Overcoming Restlessness

[Jitendra Hydonus]

That man of action is free from karma or receives with contentment with whatever befalls him, who is poised about the dualities, who is devoid of jealousy or envy or enmity, and who looks equally on gain and loss.

Bhagavad Gita chapter IV verse 22

To attain spiritual freedom, the aspirant must also learn to free his mind from extreme sensitivity to cold heat, pain or pleasure. In India to heritages, the true guru teachers  the students not to be affected by externals, that the mind may become an altar for the changelessness of Spirit. By Catering to the demands of country sensations worldly people are unnecessarily restless — one of natures most cunning ploys to keep the consciousness insnared. The advice in this stanza, however, does not mean that the devotee  should deliberately expose himself to extreme cold and catch an pneumonia or burn himself crisp under the midday sun. He should practice to titiksha (dispassionate endurance), Even while adopting reasonable measures to remove external discomfort in the practice of titiksha, evenmindedness  is cultivated by will and imagination (powerful suggestions to the mind) neutrality is attained scientifically by yoga meditation wherein the Yogi learns to disconnect the ego from the sensations received through the mind.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Sometimes we can work with restlessness. Find something to do that needs 😬 energy, like energization or jogging. Or some creative energy that requires motion.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

"The great battle of meditation is with restless thoughts. Only when the thoughts quiet down in meditation and you concentrate on God alone can you contact Him. The radio of the ordinary mind is full of static; but when the static is eliminated by concentration and devotion, God will come in. Have you been able to shut off your restless thoughts when meditating? No? This is why the teachings of Self-Realization Fellowship(Yogoda Satsanga Society of India) are invaluable. As soon as you tune out restlessness by these scientific techniques, the personal aspect of God will come to you."

- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
(The Divine Romance, page 384-385)