Watching your thoughts

'As you sit in meditation, you watch the activities of the mind as if you were watching a movie, and you learn to become careful about certain thoughts.

You watch each thought as it comes. Sometimes a thought is complete and sometimes it is not. And as you watch, you can really see which thoughts create suffering and which create joy.

As you understand this, you are able to accept the fact that you create and destroy your own world. In this way you become vigilant very naturally.

Bit by bit, you learn to apply the patience and vigilance you obtain through meditation in order to quiet the mind whenever you want to.'

Extracted from Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Resonate with Stillness