154 Clear Your Mind

“Clear Your Mind”

The biggest difference between people and animals
Is that people have the ability to ponder.
Ruminating is a difficult skill to master.
Scholars do it professionally,
But most people spend their lives thinking casually.

To ponder is not to be swayed by feelings,
But to be rational and persistent
In the search for answers.

Thinking, on the other hand, is emotional and sentimental.
The mind changes, flitting from one idea to the next.
It can become stuck;
Buddha declared this state to be “attachment”.

To clear the mind
Is to cease all thinking for a while.

It’s also known as “spacing out”.
Do not ponder. Think nothing.
This will allow your mind to fully rest.
It sounds easy, but in fact, it is very difficult.

We carry many anxieties in our current society.
Clearing the mind is a good way to relieve that stress.