Question: What is the reason for frequent mental chatter?
Than Ajahn: Your mind is constantly being pushed by your delusion. And your delusion tells you that you have to have something in order to make you happy, which is the opposite of the truth.
The truth is you shouldn’t have anything because having nothing is what will make your mind happy. But your delusion tells you that you need to have something all the time. So, when your mind has nothing, it automatically starts to think of something to do, to see, to drink, and to eat.
You are being constantly pushed by your delusion to go and find what you think is one form of happiness or another. That is why you keep moving from one thing to the next, never staying still. When you are forced to stay still, you become stressed because you are not used to being still.
“Dhamma for the Asking, Dec 2, 2014”
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
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