The mind wanders and the body? Are there activities that are associated to mind wandering?
Here is a potential list.
· Doodling.
· Colouring in.
· Walking and other sports such as running where attention is not the main focus.
· Kicking stones.
· Sky gazing.
· Hair twitching.
· Flying a kite.
The mind wanders naturally in any number of situations--including all of those items you list and far more. It wanders least when attention is brought to focus on a single activity. In real meditation, such as meditation on the Divine Master (living or via facsimile), when there is genuine devotion and recognition-response, the mind will come to rest as attention is given over to the Master. It is important to note that attention is prior to mind. Therefore, when attention is controlled and granted granted to an object, the mind must follow. It has no choice. E.g., when one is in love, it is easy to grant attention to the lover, the loved one. One naturally thinks of the loved one very much during the day. Attention is thus not easily distracted from the loved one. Attention easily flows or fixes on the loved one. In like manner, if one is frightened, attention tends to move to the object of the fear. Again, mind will follow attention. Attention is destiny. We are what we consistently grant our attention to.
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