Bhagavad Gita 6.7

jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya

paramātmā samāhitaḥ

śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu

tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

 

“One who has mastered the self stands serene,

In heat or cold, in joy or pain–seen or unseen.

Honor and insult, they all fade away,

For in the Supreme, their mind does stay.”

 

My dear Lord, in dealing with my mind, I find myself  in a catch-22 situation.

I need to become absorbed in you to purify my mind, thus transforming it from an enemy into a friend. However , as long as my mind remains my enemy, it obstructs me from  focusing on you.

You, my Lord, desire to help me find my way out of this catch-22 situation. And you are constantly watching to see whether I truly want to manage my mind. And you provide me with many opportunities to show you what I really want.

My dear Lord, sometimes you mercifully grant me stability of mind even when I have not rigorously disciplined my mind. Let me recognize such moments as your gifts and use them wholeheartedly to take shelter of you and maximize my immersion in you, my Lord.

At other times, you mercifully offer such revelations of your greatness, sweetness, or overall attractiveness that even my normally restless mind becomes astounded and awed—and, in that moment, becomes amenable to being absorbed in you. Help me, my Lord, to gratefully lose myself in you during such precious moments.

When I show my sincerity through my actions—by tapping into moments of mental stability or divine beauty whenever they arise—then you, my Lord, will reciprocate and transform my mind. And thus, my Lord, you will enable me to become steadily and joyously absorbed in you.

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06.07 For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity. To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.