Resting the restlessless

Q: What is the cause for irritation and restlessness. How do we handle it?

If _________I ___________were ________to ________write_______ the_______ post ________this _______way, you would wonder 'Why are there so many extra spaces'. Am I right? Our eyes are comfortable only when pages are filled with words. We love to constantly feed words into our system. That is why we see people glued to newspapers from morning till midnight. Am sure there are many who read the same paper again and again simply because they feel there is nothing else to do! My grand uncle reads the paper from the FIRST word to the LAST word, not even sparing the matrimonials!

If we analyse our routine, we are on this exercise of filling ourselves with stuff 24 hours. When we go out for a drive, we see billboards and posters, filled with all kinds of ads. The minute we come home, even before getting our shoes off, the TV is on. Probably switching it off is the last thing before we sleep. When listen to radio manytimes without even knowing what's really being braodcast. We have just become so comfortable with this constant stream of junk into ourselves that we have forgotten what silence is all about.

Nithyananda says that even when we close our eyes, an internal TV runs non-stop. This is the root for all restlessness. Whatever information we gather through our senses are recorded in our sub conscious system and played repeatedly. This is what Nithyananda calls as 'inner chatter'. The inability to stop this inner chatter is what leads us to restlessness and irritation. 'Coz we don't know what's about to explode from within.

Many times when I tell people about the benefits of meditation and request them to try, they say they have no time. But if they are sitting in a flight, they would rather entertain themselves with a movie than meditate. So, it's not really the time. It's the inability to pause.

By pausing, we experience not the words, but the gaps. This is where our true nature lies, and this is where the bliss is brimming. All we need to do is pause. If you see Nithyananda's videos, there is a lot of gap between every two words. This is intentional. It is because our mind waits with restlessness for the next word and the gap is just an opportunity for that restlessness to subside.

A great exercise to stop the irritation and inner chattering is to become a witness for this internal TV. We do not need to stop the TV, just watching will do. The stopping will automatically happen. Of course, all meditations are about experiencing the vibrant silence of the gap.

Nithyananda beautifully explains about this inner chatter in the video below, enjoy!: