"Once you bring the mind in, then everything is complex, then everything is a riddle, then everything is confusion. And mind tries to solve the confusion when really it is the source of all confusions, so more confusion is created. It is as if a small stream is flowing in the hills. Some carts have passed, and the stream is muddy, and you jump into the stream to clean it. You will only make it more muddy. It is better to wait on the bank. It is better to let the stream itself become tranquil again, to calm down until the dead leaves are gone, the mud has settled, and the stream is again crystal clear. Your help is not needed. You will only confuse it more.

"So if you feel that there is a problem, please don't poke your nose in it. Sit by the side. Don't allow the mind to get involved, tell the mind to wait. And it is very difficult for the mind to wait – it is impatience incarnate.

"If you tell the mind to wait, meditation happens. If you can persuade the mind to wait, you will be prayerful – because waiting means no thinking, it means just sitting on the bank not doing anything with the stream. What can you do? Whatsoever you do will make it more muddy; your very entering into the stream will create more problems. So wait.

"All meditation is waiting. All prayerfulness is infinite patience. The whole of religion consists of not allowing the mind to create more problems for you. Every simple thing which even animals enjoy, which even trees enjoy, man cannot enjoy – because immediately it becomes a problem and how can you enjoy a problem?

"You fall in love, and the mind immediately says: 'What is love? Is this love or sex? Is this true or false? Where are you going? Can love be eternal or is it just momentary?' First decide everything, then take the step. But with the mind there is never any decision, it remains indecisive; indecision is its inherent nature. It says, 'Don't take the jump.' And when mind tells you these things, it seems very clever, it seems very intelligent, because you may go wrong."