BETTER MIND YOUR MIND

Have you ever asked yourself that why am I doing this? Or have you ever wondered that why am I thinking or behaving like this? Well let’s take a step ahead to find the answer to such questions.
Does the mind have a mind of its own? Do we have a mind or the mind has us? Well clearly our mind gives us enough reasons to believe that it’s the boss or at least has its own way of working.
There are so many things that we do that do not seem to be in our control, irrespective of whether it is good for us or not.
Our natural reflexes-like blinking of eye when something approaches the eye- is it really natural or is it the mind protecting the body? Haven’t we learnt that the body cannot be controlled without the mind as the mind is the headquarters of the nervous system and till message is not sent to the nerves bodily movement should not be possible. So, are our natural reflexes really natural or is it our mind telling us that our mind is at a higher level of awareness and is subtly indicating that our mind has us and not the other way around. We can surely play with it a little but not beyond its wishes. Of course we cannot deny the fact that we do influence the mind with our experiences, actions, thoughts and decisions. That is all part of the training that the mind receives over the years and may even mould itself in different ways.
Let us take an example now: When we are in an emotional state or something similarly intense, our mind blocks our ability to look at all or more perspectives and it influences our thought process to think in a particular way. This in turn influences our actions and behaviors. The mind, becoming aware of our point of focus, takes a dip into our pool of thoughts and emotions and decides what approach we would take and hence tries to control our thoughts or emotions.
How can we have unconscious thoughts and feelings if we are always connected to our mind? How is it that we are unaware of what mind is doing and why? This should only be possible if mind is separate from us and is able to disconnect itself.
Well our mind is trained to protect us in any way possible but as we grow our mind tries to grow too. So it feeds on our thoughts, experiences, responses, perceptions etc and starts behaving and thinking accordingly. You might tell yourself you are not thinking a particular way, but if at all you are, your mind will know even if you tell yourself otherwise.
To end on a positive note, although our mind is very powerful we do possess the power to train it in the right way or the way we think is beneficial for us but we need to understand how the mind works before it starts making us work for it.