What does Premanand Maharaj Ji say about overthinking?

Shri Premanand Maharaj Ji speaks about the overthinking mind with both understanding and a gentle humour. He says: the mind is like a monkey — it cannot sit still. It jumps from thought to thought, turning the same thing over and over, looking for certainty it will never find through thinking alone. The thinking mind believes that if it thinks enough, it will resolve the uncertainty. But more thinking usually creates more thoughts, not more peace.

He makes a clear observation: most of what we overthink, we cannot actually resolve through thinking. The question of whether this relationship will work, whether this decision is the right one, whether we are loved, whether we are enough — these are not questions that the intellect can answer. They are questions of the heart, and the heart is not reached through analysis. It is reached through stillness, through presence, through the naam.

His specific teaching for overthinkers is to interrupt the loop with naam jap. When you notice you are spinning on the same thought for the fourth time, that is the moment to say 'Radhe' and redirect. Not to suppress the thought, but to give the mind a different object — something steady and real to rest in, rather than a moving target it will never catch. Over time, with this practice, the mind learns that there is something else it can do besides think. This is not a simple fix, he says, but it is a real one — and it grows stronger with practice.

Based on Shri Premanand Maharaj Ji's satsangs.