There are various expressions.

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

To a certain extent, there are aspects like that, but I think that spirituality that broadly emphasizes these things as if they are important is often lacking in understanding of the essence.

Especially when cults or spiritual teachers talk about these things, it often serves as an invitation to their spiritual sessions or an entrance to expensive seminars. In essence, they are looking for people with unstable mental states and treating them as prey. At such times, the organizers generally appear "shiny." They have a certain aura, but the way it shines is somehow silvery, and that aura is an unnatural glow. It's not an exaggeration to say that it has thorns; it's an aura of exploiting others. Even if the aura doesn't have thorns, people who don't understand the essence will still talk about these things.

In reality, it's often the opposite.

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

At that time, if your own vibration is low, you will be influenced by corresponding thoughts.

On the other hand, if your own vibration is high, you will not be influenced by low thoughts.

Therefore, what should be done is not to "stop thinking," but to raise your vibration, which is a simple story. If you raise your vibration, you will not be affected by distractions, and at that time, you will indeed experience "the cessation of thought" and "silence." So, those kinds of things are not wrong. However, they are not "actions." They are all "results" of a high vibration.

In terms of chakras, if the seventh chakra, Sahasrara, opens, you will automatically become "mindful." Even at that time, the function of "Buddhi," which analyzes things, remains. In a sense, it is more accurate to say that only that function of thinking remains pure and operates at a high level. Distractions and various chaotic thoughts at a low level are naturally absorbed into silence by a high vibration.

It is like the situation where water droplets naturally evaporate due to strong sunlight. Even if it starts with a weak light and takes time, the natural force that leads to silence by the light from Sahasrara gradually becomes stronger.

Even if momentary ignorance or base desires enter, they are washed away by the light from Sahasrara.

In meditation, the situation where "even if distractions come in, you don't mind. You just let them go" occurs automatically due to the light from Sahasrara, without having to sit in meditation. There is no intention to "stop thinking" in that situation, and this silence occurs automatically. It is not an "action." Just as a chemical reaction proceeds automatically, you are gradually drawn into a state of "silence" by the light of Sahasrara.

If that is a chemical reaction, you will understand that "stopping thoughts" is essentially just a result. That is the truth.

However, spiritual instructors who do not understand well boast about stopping thoughts, and when you try to explain it to them, they interrupt you, get annoyed, and insist that their claim is correct. There is no remedy for such misunderstandings and ignorant spiritual instructors.

Despite the fact that all of this is a "result," they do not mention that, and blindly say things like "stop thinking" or "overthinking," leading spiritual beginners, and making them attend their expensive seminars one after another, making them even more blind. As a result, they may acquire some techniques and knowledge and become good at them, but how much do such occult knowledge contribute to improving one's vibration? As long as they start with "overthinking," the goal is unclear, and most of the time, it simply cultivates self-esteem (ego) and focuses on techniques. For example, they may be happy about something non-essential like "reading other people's minds." What is good about that? Instead of raising one's own vibration, they are distracted by trivial things and straying from the path. And yet, they are happily paying the high fees for the seminars. This is the end of the world.

These pieces of knowledge themselves are not necessarily harmful. It is common for spiritual beginners to misunderstand and misinterpret them, so I do not say that it is a bad thing.

What is bad is the existence of spiritual instructors and cults who take advantage of such common misunderstandings, hype them up, and lead people to expensive seminars. There is no remedy for them.

In reality, for people with a certain level of vibration, it is common to pick up the thoughts of others or the thoughts floating around and suddenly have ideas. It happens normally. Therefore, "stopping thoughts" is simply "closing one's vibration" or "closing one's chakras." Therefore, it should not be done. For people with a certain level of vibration, "stopping thoughts" is a fatal mistake. They are intentionally closing their chakras and dulling their senses. Only then can "stopping thoughts" become possible, but what is the point of doing that? Serious people tend to believe in such lies and close their own senses and chakras. There is no need to do that.

In order to stop thinking, if you close your chakra or energy flow, the result is a state of "dullness" and "slowness," a so-called "tamas" state. As a result of seriously trying to "stop thinking," you end up in a "tamas" state. What is good about that result? It only creates "obedient slaves" that are convenient for society and spiritual teachers. You stop thinking and become a state of "stopping thinking" in order to create "obedient slaves" who obey their master. As a result, you may acquire some spiritual knowledge, but what use is that? Your energy flow decreases and becomes heavy. As a result of stopping thinking, what is good about that?

Of course, what is truly necessary is the opposite: "opening your senses" and "opening your chakra." At that time, distractions and thoughts will increase, but the only way to deal with them is to "raise your energy flow." If your energy flow is low, you will feel pain.

On the other hand, if your own energy flow is initially very low, you will not be sensitive. In that case, you first need to be activated. At that time, in a sense, distractions will increase. That is natural, and it may be the opposite of "stopping thinking" (temporarily), but even so, that is fine.

In yoga, there are three gunas:

Tamas: Inactivity
Rajas: Activity
* Sattva: Purity

If you become the third, "sattva," and your energy flow is further increased, tranquility will also come. However, in most cases, people are either "tamas" or "rajas."

If you are in a "tamas" state, you cannot sense the thoughts and feelings of others, so you first need to be activated, and then become "rajas." People in a "tamas" state are dull and heavy, and live with desires and distractions, so "stopping thinking" may be of some use. However, that is not the end of the story. If you simply try to stop thinking, the force that stops or suppresses it will become even greater and will return all at once later. You should not fight distractions and desires. To escape from "tamas," a certain amount of correct activation is necessary. That is not "stopping thinking." You need to be activated and escape from the state of "tamas" desires and distractions.

If you are in a "rajas" state, the activation has subsided, so you increase "sattva" and become tranquil.

In this way, even silence changes as it progresses, but such stories are "results," and can also be considered a kind of "goal." However, the true goal is to raise one's vibration, and silence is only an intermediate result or an intermediate goal.

When someone who is originally Sattvic is being swayed by various thoughts and low vibrations, the appropriate approach is to "open the chakras," "open the vibrations," and "raise the vibrations." However, spiritual teachers and cults often claim to "stop thinking," which can lead people in the wrong direction and blind them.

It is likely that the origin of this claim to "stop thinking" is in the first sutra of the Yoga Sutras, which states that "Yoga is the cessation of thought." However, people often misunderstand and conveniently interpret this content. It is a state of "goal," not a guideline for "action." Although detailed guidelines for action are written in the subsequent chapters, people either do not read them or do not understand them, and they simply read them in a way that they want to understand, which has been spread incorrectly. I think this is not good. The original context has a different meaning.

It seems that there are many self-proclaimed "authentic" cults that claim to possess true knowledge but are actually telling lies. It seems that there will be an endless number of people who will continue to be swayed by spiritual lies until they know the truth.

Ultimately, it seems like a simple story: only those who think for themselves, see with their own eyes, and think with their own heads will grow. If one becomes blind, growth will stop.