It’s a regular metaphor for meditation: the idea that thoughts are like stones dropped in the water.

A stone that falls into the water causes ripples on the surface. The previously undisturbed surface is now somehow blurred, and the depth of the water isn’t accessible anymore. The ripples are making it hard to see beyond the surface.

All one needs to do is wait until the ripples fade away.

But, instead, the reaction to the ripples is confusion, and the reaction to confusion is more thoughts. Thoughts that engage with the last thought in the simple hope of dissolving the confusion. But it’s more thoughts and thus more ripples.

All one needs to do is wait until the ripples fade away.

Sometimes the surface allows us to look into the depth. Sometimes the surface only allows us to see that nothing can be seen because of the many ripples.

Time to let go of some of the thoughts and let some ripples fade away.

The idea isn’t to stop thoughts from appearing.

It’s more the idea to refrain ourselves from creating more thoughts.

There is no need to argue with every thought that appears.

Like ripples, thoughts also fade away, allowing us to see more.