There are various expressions.

- Reduce distractions.
- Eliminate distractions.
- Overthinking.
- Stop thinking.
- Stop the thought process.
- Reduce thoughts.

While there may be some truth to these aspects, I believe that many spiritual teachings that emphasize these concepts are often based on a misunderstanding of the core principles.

Especially when cult leaders or spiritual teachers talk about these things, it's often a way to lure people into their spiritual sessions or expensive seminars. They essentially identify people with mental instability and exploit them. The organizers often appear "shiny" or "radiant," but their aura is unnatural and feels like a predatory glow. It's an aura that suggests they are preying on others. Even if their aura doesn't have a visible "prickly" quality, some people who lack a true understanding of these concepts will still talk about them.

The reality is often the opposite.

As consciousness expands, it becomes easier to pick up thoughts and feelings.

When one's own vibration is low, they are more susceptible to negative influences.

Conversely, when one's vibration is high, they are less affected by negative thoughts.

Therefore, what should be done is not to "stop thinking," but to raise one's vibration. This is a simple concept. When one's vibration is raised, distractions naturally diminish, and a state of "stillness" may arise. So, these concepts are not entirely wrong. However, they are the "results" of a higher vibration, not the "actions" themselves.

In terms of chakras, when the Sahasrara chakra opens, one automatically enters a state of "samadhi" (a state of meditative consciousness). Even then, the analytical function of the mind remains, but it operates at a higher level. It's more accurate to say that only the pure and highly refined functions of the mind remain. Lower-level distractions are naturally drawn into the stillness created by a higher vibration.

This is like water droplets evaporating naturally due to strong sunlight. Even if the initial light is weak, the natural force that leads to stillness becomes stronger as the light from the Sahasrara chakra intensifies.

Even if temporary moments of ignorance or base desires arise, they are washed away by the light from the Sahasrara chakra.

In meditation, the experience of "letting go" of distractions, rather than actively trying to suppress them, is similar to what happens automatically through the light of the Sahasrara chakra. There is no intention to "stop thinking" in this state; it is a naturally occurring phenomenon. It is not an "action," but rather a process by which one is gradually drawn into a state of "stillness," just like a chemical reaction proceeds automatically.

If "stillness" is the result of a chemical reaction, then "stopping thinking" is merely a consequence. That is the truth.

However, many spiritual teachers who don't understand this claim that "stopping thinking" is the key, and when you try to explain the true nature of things, they become defensive and insist that their view is correct. There is no remedy for such misunderstandings and ignorance.

Despite the fact that all of this is a "result," they fail to mention this and instead blindly promote the idea of "stopping thinking" or "overthinking," leading spiritual beginners to enroll in their expensive seminars, making them even more misguided. As a result, they may acquire some techniques and knowledge, but this occult knowledge contributes little to raising one's vibration. They are simply stuck in a cycle of "overthinking" and focusing on superficial techniques, such as "reading other people's minds," which provides little real benefit. They should be focusing on raising their vibration, but instead, they are wasting their time and money on these distractions. It's a sad state of affairs.

These concepts themselves are not inherently harmful. It's common for spiritual beginners to misunderstand and misinterpret them, so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

What is harmful are the spiritual teachers and cult leaders who exploit these common misunderstandings, manipulate people, and lure them into expensive seminars. There is no remedy for them.

In reality, people with a certain level of vibration often find that thoughts and feelings from others, or those floating in the environment, suddenly come to mind. This is normal. Therefore, "stopping thinking" is simply "closing one's vibration" or "closing one's chakras." This is something that should not be done. For people with a certain level of vibration, "stopping thinking" can lead to serious problems. It's like intentionally closing one's chakras and dulling one's senses. There is no need to do that. Serious people often fall for this lie and end up closing their chakras and dulling their senses, which is unnecessary.

To stop thinking, if you close your chakras or energy flow, the result is a state of "dullness" and "sluggishness," what is commonly referred to as "tamas." As a result of seriously trying to "stop thinking," you end up in a tamasic state. What is good about that result? It seems to be nothing more than creating "obedient slaves" that are convenient for society or spiritual teachers. You become in a state of "stopping thinking" in order to create slaves who obey their masters, and as a result, you may acquire some spiritual knowledge, but what is the use of that? Your energy flow decreases and becomes heavy, and as a result, what is good about stopping thinking?

Of course, what is truly needed is the opposite. "Open your senses," "open your chakras," and at that time, more and more random thoughts will arise, but the only way to deal with them is to "raise your energy flow." If your energy flow is low, you will feel pain, that is all.

On the other hand, if your own energy flow is initially very low, you will not be sensitive, so in that case, you first need to activate it. At that time, for some reason, more and more random thoughts will arise. This is natural, and it may even be the opposite of "stopping thinking," but even so, that is fine.

In yoga, there are three gunas:

* Tamas: Inertia
* Rajas: Activity
* Sattva: Purity

If you become the third, sattva, and your energy flow is further increased, then silence will also come. However, in most cases, people are either tamasic or rajasic.

If you are tamasic, you cannot sense the thoughts and feelings of others, so you first need to activate yourself and become rajasic. People who are tamasic are dull and heavy, and they live with desires and random thoughts, so "stopping thinking" may be somewhat helpful. However, that is not the end of the story. If you simply try to stop thinking, the force that tries to stop or suppress it will become even greater and will return all at once later. You should not fight against random thoughts and desires. To get out of the tamasic state, a certain amount of proper activation is necessary. That is not "stopping thinking." You need to activate yourself and get out of the state of tamasic desires and random thoughts.

If you are rajasic, the activation has subsided, so you increase your sattva and become silent.

As you can see, the process of becoming silent changes depending on the stage, but these kinds of stories are "results," and they can also be considered a kind of "purpose," but the true purpose is to raise your energy flow, and silence is just an intermediate result or an intermediate purpose.

When people who are originally sattvic are troubled by various thoughts and low energy flows, what they should do is "open their chakras," "open their energy flow," and "raise their energy flow." However, spiritual teachers and cults claim that "you should stop thinking," which often leads people in the wrong direction and blinds them.

Probably, the origin of this claim of "stopping thinking" is the first sutra of the Yoga Sutras, which says that "yoga is to stop the fluctuations of consciousness," but people do not understand this properly and interpret it conveniently. It is a "goal" state, not a guideline for "action." Although it is written in detail in the subsequent chapters about how to act, people do not read it or do not understand it, or they read it in a way that they want to understand, and that has been spread incorrectly. I don't think this is good. The original context has a different meaning.

There are many self-proclaimed "authentic" cults that claim to know the truth but lie. It seems that there will be an endless number of people who will continue to be troubled by the lies of spirituality until they know the truth.

Ultimately, only those who think for themselves, see with their own eyes, and think with their own heads will grow. If you become blind, your growth will stop, which seems like a simple story.