“Using” the Mind to Know the Mind

Illusiontoreality: The mind has been conditioned to think through our daily needs and anything that has been conditioned for a long time, will run on its own momentum, as if having a life of its own. It takes a little effort and continuity to end that process. But understanding the way the mind works, its nature is such that something has to continue in it – there is no such a thing as a mind being blank.

As such a replacement will help to eliminate, if not reduce, unnecessary thinking. One can either replace it with awareness, by not forgetting to be in the present, or taking up the habit of observing what the mind is doing. Both techniques are useful as it grounds our attention back into the moment. You will observe that most of the unnecessary thinking has little to do with what is in the present. It is constantly either in the past or future....read more>>>...