Who is strong enough to ignore their mind?
Strong really isn’t the right word, but it will have to do.
To ignore ones mind, one must first, somehow, see through it.
“Seeing through it” meaning that one will realize that they have a mind that lies to them constantly.
I first stumbled across the practice of ignoring the mind through working on computer programming projects.
It was more of a necessity than a nice-to-have.
The thing about programming is that when facing a problem one can become easily overwhelmed by the binary outcome of the project. The program either works or it does not work, and if it’s not working it can be hard to figure out why.
This ambiguity can lead the mind to start the cycle of “How will I ever figure this out -> This is going to take forever -> This is a waste of time -> I should give up”.
After being in this situation many times, with that state of mind, and then actually solving the problem – I began to realize that when in that situation I was much, much, closer to “fixing it” than my mind led me to believe.
So I began to “ignore the overwhelm”, which is in essence, ignoring the mind.
I want to apply this deeper. I want to ignore my mind on a large scale, for it talks to me constantly.
It tries to convince me that I am it, but I know it’s an imposter.
Sometimes a level beyond it is briefly bestowed up on me, and then it swiftly talks me out of it.
What kind of game is this – what is it playing at?
How do I ignore something that doesn’t exist?