the desire to change it, take a grip on you.

The master of one's own mind instead shapes their internal world, instead of the external world.

According to the World Rectification philosophy, each person is its own world, therefore, you are your own world as well.

By philosophizing in solitude, one can shape one's mind. By meditating, by asking oneself questions and attempting to find answers to them, one can shape one's mind over time, and thus grow and develop towards change.

Mastering one's mind is done in solitude. It is done by the ability to endure one's solitude and instead use it as a transformative tool to change oneself according to one's wishes.

As said, a lot of mastering one's mind comes from letting go. From stopping to be in a constant pursuit of the next big thing. The master of one's own mind applies critical thinking to surpass the herd mentality and to become truly uncontrollable by external influence.

As such, the master of one's mind becomes free from the societal matrix, and instead gains the mental freedom to shape one's own destiny, independently of external stimuli.

Imagine external and internal stimuli to be like cars, while you are being a mere observer. The master of one's own mind knows who he or she really is, is an observer. They know they are not their thoughts, they know they are not their emotions, and they know they are not their stress or their peace.

With enough virtue, the master of one's own mind bends his thought process to his or her will, thus changing and transforming per their wants and needs. They don't need anyone to transform. All they need is the power within them to become whatever they desire: From calm to passionate to tired to awake.

Mastering one's own mind can be a lifelong journey that ends with one's demise.

One of the hardest postures in yoga is called "The Corpse" because it requires you to silence your mind independently of movement.

And all man's troubles stem from his inability to sit quietly alone in a room. The more mental problems you may be suffering from, the harder for you will be to simply sit and do nothing peacefully.

However, once you are able to master your own mind, you will be able to truly appreciate what you have, which is the source of all happiness.

In a world that focuses on being accomplished, happiness becomes elusive. The more you will be busy chasing something, the more miserable you will become.

Sometimes, happiness stems from the ability to quietly be alone in a room, feeling truly blessed with one already has.

So, if you want to be happy, for example, you need to regularly think gratefully about the things that you have, instead of thinking about what you don't have.

As such, you may realize that much of your happiness depends on yourself.

In order to write a lot, I choose to be unsatisfied, and live life as if it was a tragic tale of dis-satisfaction.

World Rectification is an impossible task, because there will always be something in this world to repair. As such, I will never entirely know satisfaction in life beyond the shelters of love and rest.

It is this very own lack of satisfaction, that I choose to feel, that compels me to write so much and contribute to this world through my writings.

And only in solitude, away from the computer, I allow myself to rest, watch the world around me, and practice gratitude for what I have.

Should there be something that bothers me, and is beyond my control, I will use reason to calm myself.

Letting go, is the path to inner peace.

Letting go of rectifying this world by through Philosocom contributions, is something I refuse to let go of.

I don't have the heartlessness to not contribute.