Silence is Already Present

How do I quiet my mind?

Seemingly, this is the most pressing question when it comes to meditation: how do I quiet my mind? 

It’s an interesting question: how do I quiet my mind? That’s a little bit like asking: how do I relax?

Paradoxically, the act of trying to relax is what prevents you from ever fully arriving at that imaginary point in the future that your mind is creating, that fictitious place called “relaxed.” It’s not the act of seeking, but rather the act of letting go that allows you to drop down into that sense of Being, not Doing, that you associate with being relaxed. 

Relaxation doesn’t come from acquiring something else; it comes from letting go.

Silence is similar.