Try your best to be in control at all the times. Here are some of the points:
If your mind tells you that you should eat fruits and your taste tells you to eat JALABEES, don’t be controlled by your taste. In such case, if you still eat JALABEES, the taste has taken control of you and you lost the control.
If your mind tells you to prepare for your exams and your "liking" tells you to watch a movie, don’t be controlled by your "liking". If you watched movie, the "liking" controlled you and you are not in control.
The concept is that you can let your "heart" give you ideas, but make sure that you take final permission from your mind for actually deciding what to do.
I read some where that if you can win over your "desires", you will have better self-control. I am not suggesting that you should not have desires. Obviously without desires it will be hard to live a happy life. All I am saying is that always keep a rational control with the help of your mind over your all the desires. The final orders must come from your mind and not from your heart or desires.
If you "must" get tea in the morning, you are being controlled by tea and you lost control. If your body needs fluid, you should be able to drink any available good fluid. I personally prefer clean water or milk. If it is hard to find milk and I need some thing hot to drink and tea is available, I will drink tea. I will try my best so that I am not being "controlled" by tea.
About Me
- jtdatta
- I was born on July 16, 1940 in Bhera (presently in Pakistan). My father’s name Shri Arjun Das Datta and mother’s name Smt. Vidya Datta. In 1947 our family came to India. I completed my Intermediate exam in 1957 and joined I.I.T. Kharagpur. In 1961 I graduated in B.Tech. (Civil Engg.) and in 1962 graduated in M.Tech (Soil Mechanics). I served in Border Roads from 1962 to 1965. From 1965 till March 1967 I served in various places including teaching in C.M.E., Poona. In 1967 I migrated to England. I got married in end of 1967 and worked in Scotland till August 1969. Then I migrated to USA. In USA, I worked with several consulting companies till May 1983. This is the time when I started my own consulting company – Datta Consulting, Inc. I transferred my shares of the company on December 31, 2005 to my employees. Since 2006, I started travelling and trying to find some useful activity for me. Now my major occupation is to do some travelling and help deserving and needy persons - particularly students.