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Sthita Prajna 3

Sthita Prajna Series

Sthita Prajna 2

Sthita Prajna 1

Managing the voice inside the head

Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts

The mind wastes our energy in fighting wars that aren’t winnable… Gita 06.06

Why do we need to be mindful at all? – Chaitanya Charan

The More Our Consciousness Is Crowded The More Our Conscience Becomes Clouded Gita 16.16

Mindfulness

Journaling as a means of transforming the inner world from chaos to order

The wealth of emotional health

Why we need to scan our consciousness regularly

Rise from being full of thoughts to being thoughtful – 4 reflections

Understanding, identifying and managing the mind

Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Explanation, Experimentation, Evaluation, Elevation

Is thinking too much unhealthy?

If our mental software is corrupted, should we try to counter it or rise above it?

Gita 18.35 To hold on to thought-patterns that hurt us is to abuse our determination

Gita 18.33 What intelligence discerns, that determination sustains

Debunking the mind’s fake news – 4 points

If our weaknesses make us lose perspective what can we do?

What is the role of the intelligence in the metaphor of the mind as the software?

What is the difference between the material mind and the spiritual mind?

By practicing spirituality how does our inner world change?

Managing the voice inside the head 2 – Identification Direction Transformation

Managing the voice inside the head – 1

How the mind becomes unclear and how to clear it

Intelligence means to know which thoughts to contemplate and which to neglect

Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 2

Interrupting the mind’s train of thoughts 1

Understanding how the mind acts as a mirror that distorts our self-conception

Screen what appears on your inner screen – Learn to manage the mind

Is determination situated in the intelligence or in the mind?

How can we practically make the intelligence the counsellor of the mind?

When the mind is restless how are performers like archers able to focus on one point?

How chanting works on the mind – and how the mind works during chanting

How to control the mind with the intelligence 3 – Conversion

How to control the mind with the intelligence 2 – Concentration

When fear accelerates the imagination let faith be the brake

When the mind gets obsessed with desire, it becomes impossible to control – what to do – Hindi?

Why do we have a mind at all – wouldn’t we function better without it?

How can we constantly remember that we are different from our mind?

Mind It 1 – Understanding the modes mind and emotions

If we are too passionate to separate ourselves from our mind what to do?

How can we get rid of unwanted thoughts?

For meditation, we need the right object and the right conception

Understanding how our mind makes us misunderstand 1 – Misunderstanding ourselves

If we resist a desire, it increases, and our mind goes crazy – what to do?

Spiritual Lessons from Car Driving 1 – The mind is the passenger, don’t let it become the driver

Seeing ourselves clearly through others’ eyes

How can we stop being resentful towards others?

Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Resentment

Does loss of intelligence lead to control by the mind or does control by the mind lead to loss of intelligence?

Three principles for controlling the mind – Intelligence Diligence and Dependence

How can we be cautious about not indulging in something without constantly thinking about it?

When repressing desires doesn’t work what to do?

How can we identify the voices of the inner critic and the inner daredevil?

The mind is not the problem – the mindset is

4 lessons about our mind from our phone – Distortion Discretion Determination, Devotion

When too many spiritual apps sites and books confuse us about what to read or hear what to do?

How can we differentiate between our cheating propensity and our tendency to be illusioned by duality – Hindi?

If our intelligence becomes weak what is the solution – Hindi?

Even after we learn to observe our mind why can’t we stay on as the observer?

How can we become more mindful?

Understanding what is mental and what is spiritual

How can we get the mind out of a problem when we need to think about the problem to solve it – Hindi?

Dealing with conflicts by dealing with the mind – Hindi

Can we get rid of unwanted thoughts by neglect?

When we deal with dissatisfaction how can we know whether we are acting by Krishna’s guidance or our mind’s conditioning?

How do we differentiate between needs and wants?

How can we practice austerity of the mind?

How can we conquer all our fears?

Does the default setting come from the mind or the brain?

How do we help people who know about karma but think it won’t apply to me?

See the positive not the negative as the primary active force in the cosmos

Whom are we giving our mind – Hindi

If we feel fear about losing our loved ones how can we overcome that fear?

How will avoiding the association of agitating people help if agitation is in our karma?

Understanding the five functions of intelligence

Use goodness to practice bhakti and correct our disconnect with reality

How can we stop day dreaming?

How can we overcome the mind’s rationalizations?

Does positive thinking mean that we shouldn’t think about the past – then how will we learn from it?

Talk show – What your phone can teach you about your mind 1

Gita 17.01 Worldviews are meant to be vision-enhancers not vision-diminishers

Gita 17.16 Purity has to be cultivated as an austerity before it can be savored as a state

How can we become aware of our default settings?

How do we differentiate between accepting the presence of our inclinations and pandering to them?

To change vision change intention by study and association

Do we need intelligence to deal with resentment?

How can we let go of the past and the future and focus on the present?

If we let go of things are we being cowardly?

Does satsang strengthen our buddhi – Hindi?

Select emotions with intelligence – Hindi

Is crowding desires out of our mind not superficially distracting?

How can we help others to not see problems at the bodily level?