A mind which has many hidden drawers and cupboards with innumerable skeletons held down by will, by denial and suppression, can it be still? It can be driven, willed to be still; but is it stillness? A man who is hanging on to passion, who is lustful and has suppressed it, held it down, how can such a man have a calm, still, rich, mind? A man who is tortured by ambition and therefore frustrated, how can such a man have a still mind? It is only when ambition is understood; when the problems of ambition, with its frustrations, conflicts and its ruthlessness have been understood, that the mind becomes quiet. By looking into yourself deeply, opening all the cupboards and drawers, unearthing all the skeletons and understanding them, the mind becomes quiet.
