A good and devout man arranges in his mind the things he has to do, not according to the whims of evil inclination but according to the dictates of right reason. Who is forced to struggle more than he who tries to master himself? This ought to be our purpose, then: to conquer self, to become stronger each day, to advance in virtue. ~ Thomas a Kempis: The Imitation of Christ
The mind is such an important matter. Think of it in this way. A basketball player must take his body to the court to practice each day. He runs, jumps, and shoots over and over to train his muscles to perform at their highest. The success of the basketball traveling through the air toward the hoop is the product of all that conditioning.
Now think a thought. Who are you? Why are you hear? What is the purpose of life? Your answer to those questions, the product of your thinking, is it the result of any prior conditioning? Can you train your mind to perform optimally? Can you equip it so it can do the job of thinking efficiently, effectively?
You may know how to condition yourself to shoot a basketball, but do you know how to condition yourself to think a thought?
Think about it.
