“ The moment you make this mistake that you identify yourself with things that you are not, you cannot stop the mind. You will be in a constant state of mental diarrhea, endlessly it will go on because you've eaten bad food. If you want the diarrhea to stop, you don't need a wine cork, you just stop eating bad food ”
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bn7zJDzTM0
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Your mind is going on with uncontrollable endless thoughts because you are identified with things that you are not. You are identified with too many things and you are trying to stop your mind, it is not going to happen in a million years, it can't happen 
Anger is not sitting somewhere and you go hit it, you become angry, when you become angry it is unpleasant, in fact science proves that you actually poison your system by being angry. It is happening only because your mind is not taking instructions from you, you have not done anything to control your faculties under control, life is happening by accident 
If you take away your wrong identifications (with things which you are not), then you will see that your mind is just like a mirror, not saying anything, just reflecting, that is how your mind should work. 
If your mind is pegged down to limited things you are unnecessarily creating a tension in the system. It's like you tied up your boat & you are rowing it hard, it's good exercise, but you're not going anywhere. If you untie the rope, even if you don't row, you will move slowly with the pace of the river 
Meditation is not something you do, if you handle the body, the mind, emotions and energy properly you become meditative, if you try to become meditative you go crazy 
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