2. Cure Restlessness With Silence

We are constantly flooded with information from many sources. Our senses and mind are constantly active fueling information to our brain.

We see so many people. They can sit with others, with the TV, with the newspapers; but they can't sit by themselves. They can't spend a few minutes with themselves. This is spiritual restlessness. They can give appointment to everybody but not to themselves.

Enlightened Masters bring in this awareness in many ways. They give long gaps between words they speak. The purpose behind it is actually to bring down our feeling of spiritual restlessness. People who are not spiritually interested, people who are not mature enough to listen to these great ideas, they can never sit and listen to spiritual discourses.

This is because our mind needs stimulus continuously; it is constantly jumping from thought to thought. These thoughts are neither connected nor relevant. When we give a gap, it raises a feeling of boredom and our mind says halfway, 'let us get away.'

The mind is wonderful organ, no doubt. But, it continuously asks, waits, anticipates, and expects the next word. Why are we so comfortable in front of the TV or in the cinema? It is because so much material is simply pushed inside our being. So much stuff, so many ideas are pumped inside our being in a short time.

This leads to aggravation of restlessness. We are agitated, hyper, or deeply restless. Our habits reinforce this restlessness. When we watch TV or got o cinema, our restlessness is supported and increased. Yet, we end up feeling very comfortable.

We reinforce this behavior in many ways. Why do we enjoy spicy food? In this case, we push too many sensations on our sense organs. Our sensations heighten, get excited, and push away the intellect. Our intellect is completely by passed or hijacked.

It is the same with scratching the body. Some people are addicted to scratching. They feel comfortable and happy when they scratch. We make it a habit to flood our mind with sensations.

Several of our habits, like scratching, eating spicy food, talking, watching TV, and movies are cultivated to keep flooding information or sensation into our system. It naturally creates a deep restlessness as a side effect. If we have this deep restlessness, we cannot sit still and listen to any ideas.

Only in silence can we examine and unravel these sensations. Meditation brings in silence, a pause, in our habitual mental wanderings. Meditate everyday.