O Mind, Why Be Proud?

One day this body will mingle with dust
  and you will be cast back
  into the cycle of birth and death.
Cultivate humility and meekness in your heart
  and save yourself from lust and anger.
Love the Master, put your faith in him
  and absorb the nectar of Nam within yourself.
Don’t do what your evil mind suggests,
  but keep the Master’s teachings in your heart.
This willful mind won’t surrender,
  for it thrives on greed and self-indulgence.
Pay no attention to what your mind says,
  or your association with it
  will be your downfall in the world.
Understand the nature of this fool, then capture it,
  and never abandon the shelter of the Master’s feet.
Secure the Master’s form in your eyes
  and ascend to the inner sky
  through the practice of Surat Shabd.
_{Soami Ji Maharaj, Sar Bachan Poetry}