We are under a delusory idea that thought is an idle, impotent happening, within ourselves. In fact, thought has godly powers. As each thought sweeps across the mind, its secret potency rises up in front of us, like the mysterious genie in ‘Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp’.

A willing slave to execute our thought commands! With the ending of thought, the genie, with faithful anxiety and sincerity, turns upon his heels to execute the order given by man’s conscious mind. But alas! Here the Spirit could take the first step to rush out on his errand, another thought wave of desire has risen up in the inner world calling the genie back to take more orders and, at the command of the mind, it swivels round its heels again to face its master.

Sad, indeed, is the plight of this godly agent, the presiding deity of the human mind! This creature of all-might and all power is made, under our own confusing commands and contradictory orders, to stand and whirl like a top, each half of the circle representing a definite command and the other half showing a definite but vain attempt made by the Spirit at its execution! But the desire’s power does not allow it any chance to fulfil itself!

Yoga is a technique of controlling, conserving, preserving and directing the mental dynamism through a chosen channel of application. If a single-pointed mind can wish for anything to the exclusion of any of its contending thoughts or desires, it shall at once be fulfilled.

Also Read: Master the Mind  by Swami Chinmayananda.

Reference: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-speaking-tree/desires-dont-come-true/