THE power to pack up is the ability to stop wasteful thinking.

It is simply to control our mind which is the thinking faculty, our intellect the judging faculty and our memory the recording faculty. These are our three servants. There should not be a battle, for battles are with enemies. This is the time to make friends and uplift our servants to be more like our ministers, our inner cabinet.

We should encourage our mind to take a break. Shut down the production line for a while, and make quietness a luxury.

When our intellect, our ever-enquiring faculty asks us why it should also be quiet, still and patient, tell the intellect that the understanding it seeks only comes when it listens and observes, not when it questions and searches. Invite it to relax and just watch and observe what is going on.

Regarding the memory, when our old negative tendencies trigger fear, hatred or other negative emotions, we can lovingly change them to be positive. The effect of these positive vibrations not only goes to the world outside but makes an impact on each and every cell in the body. There will be a positive response.

I have to help myself giving some time to myself to remain silent. If there is physical illness, everyone will fuss around me, sympathise with me and take me to the doctors, but with mental illness, no one comes to my aid.

So meditation here becomes essential because doing it on regular basis, I develop a calm nature. A mind which is congested with impressions is given space to sort itself out.

Thought for reflection: In silence there is stability and the impact of that will influence people to think positively.