The mind is a pretty powerful tool that produces and contains different thoughts and entities.
Many spiritual teachings say that you should silence your mind. What does it mean?
Let me ask you a question:
When do you think the mind is silent?
Right, when it’s dead.
So until the body is alive, the mind is playing its role and performing its functions.
The functions of the mind are to think and analyze information that we receive through our senses and to help the body stay safe while it plays its biological role.
We should train the mind to get quieter. It’s impossible to make the mind totally quiet until you experience life in your body.
The common way is through meditation, which helps to observe the products of the mind. It means that while you sit there in silence, you notice thoughts that come to you, but don’t react to them. You just notice that thought.
Another way is to practice self-inquiry. To accomplish this, you should ask yourself a question about any thought that comes to mind: Who am I?
You shouldn’t answer this question.
It shocks the mind, and it will let any obsessive thought become quiet as you turn the volume down until this thought leaves the spectrum of your attention.
Doing so will cause a big change in your life.
There are authors who explain this practice in their books, and I would recommend checking them out.
1. Eckhart Tolle
2. Robert Adams
Wish you to have a wonderful moment now, dear human!
May love be with you!
Visit my website alshapovalov.com to find out more about mindfulness and my own observation of this beautiful life.
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