(05-26-2020, 08:29 AM)Spaced Wrote: Wanting to grow spiritually is desire.
Silencing the mind in meditation is control.
Accept your desires, be aware of what you can and can't control. Growth comes from acceptance and awareness of the self.
Silencing the mind isn't controlling it, it is minimizing it's activity. You can't completely eliminate desire and control but minimizing them to the lowest level -during meditation- is what I am describing. Not during the other portion of your life which has you going about your survival routines.
If you're operating a wrecking ball with a crane and buttons, and at one point you take your hands off the console and levers so that the ball doesn't continue on swinging and smashing the wrong building, you're giving up control. You still have to go on your lunch break later to eat and go home from work but in that moment giving up control is beneficial so you don't wreck the wrong building. [mental static from mental projections]