In a discourse that I attended recently, the speaker shared about five main factors that disturb the state of our mind:
- Giving high importance to oneself (in other words, egoistic)
- Jealousy
- Too many desires
- Dwelling in the past or future that leads to regret, grudges, or worry
- Focusing only on the negatives in the past, present or future
Humility is the antidote to overcoming the feeling of high self-importance.
Feeling a sense of love and genuine happiness for the other person's successes/victories is the antidote to overcoming jealousy that we might feel towards him/her.
Contentment and gratitude are the antidotes to reducing our desires.
Acceptance, letting go, and forgiveness are the antidotes to avoid dwelling in the past.
Having unshakeable trust in the Divine plans and a strong belief that everything will turn out for the good, with a sense of surrender are the antidotes to avoid worrying about the future.
The mind is habituated to tune itself to the negatives that might have happened in the past, happening in the present, or may occur in the future.
Through consistent practice, one can consciously focus on the positives around us and can stay away from sources that feed negativity.