You are my supreme friend, who makes my mind my friend
Bhagavad Gita 6.6
bandhur ātmātmanas tasya
yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ
anātmanas tu śatrutve
vartetātmaiva śatru-vat
"For one who has mastered the mind,
It serves as a friend, creative and kind.
But for one who has let it stay untamed,
It turns foe, leaving them pained and chained."
My dear Lord, help me recognize that my enemy is not my mind, but what is inside my mind—the many impurities residing and even…