This practical guide provides you with a step-by-step journey toward a lighter mind, allowing your inner self to be present. We are living in an always-on world. A world that overloads our minds with compulsive thinking, creating suffering and unhappiness. Many people do not realize that this suffering is mind-created. We are addicted to thinking. But it does not have to be that way if you allow yourself to be, without putting doing and thinking first. This practical guide provides you with a step-by-step journey toward a lighter mind, allowing your inner self to be present. By unpacking the beliefs and thoughts that keep us busy with doing instead of being, you create a more balanced mind that is better able to cope with our always- on world.Matthieu Vermeulen, a contemporary spiritual teacher, guides you on a fascinating journey, combining insights and lessons from century-old spiritual practices with modern examples and exercises.A fascinating and at times confrontational book with a clear objective: unpack your busy thinking mind and find peace inside yourself. We are living in an always-on world. A world that overloads our minds with compulsive thinking, creating suffering and unhappiness. Many people do not realize that this suffering is mind-created. We are addicted to thinking. But it does not have to be that way if you allow yourself to be, without putting doing and thinking first. This practical guide provides you with a step-by-step journey toward a lighter mind, allowing your inner self to be present. By unpacking the beliefs and thoughts that keep us busy with doing instead of being, you create a more balanced mind that is better able to cope with our always- on world.Matthieu Vermeulen, a contemporary spiritual teacher, guides you on a fascinating journey, combining insights and lessons from century-old spiritual practices with modern examples and exercises.A fascinating and at times confrontational book with a clear objective: unpack your busy thinking mind and find peace inside yourself. Preface - Unpack your mind – The journey of its creation v Introduction 1 Chapter 1 - The humble suitcase and why we travel 17 Chapter 2 - Your suitcase and the traveller you are 29 Chapter 3 - The intricate process of packing 41 Chapter 4 - Destination unknown 53 Chapter 5 - Consumerism and presence 69 Chapter 6 - You are what you eat 91 Chapter 7 - Cheap is expensive 111 Chapter 8 - The burden of ownership 123 Chapter 9 - Finding purpose in work 133 Chapter 10 - Family and friends 153 Chapter 11 - Your beliefs and how to let them go 169 Chapter 12 - Unpacking beliefs 191 Chapter 13 - Running on empty 211 Chapter 14 - The journey and the destination 235 Chapter 15 - Manifestation and flow 249 Chapter 16 - You are life 269