Today, scientists, doctors, and leaders across the globe are enveloped by fear and it seems that their decisions are influenced by emotions rather than by their intellect. There is no doubt that there is an infectious pandemic spreading across the globe but the specialists in the field themselves will agree that the highest priority must be given to protecting the aged and sick with underlying conditions. It is most unfortunate that even after several weeks into the pandemic, there are no strategies to protect the ones who are more vulnerable to the virus. Why? Because the mind is bombarding us with thoughts, enveloping our intellect in darkness. The constant thinking, caused by repetitive broadcasts by the media and the internet, has brainwashed the most intelligent of people, stopping them from discriminating the myth from the truth. The entire world has come to a literal standstill when in reality, the danger attacks only a limited few. Fear showers false expectations and creates anxiety that makes it appear real that the entire world will be decimated by the virus. This is all a game between the mind and intellect. It is time to use the sharp arrow of the intellect to shoot down the destructive thoughts of the mind.
In the famous Indian scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that we are like a chariot drawn by 5 horses. The 5 horses are the 5 senses—the sense of sight,
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hearing, smell, taste, and touch. To control the horses that may otherwise run wild, it is necessary that the reigns or the mind is controlled by a charioteer or the intellect. Unfortunately, if we don’t use the intellect, our senses go helter-skelter as the mind produces all kinds of thoughts that lead to our disaster. If we subdue the mind and make our intellect in charge of our actions, we will move forward in the challenge of overcoming fear.