' The mind will fade '...

People often ask how the mind is controlled.

I say to
them, 'Show me the mind and then you will know what
to do.'

The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of
thoughts.

How can you extinguish it by the thought
of doing so or by a desire?

Your thoughts and desires
are part and parcel of the mind.

The mind is simply
fattened by new thoughts rising up.

Therefore it is
foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the
mind.

The only way of doing it is to find its source
and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its
own accord.



- Sri Ramana Maharshi

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"Be As You Are"
The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
edited by David Godman
Arkana, 1985