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Originally Posted by iamthat
The mind is what it is. To consider the mind as the enemy makes no more sense than to consider the physical body as the enemy just because it is limited and sometimes does not function effectively.
Many people on the human journey only know the mind. But there comes a stage where we go within and we begin to realise that we are not the mind. The fact that we can observe thoughts shows that what we are is separate from these thoughts. We then realise that we have very little control of our thinking processes. And so we begin the process of learning to master the mind. This is the stage where we might consider mind as the enemy, because we are struggling to find stillness and the mind resists stillness.
With practice we learn to still the incessant internal mental chatter. Eventually awareness rests in consciousness rather than thought, and we begin to use the mind as a creative tool. And what a wonderful tool it is.
Peace.
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What is the "we" you refer to that observes thoughts that is suggested is not the mind? The mind is capable of observing itself and what it thinks.
The incessant internal mental chatter may simply be the mind working on discomfort in the organism like a fast computer so is beneficial to the organism.
Ironically some of that chatter may be because the mind has come to believe that it itself is the problem it has to solve by eliminating itself, causing a state of conflict for the mind. A very difficult dilemma for the mind to solve which is why I suggest it solves it very creatively and cleverly, by pretending to be eliminated as the only sensible solution so it can hide but continue to run the show essential for the organisms survival.