Justin

“To simplify things, I also refer to the ego-mind as the thinking mind. This is the part of us that likes to rationalize, analyze, keep us safe, and keep us out of danger. That is the mind's job--to always be thinking ahead and planning for what comes ahead. Of course, the mind serves a very useful function in our lives. We need it to think rationally. We need it to solve problems. But you want to use your mind as little as possible. Again, this may come as a shock to many people, but you will realize it to be the ultimate truth when you actually practice.”
― Richard Dotts, Instantly Directed Manifestations: The Mindless Way

“Now here is the first simple principle that took me so long to realize, and I am going to give it to you in one sentence: Any time the things you are doing to manifest something feels like struggle and strife, any time life feels like you are exerting effort to get something done... you have strayed away from this inner place of peace and pure awareness. This means that the universal laws of manifestation are working against you instead of for you.”
― Richard Dotts, Instantly Directed Manifestations: The Mindless Way

“Your mind will, of course, try to turn everything into an emergency.”
― Richard Dotts, Instantly Directed Manifestations: The Mindless Way

“In this chapter, I would like to take you one step further. The absence of resistance, absence of negative emotions, and the absence of that sense of dread or struggle stem from one main reason. Your mind is absent when you are simply noticing that sense of pure awareness. When you are simply conscious and aware that something exists without trying to analyze, label, or attach a story to it... everything just is. And this sense of is-ness is independent of your conditioned, thinking mind. This is an important distinction because I used to think that we used our minds to manifest. I used to wrongly believe that we had to use our minds to actively visualize what we want, repeat the affirmations over-and-over again, and ensure that we think positive thoughts (or stay positive) for most of the day. Little did I realize that it was the mind that contributed to this sense of struggle and effort. The more your thinking mind gets involved in the manifestation process, the more it interferes with the process.”
― Richard Dotts, Instantly Directed Manifestations: The Mindless Way