You may have received a comprehensive education and earned a degree, and even landed a career that, after years of work and experience, you feel that you have mastered. But do you feel you have mastered your body, your mind, or your emotions? Can you say that you have achieved inner joy, and that you act in unison when it comes to these three things?

What does it mean to be master of oneself and not be pulled every which way by events or our inner reactions? Sometimes our feelings and thoughts ...