control, purity of thought – are called, the penance of mind.” (Gita 17:16)
Let us focus just on the first word – “Cheerfulness of Mind.” It is called “Manahprasaadah. Cheerfulness due to contact of persons, things, country, time, situations, circumstances, incidents etc., is not permanent. It cannot stay with you at all times; because that which comes and goes, is not the kind that remains the same at all times.
On leaving association of evils doers and actions, the ever present and innate joy (inner cheerfulness, prasannataah) will manifest naturally. This type of innate joy and cheerfulness remains at all times. It seeps into the mind and intellect, and thereafter there is never any loss of serenity and peace i.e. one remains joyful (cheerful) at all times.
When does a man experience lack of peace, disturbances of the mind?
When he begins to depend on wealth, possessions, wife – son and other perishable objects. Those things and persons that he is depending on, are all the kind that are coming and going. It will not remain stable with him. That is, in their coming together and departing, the mind becomes restless. If the sadhak (spiritual aspirant) leaves dependencies of those things that are temporary and perishable, and depends only on God, who is Eternal and Imperishable, then the meeting and departing of persons and things, will not result in restlessness or loss of peace.
Ram Ram
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