Why is the mind chattering, with never a moment when it is quiet, never a moment when there is complete freedom from problems? That mental occupation is the result of your education, of the social nature of your life. But when you realise that your mind is chattering and look at it, staying with it, you will see what happens. Your mind is chattering – all right, watch it. You say, ‘All right, chatter’ – you are attending, which means you are not trying not to chatter, not saying, ‘I must not,’ not suppressing it, you are just attending to chattering. If you do, you will see what happens: your mind is clear. That is probably the state of a healthy human being.

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in reply to Jacob Urlich 🌍

The paradox is built in—the moment you 'try' to achieve quietness, you've already created the opposite. It's like trying to hold water; the tighter the grip, the more it escapes. This connects to Csikszentmihalyi's flow state: the mind is clearest when we're fully engaged without self-consciousness. Not trying to quiet it, just... attending.