Silencing the mind

Our thoughts are our own worst enemy

A more advanced technique in ridding oneself from the anxiety of aging is: STOP THINKING.

Some will argue this is like saying if you want to cure yourself of asthma, stop breathing. Not a good idea. On the other hand, if you stop breathing because you don’t want to face the trials and tribulations of aging, do it for at least 25 minutes. I read yesterday that a deep-sea diver was able to hold his breath for 22 minutes and came out of it alive, so, just to stop the game of aging, 25 minutes would be better.

The empty mind exercise is more reasonable, however, because the age paradigm is all in the head. Once that’s, it should be smooth sailing from now into your next incarnation.

Granted, it takes a while to master the technique of silencing the mind, perhaps longer time than is allotted us in this lifetime, but the results are well worth the effort and the benefits manifest themselves, albeit short term, almost immediately. Choosing peace over the disquiet of thoughts constantly running through the mind can manifest bliss straight from the start. The question is: do we want peace of mind or the roller coaster run of emotions our thoughts are responsible for. Once that question is answered, things get less difficult. But remember: a lot less difficult is not synonymous with easy. If it were easy, we’d all be in Heaven before the summer is out. To say you want peace, and to mean you want peace is as different as beer and alcohol-free beer. One does the job, the other is a poor substitute.   

So, again: the best remedy for anti-aging is to master your mind and turn off your thoughts.

A quote from the Bhagavat Gita in regards to controlling the mind:

 एवं बुद्धे: परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना |
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ||

Which pretty much sums up what I have been trying to say.

Again, some say silencing your thoughts is like opening yourself to Alzheimer’s long before your time. I say; in this mindless state people would call dementia, who has more peace? The afflicted or the caretaker?

But believe me, you won’t end up a zombie. In fact, recent studies have shown that in longer periods of silence, (meditation, for example), the brain actually builds new neurons, synapse, and prolapse, or whatever it is the brain does while continuing to grow.

Some say: change your thoughts and you can change your world.

I say: silence your thoughts and realize the world isn’t what it appears. In fact, when the mind is still, the world as we know it disappears, (and with it all fear of growing old). When the world is gone, only rapture remains, for, when push comes to shove, bliss, glory, and beatitude is what you are.

 A little fact we tend to forget now and then.