The mind is difficult beast to tame and Simplicity is hardest thing to achieve.<p>Try to sit in meditation and focusing on breathing, first 10-15 minutes monkey mind does not even calm down and can't sit more than 30 minutes. Back starts hurting. Sitting on chair for so long and back muscles have become weak.<p>However, there are so many unprocessed emotions which keeps popping up when I try to sit down idle or try to 'not think', ranging from things read on social network (twitter) upto childhood emotion. Total Emotion roller coaster. Plus, awareness about shallow habit of mind of continuously judging and having opinion on everything. Worst is realisation that I don't event have control or influence on what is going around.<p>Blessed are people who have achieved control over thinking. The momentary calmness and freedom, I feel is simply liberating. But it does not last long. How can you live in this world and not be affected but it. It's tough battle with 'self' for now for getting into bad habits just because of not being self aware.<p>For guidance, that quote - "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away". Getting rid of bad habit one by one is starting point.<p>Sigh.. may be someday, will become truly free.
"And so, less than two hours after ending his silent retreat, Thorson logged back onto Twitter."<p>Like breaking a long fast by binging on candy.