Do you control your mind?

Or does your mind control you? 

A Sufi master, Hazrat Inayat Kahn,  once said "most people are controlled by their minds, few people control their minds"

WOW

After reading that, i started paying attention to my thoughts. oh they can be so so hidden in the brain that we do not even notice them.

Then I heard Joe Dispenza's talks. The brain is made up of neurons. The metaphor Joe uses is railroad tracks. we keep repeating and repeating the same thoughts. where did these thoughts come from? They come mostly from what has been said to us since birth. by caretakers, siblings, teachers, others. then we take it in and repeat these thoughts and they become ingrained into our beliefs.

What can we do about this? By paying attention. Attention to our breath. Attention to those whispering thoughts that we are not even conscious of, until we really pay attention.

It is possible to replace those beliefs/thoughts by consciously creating the thoughts that help us move to a more gentle and kind place.

This takes time, patience, persistence. Also helps to seek out others who are already on this path.

What is the brain and what is the mind. 

(thank you WP for the autosave feature!!!! i thought i lost it all)