Thoughts are Things

Managing one's thoughts is a long journey with many twists and turns — there are no fixed rules or step-by-step guides on how to do it, except that the first step must always be to observe.

Buddha describes in the Dhammapada, "Like a fish that is pulled out of the water and thrown on the dry ground thrashes about and quivers, the mind thrashes about from thought to thought. That is why one should try to escape from the realm of Māra." Mara is the illusion of reality.