Freedom from Thoughts
Try to watch your thoughts during the day. Watch them as if they are not yours, that is, without being sucked into them. Become conscious of the fact that you are watching your thoughts. Then this awareness of watching will increase.
You will have to remind yourself incessantly to practice watching your thoughts. This is because your mind will probably make you forget. If you do not give up, you will definitely succeed. And if you are prepared to practise this as often as you can, you will certainly be on the way to success. It may take you some time, but the effort you make will be more than worthwhile.
You can also increase your peace of mind by developing the power of concentration, through meditation, physical exercise and through correct breathing. Remember!
You are not your mind!
You are not your thoughts!
You are not your ideas!
You are not your beliefs!
They may be yours, but they are not you. They are instruments that you use. Do not let them control you.
What remains after they are rejected, is you, the real “I”.
You are the quiet impersonal feeling of being that remains after you dis-identify yourself from everything else. It is hard to explain this in words, but through appropriate training you will come to realize what true peace of mind is.
When thoughts cease, you will still exist. There is no vacuum. When the emptiness of no thoughts is reached, you will begin to feel and experience your existence, your inner being. This emptiness is filled with something great, something wonderful, powerful and sweet. You start living in Peace. You sail on the water of the calm mind.
This is Pure Existence.
When you realize this state you become totally free from thoughts.
Then you are really free.
In this state nothing external or internal can influence you. You stop acting instinctively on each passing thought. You become a completely conscious being, alive, strong, beyond desires, beyond everything.
You stay in this world. Your life continues, but you are beyond. You are not affected by the world.
True peace of mind is the gate to Enlightenment.
Think of serenity of mind as a feasible possibility. Calm your mind with concentration, meditation and affirmations, and start enjoying peace of mind.