WHAT IS AT STAKE IN CONTROLLING THE MIND

We must clearly understand what is at stake in controlling the mind.Insanity in the worst thing that can happen to an individual as a result of non-control of mind.

One who have no control over his mind cannot have peace of mind.One who has no peace of mind,how can he have happiness?A victim of passions,emotions and tensiona, he may develop obstinate mental maladies or turn into a criminal.

In an Indian maxin it is said that: a man may have received the grace of God, of the teacher of a holy men; but if he does not have the grace of his own mind he will go to rack and ruin. Having the grace of one's own means having control it.