Just realize one thing absolutely clearly. You are not dealing with the world but the mind. Get this one point crystal clear. Once you realize that the only thing that you need to deal with is the mind, that becomes your starting point.
The mind is movement. Incessant movement. To try to control the mind, is to create more movement. Vacillation is the minds cousin. It is what sustains the movement of mind. The inability to decide and to fix the decision creates tremendous movement. Even if you decide, at any time the mind can decide otherwise. The possibility remains, and this is misery.
Hence to deal with this, there is only one solution. Self knowledge. Remain as the motionless Self at all times. Conviction of the importance of remaining always as the Self is the only antidote to the movement of the mind. In a way remaining as the Self is effortless and requires no conviction. The conviction comes into play only as a reminder to never wander into the mind. Only the Self is real. Hence only remain as the Self.
The mind is movement. Incessant movement. To try to control the mind, is to create more movement. Vacillation is the minds cousin. It is what sustains the movement of mind. The inability to decide and to fix the decision creates tremendous movement. Even if you decide, at any time the mind can decide otherwise. The possibility remains, and this is misery.
Hence to deal with this, there is only one solution. Self knowledge. Remain as the motionless Self at all times. Conviction of the importance of remaining always as the Self is the only antidote to the movement of the mind. In a way remaining as the Self is effortless and requires no conviction. The conviction comes into play only as a reminder to never wander into the mind. Only the Self is real. Hence only remain as the Self.
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