How to Sharpen our mind daily!

There was one woodcutter. He used to cut wood daily slogging it out in the hot sun, sweating.

The same company employed another woodcutter as well. The second woodcutter used to cut more than the first, as a result of that after one year the company increase his salary. The first wood cutter complaint. I have been working so long in this organisation, and you have increased his salary more than mine? They said,"look, we are production oriented. He is cutting double the tree that you are cutting, you also increase your performance we will increase your salary more than his". So he tried hard and harder, but he was not able to increase the production, so he went to them and said, "how does he cut so many trees?" they said, "why don't you ask him?" He went and asked the second lumberjack(woodcutter)."How do you do it?" that lumberjack said, "every time I cut a tree I take a 5 minute break in which I sharpen my saw. Do you sharpen your saw?" The other one said, "no I just keep hitting and heating". Second one said, "that is the mistake, you need to sharpen your saw."

similarly, you are working in the world. You are running from morning till night, throughout the day you're facing many difficulties and conflict. But all these conflict resolution etc. That you keep doing require your own elevation of consciousness, the more consciousness you bring to bear on your task, your work, your issues, the more efficient you will be. So, do you take time to sharpen your saw?. Do you take time to improve your mind thought Sadhana?. 

If you don't have time to do, that is the problem, it is like that lumberjack. Our scripture tell us that look, you need to do Sadhana on a daily basis.

Just like you exercise now in modern day occupation. People are doing sedentary work through the day. You have to sit in your office all the day long. So people realise, if I continue this Lifestyle, I will fall sick. I need to take out half an hour to one hour on a daily basis for exercise to maintain my health. The biggest cause for ill health is lack of exercise, and the biggest solution is the exercise. Whether you do the yoga for gyming or aerobic exercise. Anything will help you, but to maintain your Physical health you need exercise.

What about the exercise for the mind? The exercise for mind is meditation, Sadhana in isolation.

Sometime you need to enhance, the quality of mind and thought, through meditation.