Answer: 1. You are already doing one hour meditation; please continue to do.
2. Fill your stomach with only Sattvik food. Don’t take irritating, stimulating and such other food which makes the mind restless.
3. of your stomach should be filled with food of nutritious value and ? should be filled with water and the other ? should be left for air circulation.
4. When you feel restless to the same subject again and again, change the subject.
5. Everyday you must take physical exercise and deep breathing for at least 1 hour.
6. DonÕt see those programmes in TV, which distracts the mind. DonÕt read such books which distracts the mind.
7. Keep the company of the good people. Read good books, send good thought currents to all directions for the welfare of all and offer sincere prayers to the Almighty to give you the power of concentration and retaintive memory and pure mind.
8. Anything that helps you to concentrate, you can adopt such methods.

Response to the Above: Thank you for giving me the suggestions. … … … Can you please guide me how to keep up the concentration when I am overpowered by the bad thoughts, like over-confidence, depressed moods, etc. ?

Answer to the above Response: You have asked how to concentrate the mind when bad thoughts arise in the mind. It is also not possible to concentrate the mind even when various other types of thoughts run in the mind. Always try to be a witness of every thought and action in the world. Know that you and your thoughts are different; we generally mix ourselves with the thoughts. When we try to be a witness, automatically the mind becomes calm and concentrated and also the bad thoughts disappear from the mind. You yourself can feel it if you do it. What is required is to allow the mind to run on as it likes and to keep a watch over it. By sincere and uninterrupted practice to be a witness, you can surely improve the present condition of the mind.

When we stand on the bank of a river and watch the water flowing, we are not carried away by the strong current of water and we remain still on the bank itself. In a football game, the viewer who does not support any of the teams, enjoys most and does not feel sorry for any of the teamsÕ loosing or winning the game. Similarly, a witness in this world can enjoy living in this world, by not involving himself with either the outside world or the mental world.