"How can an unsteady mind make itself steady?……" — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
"How can an unsteady mind make itself steady? Of course it cannot. It is the nature of the mind to roam about. All you can do is to shift the focus of consciousness beyond the mind."
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Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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