[BeyondBewildered]

Yes, I too find the idea that you can think your way out of your ego very amusing. Great thread.

Would quieting the mind serve a purpose? Or dissolving the ego? You already are what you are, there is nothing to change. How can can thinking something help you become one with the universe if you already are the universe? The purpose often seems to really be merging the ego with the universe. The idea that by eliminating the ego you will find or become you is flawed; you already are you.

My mind runs rampant a lot also. But my mind is worried, not me. It will stop worrying when it stops worrying, like it always does. Worrying about worrying gets you nowhere fast. They are just thoughts, don't let your mind worry your spirit. If you're mind didn't think, you wouldn't have a mind.