In contrast, a disciplined driver, who has the reins in his hand, is in control and directs the horse down the focused, chosen path, wherever it might be. The driver holds on to the railings and is just as helpless as the horses as they all watch the scenery go by. They do not know where they are or where they are going at any given moment. The four horses run wild all day, exhausting themselves and the driver as they bump along off the chosen path, constantly changing directions. The driver, who has an undisciplined mind, steps onto the chariot but has no hold on the reigns. In this story, the horses represent the mind. The story is about a chariot rider who steps onto a Roman-style chariot drawn by four horses. There is a story, many centuries old, that describes these struggles. “We think that our struggles today are known only to us, but they are timeless, and those who lived long before us faced the same internal struggles that we do.
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