Experiments with the Mind Mind The more you try to control the mind the more the mind chatters. The chatter is never ending. Sometimes you feel, when can i ever be peaceful. People try to find peace by going to retreats, to movies, to some beautiful place, some temples. But then seldom do we realise that the mind is still on. The non stop nonsense never stops. Silence cannot be achieved by going to a place that is silent. It has to be achieved within. The mind has to stop. Alas the more you try, the trying itself is perpetrating the chatter. What does one do? Stop trying? Trying to stop is also chatter. What a viscious cycle. I used to get angry with god for putting us in this catch 22 situation. The saints and gurus tell us to control the mind. Then we cant do it. And then we feel bad about not doing it. Then we pray and get frustrated and so on. One day i decided i will not get into this nonsense. Instead of trying to shut down the mind, i started listening to it. It spoke and spoke and spoke. And then suddenly hush....it had nothing to say... Sill...That was peace. No trying to stop the mind, no trying to not stop etc etc . I was with the mind, I was the mind. I was not seeing the thoughts, i was the thought....
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:23:30 +0000
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