What to do with our thoughts when we meditate? by Sarvavita

  • 2012

Many times at the time of our meditation, we face many thoughts, there are days when everything goes easier, while others do not. This usually happens when we are beginners in meditation, but later as the practice gets older, this disappears. If you meditate daily you will see how there is a calmer mind and as the practice progresses an inner silence is achieved and the thoughts take a calmer flow. The difference can be felt and clearly seen when you stop meditating for a few days and observe your mind and your thoughts, just there you realize the progress and the benefit that you have had when you meditate.

Many times I have been asked what I can do when my mind is full of thoughts? People generally think that this is an inconvenience and they say that this is not for me, I cannot do it and they lose their strength and desire, but that is a mistake, we must be patient, there is no Than expect anything. Over time the results will feel and see each other. To obtain the benefits it is necessary to be constant, to have a fixed schedule, so that our mind adapts to this. If there are many thoughts it does not matter, if you are sick either, that there is no time, then you have to look for another more flexible schedule, (in the morning before starting the day is ideal) we must not leave room for the mind to seduce us with some deception, these moments are the ones where we most need our practice.

Master Susuki said: When practicing meditation you should not try to stop thinking. You have to let it stop by itself. If something comes to mind, let it come and let it out. It won't stay long. When it comes to stopping thinking, the result is that you worry. Do not worry about anything. Apparently it is as if something came from outside the mind, but in reality they are waves of it and if one does not worry with them they gradually calm down. In a matter of five or at most ten minutes, the mind will be completely calm and calm. At that time the breathing will become quite slow and the pulse will accelerate a little.

It takes a long time to achieve calm and serenity of mind in practice. Many sensations are perceived, many thoughts arise, many images, but they are only waves of one's mind. Nothing comes from outside the mind. It generally seems to us that the mind usually receives impressions and sensations from the outside, but this is not the true understanding of the mind. The real understanding is knowing that the mind includes everything; when one thinks that something comes from outside that only means that something appears in the mind. Nothing external can cause us inconvenience. The waves of the mind are produced by oneself. If left to mind as it is, it will calm down. This is what we usually call the great mind.

Sarvavita

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