I am recently going through tough time understanding the ultimate goal of human being. I am curious like everyone what would be our purpose of my birth. Hence, I went through Bhagwat Gita, which is like human encyclopedia where every question to humans problem is answered effectively.
Sri Krishna says
To control mind (mann) and ultimately discover the soul the consciousness (atma), then he should be able to see the divine light or super soul (paramatma).
Else, if a person is not able to control his mind, then the mind will take over and make you play life as it wants.
The human body resembles a chariot –
The Horses resemble organs like Sight, Hear, Smell, Touch, Taste.
The Charioteer resemble the Mind which controls the sensory organs.
The Master of Chariot resemble the Soul or Atma.
The Lord resemble the Divine light or Super Soul (Paramatma)
Man is attracted to worldly pleasures and his mind guides him in the direction of these pleasures. This will only happen until the consciousness (the master of Chariot) doesn’t take control of the mind. The worldly pleasures lure them and the mind approaches them. The mind (the charioteer) ignores the consciousness and (the horses) moves in that direction. If we take control over mind, then it will guide us in the right direction and helps to discover the divine-self (super soul), shall be immortal and attain salvation (moksha).
I understand that we have to Master the mind, rather being slave to it. However, mind is indomitable and is very difficult to take control of it. Now I see why we get 50K thoughts per day!
Peek-a-Gyan 