Conquering the mind and body

The first thought that came into mind when I was writing the heading for this article was the yoga masters of India. This also includes some of the greatest, unheralded masters of qigong and other martial arts.

What do we mean when we say "conquering mind and body"? First, the mind has got a playground of its own that it jealously guards. Second, conquering the mind is a battle that most normal mortals won't win.

While it is not that difficult to stay away from a banquet table of mouth-watering food, it is quite anothe to tell yourself that it is safe to pierce your tongue with a skewer.

Both in its very basic terms means "conquering your mind and body". Having complete master of the mind is one of the toughest tasks that man faces. For example, you can trying meditating for just five minutes without a single thought of distraction passing through it.

Chances are you have failed. That is why in some of martial art circles, "empty your mind" is an advice heeded successfully by a rare few.

They say that if a man can empty his mind of daily preoccupations, he can catch a glimpse of the divine. How far that is true escapes the reason and logic for most ordinary mortals.

Unlike the human world of physics, chemistry and nano seconds, plus mathematical logic, the realm of conquest over mind and body require a minimal amount of effort. The more you exert, or the more you try, the harder the task becomes.

Thus, the world of the inexplicable and the dominion of mystery requires almost no effort from us. No effort doesn't mean, we can easily slip into the other dimension. It means if you do not know how to do it, chances are it are actually ill-prepared for that special journey.

The barriers towards complete mastery of mind and body can come in your moment of greatest relaxation. It's moment when your mind is free last,or not shackled by encumbrances of ordinary earth.

When all activities of our mind and in our mind cease to flow or exist, the portal to forever opens ever so surely. This is what masters call the "moment of Zen". You can reach for it, but you cannot touch. You call for it but it will not come.

The conquerors of mind and body can rejuvenate their physical forms. They can even revitalise their internal organs. It is a weird situation if you do not under the ways of the masters.

Many have tried to follow but few ever are able to reach the desination. There is a place called Eternity. It is a land where no mortals dwell. It must be reached through the soul.

It is where the conquerors of minds and bodies have entered and exited. It is where all of us want to go but very few of us ever arrived.

But if you are sincere, your heart is in the right place, the portal may yet open ajar slightly at times for you to catch a shadow of a glimpse of what your heart desires.

The advice here is: Do not give up. At the same time, do not try that hard. Effort has little to do with conquest of mind and body. It has to do with nothing because nothing holds the key.