Human Mind and It's Control - An Indian way

MANAV a Sanskrit word mean one having MIND. People fear to use the word MIND, fearing they will be called as "mental". But we are MIND, no way you can escape. You have to give attention to the mind, you cannot escape. If some one talk about mind it is considered as a negative!!! Human MIND was/is a great mystery. Physiologist approached MIND directly, study about it's characters (dividing it into sub conscious/super conscious/..). Psychiatrists approached MIND with chemicals. To be frank no ones MIND is 100% stable, as the nature of MIND is motion. It will be always is motion. It will go to past, present, future. If any one tells I am 100% stable means it is a lie. Mind cannot be stopped. But Indian rishis approached MIND in two ways.

1) Through PRANA, influence the MIND and make it still by pranayama. Thoughts and breath are interconnected.

2) Through MEDITATION on infinity and merging mind to infinity where ego vanishes and stillness is achieved. But both methods can halt the mind as long as we do(practice) it, as soon as we stop, the MIND will again start moving (but at a slower pace than earlier). The ultimate and permanent stillness of mind will be achieved only with Nirvikalpa samadhi. This is called win over mind (Manojayam). Once reached in this stage we need to leave the human body and merge to infinity (Brahman).

As human body cannot tolerate the infinity for ever, (body is made to handle only limited ones). So no escape until we are in human body, we are all mental (Manav).