Book: Conscious mind

We left caves, plowed fields, built cities, discovered new continents and flew into space. All this is the result of our desires, our need for novelty. If we didn’t want to have more food at the cost of less work, we would never switch from gathering to farming, and then plow and horse to tractor. Progress is the result of our striving for more. The development of mankind is the result of a constant striving for more.

The massive nature of such a desire gives rise to an improvement in the life of mankind. Decorate your home and the world will become a little more beautiful. Heal your diseases - and in humanity itself there will be one less sick person.

You may not be able to do much and save millions, but you can lend a helping hand to those around you. You can simply not spread aggression and hatred, you can not participate in conflicts. You can love and accept yourself! And the world will get a little better.

The brief essence of meditation is very simple - sit, breathe, observe yourself. Or go and watch yourself. Or dance and watch yourself! Do whatever, but observe yourself - and that will be meditation.

As long as you just rudely tell the mind to shut up, it resists. The nature of the bee is to make honey, the nature of the spider is to make webs, and the nature of the mind is to make thoughts.