"To see reality is as simple as to see one's face in a mirror. Only the mirror must be clear and true. A quiet mind, undistorted by desires and fears, free from ideas and opinions, clear on all the levels, is needed to reflect the reality. Be clear and quiet--alert and detached, all else will happen by itself." N.M.
This is easily misunderstood, so be wary before you fall into needless and obstructive effort. N.M. does not suggest that somehow we can suppress desires and fears or evict ideas and opinions from our mental premises. He always points us toward the doorway, the portal of concentrated meditation on "I am," as the way to clarity and transcendence of the mental labyrinth. Be clear and quiet, alert and detached, and focused in "I am," and all that mind-stuff will just settle down like snowflakes in a white landscape. Let it snow - you have no control over that. But you can come in from the cold, inside, hearthside by the fire, where you remain basking in the glow and the snowflakes melt before ever touching you. Somewhere N.M. describes realization as "rotating into another dimension." Nothing changes in the space-time continuum of our conventional, conditioned lives, but we witness it from a newly recognized place. We now contain and transcend everything. None of this is forced. It just emerges much as shadows fade away.
"Integrity and purity remove the obstacles and the vision of reality appears in the mind." N.M.
All of this may just amount to barking at the moon for you. At least know that there is a moon - that's a start. In time you will realize that the moon you see is but the reflected light of the sun, and you are that sun - that's the finish. And nothing has changed throughout.
Just as you are growing your fingernails right now, you are enlightened right now. The mind is not silent, you are.
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