A simple and straight understanding is: mind is not an object, it is an action. People ask me, 'How to stop the mind? How to go beyond the mind? ' I can say that this is a Frequently Asked Question - FAQ!
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I tell them, mind is not a thing to be fought with. It is not a thing to destroy it. It is an action.
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Just imagine that you are walking. If you don't want to walk, what do you do? You just sit. Let us say you are talking. If you don't want to talk, what do you do? You become silent.
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In the same way, mind also is an action. If you don't want to think, don't think, that's all! But our mind says, 'No, I have tried many things. I have tried many times. It comes back again.
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Just think: it is you who's doing it. Is there anybody else doing it inside? No. And it is a simple action. So when you don't want it, just stop, that's all!
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If you say that you have tried and that after some time it comes back, it means you wanted it to start again. That is why it started. If you understand to start it again, you will take responsibility for your decisions and take the right decision - to stop it. Let us take the whole responsibility upon us.
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Understand: the mind is just one portion of your brain. Most often we think our mind is bigger than our brain. With your leg you can do many things. Walking is one action of your leg. You can kick or play or also run with your leg. In the same way, thinking is just one action of your brain. Mind is just one action of your brain.
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Even when you are silent your whole body is functioning. It means that the mind is only one part of your brain! Even without the mind, the brain is able to operate your day-to-day life. The brain is able to keep you alive.
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Living your life without having what you call as 'mind', is what I call Living Enlightenment! That is the essence. If your mind is a part of your brain and you have the courage and clarity to switch it off at your will, then it is your slave; it is under your control. If it is otherwise, if it is an industry, then please understand that you are a slave to it. Be Blissful! .............. PARAMAHAMSA NITYANANDA.....www.nityananda.org
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