The mind is like a little child.
A naughty child does so many things to win our attention. An untamed mind buzzes us with new thoughts almost every second with the same purpose. And just like a naughty child, uncontrollable mind can easily grow us weary.
But you can’t force a naughty child to sit down and be nice. Any rejection or ignorance turns him even naughtier in attempt to gain our attention. And so does our mind. Rejecting or ignoring our mind takes us nowhere but harder buzzings inside our head.
But meeting all the child’s demand is not an option either. After we buy him a toy he asks, he will soon ask for another toy. There seem to be no end for it. And so does the mind. It can produce infinite wish easily–but trying to fulfill them all would only drive us insane, because there would be no end for it.
So, the only way to tame a naughty child is to actually answer his true desire: an attention. And so does the mind. You do not need to be dragged by it, you do not need to meet all its wish; yet you cannot ignore it, or suppress it, to nonexistence. All it asks is your care–so watch it, observe it, and give it the care it asks. Just like what we do in meditations. Eventually, the mind would cease buzzing and gradually comes to a halt. Only then–like a good, obedient child–you can easily control it.
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