Your mind can take you back in time , you can be present with your current experience, or the mind can take you to your future , whatever state the mind is in at death determines your next birth . Yoga means to make your mind a friend. Excessive materialism makes it an enemy

Bhagavad Gita 6th chapter specifically homes in in the mind , the ethereal mind and its impressions are carried over from previous experiences and even lives , the original spiritual body has a mind , thinking feeling and willing is the business of a mind

The advanced spiritualist is very expert in ignoring the mind as placing it where he or she wants it to be .

That takes a great deal of practice. But it can be done if one makes an effort.

The question is not to artificially control a mind  , but rather in a therapeutic way place is naturally in a positive place ,

The best place according to all theological texts is to fix the mind gradually and naturally on Divinity either directly or indirectly, if the direct path is not acceptable or one is not initially qualified , some purification maybe  needed before the mind will respond , knowledge and detachment are required to be successful.

More on this soon .