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<blockquote data-quote="mahanbir singh" data-source="post: 100451" data-attributes="member: 3905"><p><strong>How to quieten your mind & achieve stillness</strong>?</p><p>The best way to quieten your mind is stop thinking.</p><p>As the mind always is thinking either of past or the future it is never quiet. </p><p>It never stops thinking.</p><p>It never focuses on NOW.</p><p>Now is the golden moment.</p><p>It is the reality. Past is dead. It is history, Future is mystery as tomorrow hasn’t come. We are not sure whether it will come.</p><p>That is why guru Ram Das ji says’ hir hir nwmu jpyNidAW iKn iFl nw kIjeI myrI ijMduVIey mq ik jwpY swhu AwvY ik nw AwvY rwmu]</p><p>We are not sure whether we will get next breath or not.</p><p>Guru Nanak sahib also reminds us of this reality ‘ hm AwdmI hW iek dmI muhlq muhq nw jwxw’</p><p></p><p><strong>How to stop thinking?</strong></p><p>Fifrst, be quiet. I said be quiet. I did not say think quiet.</p><p>After being quiet you will observe your thinking slows down a bit, it simmers down.</p><p>Now start thinking what you are thinking about. I mean start thinking about where your thoughts are going.</p><p>Now stop your thoughts going there.Focus your thoughts. Think about what you are thinking about. This is the first step towards achieving stillness.</p><p>Get out of your senses. Take leave of your mind. Somebody may remark ‘ HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES? And you answer Isnt it great.</p><p>Your mind is always analysing sensory input data. All the data is collected from illusionary Maya. Notning is the Truth. All is myth. Stop this incoming data & you will be able to quieten the mind.</p><p>When you stop thinking about any thing ,soon you will be able to focus your thoughts on nothingness. Focusing on nothingness is called APur smwDI[ ijQy koeI iKAwl pYdw hI nwh hovy[</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>How to focus on Nothingness?</strong> </p><p>First focus on some thing in particular.</p><p>Problem is your mind is always focused on many things. It is receiving input data from hundred different things & it is analysing it faster than the speed of light.</p><p>It is sending this information to you & what is happening around you. </p><p>To focus on Nothing you have to stop all this noise & chatter. You have to control it, limit it & ultimately eliminate it. In order to focus on nothingness first you have to focus on one particular thing rather than hundred different things.</p><p>Start with flame of a candle. Look at the flame. Stare deeply into it. Be with the flame. Don’t thik about what you are seeing. Just be with it. Thinking about something stops you from being with it. Just be with this experience. </p><p></p><p>Now when you feel like closing your eyes just close them.dont think about it. Your eyes will fall shut naturally don’t fight just let them close.</p><p>You have controlled & limited the external input data. </p><p></p><p>Now begin listening to your breathing. Focus on your breath. Especially listen to your breath that you take in. This is listening to your SELF . Listening to your self stops you listening to any thing else. THIS IS WHERE GREAT IDEAS COME FROM. When you listen to your inbreathing you are listening to your INSPIRATION.</p><p></p><p>Now focus on your inner vision. Once you have inspiration this will bring you great INSIGHT. Focus on the point in middle of your forehead. ijQy AOrqW ibMdI lgwdIAW hn] ieh AMdroN hI dyKxw hY, AKW bMd krky[look deeply at this spot. Don’t expect to see some thing. Look at nothing. Just be with the darkness. Just relax. Be content with peace of EMPTINESS. It is good. CREATION CAN NOT COME EXCEPT INTO THE VOID. iehI sun smwD hY[ iesy AvsQw ivc vwihgurU 36( keI) Xug ivc irhw[</p><p>Enjoy then this peace of emptiness. </p><p>Expect nothing more. Want nothing more. This experience is a bliss. </p><p>In this you will find great peace. What a relief. Nothing to want. Nothing to be. Except what you are being right now. Except what you are experiencing right now. </p><p>But keep looking. Not anxiously not expectantly just……keeping a gentle watch.needing to see nothing ready to see every thing.</p><p> If you are lucky you will see a flickering blue light. Or a dancing light. It may appear in flashes first then will steady in your sight. Stay with it. Move into it. If you feel your self merging with it, let that happen. If that happens nothing more you will need to see. This light is your self . this is you. ieh inrMkwrI joiq hY[ ieh Alw dw nUr hY[ ieh Eh joiq hY jo ‘sB mih joiq joiq hY soie, iqs dy cwnx sB mih cwnx hoie[ ieh quhwfw real self hai. This is your true being. This what you are. About this guru Amar Das ji says’ </p><p></p><p>mMn qUM joiq srUp hYN Awpxw mUL pCwix[ ieh quhwfw muF hY[ swirAW ivc ies joiq dw prkwS hY[</p><p>Lok cOidh ky ibKY smsq eyk joiq hYN nw Gwt hY nw bwF hY nw Gwt bwF hoq hY[</p><p>ikauik swirAwN ivc ieko joq hY swry ieko joiq qoN bxy hn, AsIN swry iek hW[</p><p>eyk ipqw eyks ky hm bwirk[</p><p>jdoN swnUM ies gl dI smJ Aw jwvygI iPr swfw iksy nwl JgVw nWh rhygw[</p><p>nw ko bYrI nhIN bygwnw, sgl sMg hm ko bn AweI[ hr koeI swfw imqr bx jwvygw[</p><p>hr iksy nUM AsIN aus qrWH ipAwr krWgy ijvyN swnUM koeI krdw hY[</p><p>ies qrW AsIN hr iksy dw idl ijq lvWgy[ gurU ikrpw kry swnUM sBnUM sumq bKSy qW ik AsIN gurU dy dsy hoey rwhW qy cl skIey Aqy Awpxw jIvn sMvwr skIey[</p><p></p><p>These are not my thoughts but that of Waheguru ji who presents me with so many books which are inspired & dictated by Him. He has asked me to read & heed. Then share with others. This is what I am doing. God also talks with me through my feelings. In my meditation & He makes pictures of certain things & I start verbalising what is the message. God also talks to us by our experience. Problem is we listen to outside sources but not the actual source that lies within each one of us. </p><p></p><p>If we learn how to be silent we can meet our self. Our self is God. I will explain that in next post. </p><p></p><p>Hope this article will be of some value to you. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you require any clarification.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mahanbir singh, post: 100451, member: 3905"] [B]How to quieten your mind & achieve stillness[/B]? The best way to quieten your mind is stop thinking. As the mind always is thinking either of past or the future it is never quiet. It never stops thinking. It never focuses on NOW. Now is the golden moment. It is the reality. Past is dead. It is history, Future is mystery as tomorrow hasn’t come. We are not sure whether it will come. That is why guru Ram Das ji says’ hir hir nwmu jpyNidAW iKn iFl nw kIjeI myrI ijMduVIey mq ik jwpY swhu AwvY ik nw AwvY rwmu] We are not sure whether we will get next breath or not. Guru Nanak sahib also reminds us of this reality ‘ hm AwdmI hW iek dmI muhlq muhq nw jwxw’ [B]How to stop thinking?[/B] Fifrst, be quiet. I said be quiet. I did not say think quiet. After being quiet you will observe your thinking slows down a bit, it simmers down. Now start thinking what you are thinking about. I mean start thinking about where your thoughts are going. Now stop your thoughts going there.Focus your thoughts. Think about what you are thinking about. This is the first step towards achieving stillness. Get out of your senses. Take leave of your mind. Somebody may remark ‘ HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES? And you answer Isnt it great. Your mind is always analysing sensory input data. All the data is collected from illusionary Maya. Notning is the Truth. All is myth. Stop this incoming data & you will be able to quieten the mind. When you stop thinking about any thing ,soon you will be able to focus your thoughts on nothingness. Focusing on nothingness is called APur smwDI[ ijQy koeI iKAwl pYdw hI nwh hovy[ [B] How to focus on Nothingness?[/B] First focus on some thing in particular. Problem is your mind is always focused on many things. It is receiving input data from hundred different things & it is analysing it faster than the speed of light. It is sending this information to you & what is happening around you. To focus on Nothing you have to stop all this noise & chatter. You have to control it, limit it & ultimately eliminate it. In order to focus on nothingness first you have to focus on one particular thing rather than hundred different things. Start with flame of a candle. Look at the flame. Stare deeply into it. Be with the flame. Don’t thik about what you are seeing. Just be with it. Thinking about something stops you from being with it. Just be with this experience. Now when you feel like closing your eyes just close them.dont think about it. Your eyes will fall shut naturally don’t fight just let them close. You have controlled & limited the external input data. Now begin listening to your breathing. Focus on your breath. Especially listen to your breath that you take in. This is listening to your SELF . Listening to your self stops you listening to any thing else. THIS IS WHERE GREAT IDEAS COME FROM. When you listen to your inbreathing you are listening to your INSPIRATION. Now focus on your inner vision. Once you have inspiration this will bring you great INSIGHT. Focus on the point in middle of your forehead. ijQy AOrqW ibMdI lgwdIAW hn] ieh AMdroN hI dyKxw hY, AKW bMd krky[look deeply at this spot. Don’t expect to see some thing. Look at nothing. Just be with the darkness. Just relax. Be content with peace of EMPTINESS. It is good. CREATION CAN NOT COME EXCEPT INTO THE VOID. iehI sun smwD hY[ iesy AvsQw ivc vwihgurU 36( keI) Xug ivc irhw[ Enjoy then this peace of emptiness. Expect nothing more. Want nothing more. This experience is a bliss. In this you will find great peace. What a relief. Nothing to want. Nothing to be. Except what you are being right now. Except what you are experiencing right now. But keep looking. Not anxiously not expectantly just……keeping a gentle watch.needing to see nothing ready to see every thing. If you are lucky you will see a flickering blue light. Or a dancing light. It may appear in flashes first then will steady in your sight. Stay with it. Move into it. If you feel your self merging with it, let that happen. If that happens nothing more you will need to see. This light is your self . this is you. ieh inrMkwrI joiq hY[ ieh Alw dw nUr hY[ ieh Eh joiq hY jo ‘sB mih joiq joiq hY soie, iqs dy cwnx sB mih cwnx hoie[ ieh quhwfw real self hai. This is your true being. This what you are. About this guru Amar Das ji says’ mMn qUM joiq srUp hYN Awpxw mUL pCwix[ ieh quhwfw muF hY[ swirAW ivc ies joiq dw prkwS hY[ Lok cOidh ky ibKY smsq eyk joiq hYN nw Gwt hY nw bwF hY nw Gwt bwF hoq hY[ ikauik swirAwN ivc ieko joq hY swry ieko joiq qoN bxy hn, AsIN swry iek hW[ eyk ipqw eyks ky hm bwirk[ jdoN swnUM ies gl dI smJ Aw jwvygI iPr swfw iksy nwl JgVw nWh rhygw[ nw ko bYrI nhIN bygwnw, sgl sMg hm ko bn AweI[ hr koeI swfw imqr bx jwvygw[ hr iksy nUM AsIN aus qrWH ipAwr krWgy ijvyN swnUM koeI krdw hY[ ies qrW AsIN hr iksy dw idl ijq lvWgy[ gurU ikrpw kry swnUM sBnUM sumq bKSy qW ik AsIN gurU dy dsy hoey rwhW qy cl skIey Aqy Awpxw jIvn sMvwr skIey[ These are not my thoughts but that of Waheguru ji who presents me with so many books which are inspired & dictated by Him. He has asked me to read & heed. Then share with others. This is what I am doing. God also talks with me through my feelings. In my meditation & He makes pictures of certain things & I start verbalising what is the message. God also talks to us by our experience. Problem is we listen to outside sources but not the actual source that lies within each one of us. If we learn how to be silent we can meet our self. Our self is God. I will explain that in next post. Hope this article will be of some value to you. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you require any clarification. [/QUOTE]
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