How can one control thoughts?
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"Thoughts are like guests passing through your inner sky; simply watch them come and go without grasping, and in that choiceless awareness, clarity and mastery will naturally arise."
According to Osho, you cannot and need not control thoughts; the very urge to control is the ego. Thoughts are guests passing through your inner sky—watch them without grasping. Become the witness: let them come and go, neutrally aware, as one sits by a river and waits for silt to settle. From such choiceless awareness, natural clarity and effortless mastery arise—not suppression.
Don’t grab your thoughts—just watch them come and go, and your mind will clear by itself.
Why this matters practically
- Reduces stress and overthinking without force or repression.
- Brings clearer decisions as the mind settles naturally.
- Cultivates inner freedom by disidentifying from mental noise.
- Brings clearer decisions as the mind settles naturally.
- Cultivates inner freedom by disidentifying from mental noise.
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