Swami Mukundananda
How can devotion and good company help me overcome negative feelings and thoughts?
Devotion and positive company
Devotional sentiments are exceedingly powerful and can vanquish negative ones like light vanquishes darkness. Patanjali recommends nurturing devotion for mastery over the mind.
Maharishi Patanjali recommends nurturing devotion as a technique for mastery over the mind. Sutra 1.35: steadiness of mind may be maintained by contemplating upon and becoming absorbed in God.