Problems. We all have them.
Some are small, others are big.
But whatever life is throwing our way, the one thing remains true:
We think about them. We think about solutions and worries, whether it’s productive or not.
However, sometimes this thinking can become so constant that it’s impossible to stop.
But if we want to take action in our lives and live in the moment, we need to learn to stop it.
The problem that we’ve all experienced, however, is that the harder we try to stop thinking, the more intense our thinking becomes.
Những rắc rối, hầu hết chúng ta đều gặp phải trong đời.
Một số rắc rối có thể chỉ là vấn đề nhỏ, nhưng số khác lại rất lớn và nghiêm trọng.
Ngoại trừ cuộc sống này không còn thuộc về chúng ta, một điểu vẫn hiển nhiên tồn tại, đó là:
Chúng ta luôn nghĩ về chúng. Chúng ta suy nghĩ về những cách giải quyết và những lo lkho6ngngay cả chúng có mặt hoặc không được sinh ra.
Tuy nhiên, đôi khi những suy nghĩ này trở nên dai dẳng, khó mà chấm dứt được.
Bởi vậy, nếu chúng ta muốn làm gì đó trong cuộc sống này và sống thanh thản trong từng khoảnh khắc thì chúng ta cần phải học cách chấm dứt những phiền muộn này.
Vấn đề ở chỗ mà hầu hết chúng ta đều gặp phải, đó là chúng ta càng cố gắng dừng suy nghĩ, đầu óc chúng ta càng trở nên căng thẳng.
So, what can we do?
According to Buddhism, it’s all about learning the art of acceptance and letting go.
Below we have some excellent advice from Buddhist Master Osho on how to cultivate a calm mind.
Vì vậy, chúng ta có thể làm được gì?
Theo Đạo Phật, đó là học cách chấp nhận và để chúng tự "ra đi".
Sau đây, chúng ta sẽ nhận được những lời khuyên thật hữu dụng từ Sư phụ Osho trong việc áp dụng phương pháp "nuôi dưỡng" sự bình tĩnh.
How to stop thinking
According to Osho, the first thing we need to realize is that thinking cannot be stopped. It only stops when the mind is left alone:
Làm thế nào để chấm dứt suy nghĩ?
Theo Thầy Osho, điều đầu tiên mà chúng ta cần nhận biết là suy nghĩ không thể dừng lại được. Chúng chỉ có thể dừng lại khi đầu óc của chúng ta không còn nữa:
“THINKING cannot be stopped. Not that it does not stop, but it cannot be stopped. It stops of its own accord. This distinction has to be understood, otherwise you can go mad chasing your mind. No-mind does not arise by stopping thinking. When the thinking is no more, no-mind is. The very effort to stop will create more anxiety, it will create conflict, it will make you split. You will be in a constant turmoil within. This is not going to help.”
"Suy nghĩ không thể dừng lại được. Không phải là việc chúng dừng lại mà là chúng không thể được dừng lại. Chúng dừng lại theo bản chất riêng chúng. Sự tình này nên được hiểu như thế, nếu không chúng ta có thể phát điên lên với những suy nghĩ liên tục như vậy. Đầu óc trống rỗng, không phiền muộn không phải do ngừng suy nghĩ, mà ngược lại khi suy nghĩ không còn, đầu óc chúng ta trở nên thảnh thơi. Mọi cố gắng chấm dứt suy nghĩ đều gây nên nhiều phiền toái và điều này sẽ tạo ra nhiều mâu thuẫn, dẫn đến làm bạn phân tâm. Bạn sẽ luôn ở trong trạng thái hỗn độn liên tiếp phát sinh. Và điều này không thể giải quyết được gì".
However, Osho admits that if you forcibly try to stop thinking, you may succeed. However, he warns that you won’t experience true stillness:
“And even if you succeed in stopping it forcibly for a few moments, it is not an achievement at all — because those few moments will be almost dead, they will not be alive. You may feel a sort of stillness, but not silence, because a forced stillness is not silence. Underneath it, deep in the unconscious, the repressed mind goes on working. So, there is no way to stop the mind. But the mind stops — that is certain. It stops of its own accord.”
Instead, Osho says that it’s far more fruitful to learn the art of acceptance and simply watch the mind work:
“Watch — don’t try to stop. There is no need to do any action against the mind. In the first place, who will do it? It will be mind fighting mind itself. You will divide your mind into two; one that is trying to boss over — the top-dog — trying to kill the other part of itself, which is absurd. It is a foolish game. It can drive you crazy. Don’t try to stop the mind or the thinking — just watch it, allow it. Allow it total freedom. Let it run as fast as it wants. You don’t try in any way to control it. You just be a witness. It is beautiful!”
Osho goes to say that overtime, you’ll begin to create a gap between the observer and the mind, which is he poetically calls “a taste of Zen”.
“The deeper your watchfulness becomes, the deeper your awareness becomes, and gaps start arising, intervals. One thought goes and another has not come, and there is a gap. One cloud has passed, another is coming and there is a gap. In those gaps, for the first time you will have glimpses of no-mind, you will have the taste of no-mind. Call it taste of Zen, or Tao, or Yoga. In those small intervals, suddenly the sky is clear and the sun is shining. Suddenly the world is full of mystery because all barriers are dropped. The screen on your eyes is no more there.”
Through non-attached witnessing, Osho says that eventually this will give you more control over the mind.
“Non-attached witnessing is the way to stop it without any effort to stop it. And when you start enjoying those blissful moments, your capacity to retain them for longer periods arises. Finally, eventually, one day, you become master. Then when you want to think, you think; if thought is needed, you use it; if thought is not needed, you allow it to rest. Not that mind is simply no more there: mind is there, but you can use it or not use it. Now it is your decision. Just like legs: if you want to run you use them; if you don’t want to run you simply rest — legs are there.”
So, what techniques can we use to quieten the mind? Firstly, Osho warns against drugs:
“The modern mind is in much hurry. It wants instant methods for stopping the mind. Hence, drugs have appeal. Mm? — you can force the mind to stop by using chemicals, drugs, but again you are being violent with the mechanism. It is not good. It is destructive. In this way you are not going to become a master. You may be able to stop the mind through the drugs, but then drugs will become your master — you are not going to become the master. You have simply changed your bosses, and you have changed for the worse.”
Instead, Osho says that using a technique like meditation is the correct way to control the mind, because you’re simply sitting their and watching the mind, without fighting against it.
“Meditation is not an effort against the mind. It is a way of understanding the mind. It is a very loving way of witnessing the mind — but, of course, one has to be very patient. This mind that you are carrying in your head has arisen over centuries, millennia. Your small mind carries the whole experience of humanity — and not only of humanity: of animals, of birds, of plants, of rocks. You have passed through all those experiences.
All that has happened up to now has happened in you also. In a very small nutshell, you carry the whole experience of existence. That’s what your mind is. In fact, to say it is yours is not right: it is collective; it belongs to us all.”
