Normally, if a person works overtime that person is doing extra work for their employer which pleases the employer and the employer will reward the overtime worker – unfortunately, when our mind works overtime it has the opposite effect. Generally, it starts worrying about this and that and that and that and it works not for us but against us: unfortunately, we reward the overtime working mind by giving it more and more of our attention – instead, we need to stop giving it attention and thus it will stop working overtime, and thus, we will find ourselves less worried.

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06.26 From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self.