{"id":7575,"date":"2024-05-20T15:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/how-can-we-stop-our-mind-from-wandering\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:25:59","slug":"how-can-we-stop-our-mind-from-wandering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/how-can-we-stop-our-mind-from-wandering\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we stop our mind from wandering?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI know each person is different but I started the 21-day meditation experience and my mind wanders throughout the meditation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I try to bring myself back to the mantra but it wanders again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried visualizing the ocean and the waves crashing against the beach but wasn\u2019t successful in keeping my mind from wandering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What can I do to experience the \u2018no thought state\u2019?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Response:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you sit down to meditate, don\u2019t have expectations to experience the \u201cno thought state.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That expectation is just a concept and actual self-awareness is not a thought or concept.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, it technically isn\u2019t an experience either.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pure awareness is the background on which all thoughts, feelings, and experiences happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the space we are in when our mind finishes one thought before it wanders to the next thought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That gap between thoughts is your true self.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That is the state of \u201cno thought\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those transitory dips into the gap between thoughts are not like the concept of \u201cno thought\u201d you might be expecting.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is not flashy, and it doesn\u2019t feel profound. Your true self is completely ordinary, transparent, and still.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We tend to overlook it because we are looking past it to some idea we have of it in our mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Think of your true self or \u201cno thought state\u201d as a movie or TV screen on which images are seen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you think when you see the screen, there is going to be a particular image on the screen and you keep waiting for it, then you won\u2019t recognize that the screen is there all the time regardless of the passing images.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just like your pure awareness is always there regardless of the thoughts, feelings, or expectations you have.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Deepak<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n