O.K. Here's one to twist your brain around. (You can probably tell I love this stuff):
How does one stay without all those stray thoughts fluttering across the canyons of your mind, especially during prayer or meditation times? Remembering that by prayer I mean the non-verbal kind where you just get quiet, focus on you breathing instead of problems and concerns of the moment, the day, the life.
You cannot stop thoughts. It is impossible. But you CAN choose to be fully present in the moment of NOW. When you are fully present, thoughts stop all by themselves.
You are not trying to stop the thoughts, which would be a form of judgment. You are simply choosing to be present with that which is present. You cannot thnk about the present moment. You can only think about the past or the future and so if you are truly present, thoughts will simply stop.
To just "be" is another way of saying "to just be present."
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