The running mind || Neem Candies
Your mind keeps racing—you find that a problem? Next time your mind runs away from the office, you too run away. Don’t say, “Oh, this fickle mind, it can’t rest; it is not spiritual enough!” Great that it is not spiritual enough; great that it is not tolerating rubbish.
Why must you burden the mind with all kinds of responsibilities? The mind runs away because in your name, in your form, the world becomes the master. Through your mouth, the world tries to command the mind.
You too have gone to markets and conquered the markets, but whatever you have done you have just done at the behest of some master. And even that fake master keeps changing hour to hour: now you are obeying your boss, next moment you are obeying your wife, then the policeman, then the priest, then some book, then your stomach.
Offer peace to the mind and then see whether it refuses. Offer love to the mind, let the mind breathe in freedom, and then see whether it runs away.
