Problems to solve 2. Bad relationships 3. The underlying source of these collectively is fear. This topic is dealt with, in detail, in the paper stress Analysis . These stress-giving thoughts are produced in the mind by impulses brought into the mind by five sense organs.
Yoga describes the experience as the tyranny of the senses .
The method yoga prescribes to overcome this tyranny is to stop the wandering of the mind, under the control of the will. The common name for this is meditation. In its simplest form it is a mental hygiene, its highest aim is to bring about the complete freedom of the individual. When the body is dirty, we go and take a bath, when the mind is dirty , i.e. stressed we meditate. Stripped of all the rituals and superstitions surrounding it, from a purely, scientific point of view, it is a method of gaining control over our minds, i.e. control over the thought process.