Breaking free from our mind

Mind always wants a certain theory to satisfy itself.

Ramana Maharshi

The attempt to break free from our mind is as promising as the quest of a fish to grasp what water is. It cannot be done! Yet, some fish manage to break through the waves and appreciate for a few moment the feeling of air, wind and sunshine before they dive back into the life-giving waters. They know something about water, no other fish can tell.

If you want to break free from your mind follow the love in your heart. The love for each other is like the fish that shows the other how to break through the surface. Wherever unconditional love is, the mind can’t be, that’s how we are wired. For everything else, the mind will encapsulate us, just as the waters enclose the fish.

I had a strange realization as I set out to write my book, ‘Breaking free from our illusionary self’, I realized that my mind wanted to write it. What an irony, the mind writes a book on how to free ourselves from the dictate of the mind! Meanwhile I have changed direction, I let the book write itself. Love, life and my friends are the authors.