Disturbed thoughts cause tension and disturbance in our body. Therefore it is very much important to carry out mind relaxation in order to be able relax our body, and vice versa, by relaxing our body we can partly perform a mind relaxation. First of all, our physical body should be taught to be completely still; one should master the art of sitting. Once you have discovered the most comfortable position, the bodily balance and relaxation of all muscles will come naturally. Then it is possible for a person to concentrate on the thoughts. If we look inside we will find a ceaseless association of thoughts. They are a consequence of automated activity of our intellect, constant turmoil of ideas, names, definitions, memorized experience, future obligations, etc.
The thoughts are like clouds. All spiritual sciences deal with the problem of how to stop the process of constant thinking. As soon as we try to stop the process of thinking, this very attempt comes from the mind and belongs to the process of thinking. Even if we are sitting, not trying to do anything, the mind continues to work. In order to calm down the rush of thoughts, we should let the mind do whatever it is doing and just watch it, be just a witness, disinterested, neutral observer of the stream of thoughts, as if the mental body did not belong to us, as if it were not our concern.
While earlier we used to help it run, now we do not cooperate. If we are indifferent towards it, not doing anything in any way, the mind will flow for some time and will stop by itself, only because the impulse has been lost and the energy has been used up. We shall feel relief and bliss. This is the true power of mind relaxation.
When the mind is the least excited, a possibility opens up for us to have a deeper contact with our personality. When the mind stops, with concentration we can again channel life energy. Then we shall be able to think with heart. To think with heart is an easy way to enter the depths of our mind. The key for thinking with heart is to "put" our head in the heart. Emanating proper and pure thought waves and forms with effortless mental recreation, we shall change our moods, relax the mind, and allow it to cultivate noble and elevated thoughts and create a habit of serenity and joyfulness.
When the thoughts subside, the illusion vanishes because thoughts are the root of illusion. When the fuel is used up, the fire returns back to its source, and likewise the mind returns back to its source, to God within. Then it experiences a timeless reality, a state of freedom and absolute independence. By stopping the thoughts, intuition is manifested and one comes to self-knowledge.
May all people in the world have pure thoughts, and then they will have peace in their souls.
