When it comes to silencing the mind, many think that you have to not think at all, but its not just human nature to think but what the brain has to do to function. The heart needs to beat, and your blood needs to pump the blood in your body. You need to think.
And so the truth of success when it comes to silencing the mind, you must work on it to the extent of feeling calm and use aromatherapy like lavender to help maintain and control your racing thoughts so then you are able to think clearly. Think of your racing thoughts as you being a famous celebrity and all the paparazzi are all asking you many questions at once, it becomes hard to know how to act and rather to say; hard to focus on answering everyone's questions honestly and accurately.