MINDFULNESS VIDEO SERIES (7): HOW THE MIND WORKS

In our last video we were talking about the need for a person to become more aware how the mind works and suggested that one should not blindly follow all the demands and desires that arise in the mind.
In the last few decades society has been very strongly promoting this idea that people should not have any restraints and just follow any desire or idea that comes up in their mind. Why are others so eager to tell us what we should do? Is this for our benefit? Or is someone else benefitting when we cannot control our mind and desires?