Show me the mind

People often ask how the mind is controlled.
I say to them, 'Show me the mind and then
you will know what to do.' The fact is that
the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. How can
you extinguish it by the thought of doing so
or by a desire? Your thoughts and desires are
part and parcel of the mind. The mind is simply
fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore
it is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by 
means of the mind. The only way of doing it is
to find its source and hold on to it. The mind
will then fade away of its own accord.



- Sri Ramana Maharshi


Be As You Are: 
The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
, edited by David Godman
Arkana, 1985
AlongTheWay, November 14th 2007