Do you desire to attain inner peace and mental mastery?

What would you prefer, inner peace and mental mastery, or a mind filled with rushing, restless and uncontrolled thoughts?

Who is the master and who is the servant, you or your mind? Do you choose your thoughts, or does the mind choose your thoughts for you?

Does your mind constantly occupy your attention with worries, anxieties and problems?

Can you calm down your mind and impose peace on it?

The mind…

Are you afraid of inner peace? Are you afraid of being calm and relaxed? As strange as this might seem, there are many people who dread inner peace and try to avoid it. Strange, isn't it?

Some time ago, I watched on an interview on TV, with a certain well-known entertainer. In the interview he said that though he was aware of the value inner peace, he was afraid of it. He was certain that it will make his life boring and uninteresting, and take away all the zest out of it. This is…