Hi, I'm Johnny, john, let's continue talking about how to address the suffering states of the mind so that we don't have to experience them again. And the last video, we talked about how to make such a journey, and how to make progress on such a journey. And that is through developing the knowing of the self, knowing how the world inside works at the level of our own experience. So how do we develop the knowing of the self, we spend time in contemplation or analysis, or imagination? No, we do the complete opposite. I just stayed off I think in mind, we do a Western observing mind.

This is how the knowing is developed. Now it may seem counterintuitive to develop knowing without using the mind to think but this is how it works. Let me give you an analogy. If you want To know the truth of a job interview, that you will be going. You don't need to imagine you don't need to think you don't need to expect. You don't need to think.

You simply go to what they experience, and simply observe what's going to happen. And that's how you know. And likewise, to know the truth of what's happening inside we observe, and gradually we will know the reactions behind our actions, the ideas behind our thoughts, how everything begins, how everything ends. And to do this, to achieve this state of observation, you need to develop stillness. stillness is the state where you are able to put the thinking aside. And when you develop stillness, you will naturally develop an awareness because when the mind is not thinking you will naturally be aware of what's happening inside and every moment.

Throughout your day, and that is how you accelerate the knowing. So it's developing stillness is powerful, but it can sting boring to a chaotic mind. And how many of us have chaotic minds, a mind filled with stress and unfulfilled desires, worries, fears. So the mind will always interrupt and try to convince you to give up every time you try to introduce stillness inside, but overcome it, because it will be worthwhile. Let me share with you a personal experience. When I was young, I used to be hyperactive, I cannot say it was 10 still in one place at a time.

You know, I had to do something while doing something else. I needed to be multitasking all the time. So the first time when I was introduced this idea of stillness of sitting on the ground, doing that Meditation. I decided, oh, maybe I'll try it. So my first minute of meditation of sitting on the ground doing nothing. It was so painful and horrible.

My hands was was sweating. Two minutes and I was dying three minutes. I was dead. Four minutes, I was beyond death, and I could only do five minutes. It was such a horrible experience. I persisted.

And I'm glad I persisted because now I can do nothing. I can sit and do nothing and not feel that painful sensation of impatience inside. Now I can sleep easily. And the past I used to roll around a bit for two or three hours just to get to bed because just to get to sleep because my mind would be so wild with thoughts. And now I'm more aware of what's happening inside. And that's helped me an areas of crazy tivity so developing stillness is powerful and healthy for not only the body, but also the mind.

And that creates knowing. Let me give you an analogy. We like the ocean. And now thoughts I like the waves. The more thoughts there are the Wilder the waves, and the harder it will be for us to see our reflection on the surface of the water. But when the thoughts are calm, when the thoughts are still, the waves will subside, and you will be able to see a reflection on the surface of the water.

And what's more, you'll be able to see through the ocean and penetrate into the depths knowing the self. And as the waves come, you won't be able to pick up the subtlest waves when that begins again, and where they're from. So by the same thing and through stillness allows us to discover the cause of found stillness. The cause of our suffering said the deepest level so we can address it at the deepest level so we don't have to experience it again. So developing stillness is powerful. It marks the beginning of your journey towards addressing your sufferings.

But this is the part of the journey where most of us would want to get up, overcome it. Every time you try to develop stillness, your mind will try to stop you overcome it. Just keep overcoming it. Eventually it will surrender. So realize this just how powerful it can be. So in conclusion, stillness is what creates knowing.

And as you develop stillness, the knowing gets deeper until you uncover your deepest sufferings. And then the the next video we will talk about what suffering really is and how this suffering is. Experience is really created in the deepest level of the mind.