Thoughts and meditation

Question:

Meditation as a whole states that 'Remain untouched to what goes in the mind. Let front door and back door be opened. Don't serve tea to the thoughts.' But at some point it is pretty confusing that do i really need to remain untouched to the thoughts. Like sometimes, the thoughts of the spirits, gods comes into the mind. Do they need to be discarded? But, as we know the mind in itself never stops thinking.

Answer:

Meditation as a whole states that 'Remain untouched to what goes in the mind. Let front door and back door be opened. Don't serve tea to the thoughts.'

Meditation as a whole states that 'Remain untouched to the other objects goes in the mind, except just one meditation-object such as breath of ānāpānassati. Let front door and back door be opened for those other objects until they still not disturb your meditation. Don't serve the other teas to the thoughts. Let the thoughts go on meditation-object only.'

Samatha-meditation-object is unwholesome-mind's direct enemy, such as breath of ānāpānassati-meditation (distraction's and doubt's enermy), inner foods of āhārepaṭikūlasaññā-meditation (food attachment's enemy), etc.

Vipassanā-meditation-object is 3 characteristics of whole arising and vanishing effects which are caused by causes.

But at some point it is pretty confusing that do i really need to remain untouched to the thoughts. Like sometimes, the thoughts of the spirits, gods comes into the mind. Do they need to be discarded?

Samatha-meditation: yes, at all, except just meditation's object.

Vipassanā-meditation: while vipassanā meditation going on, the practitioner analyses spirits, gods as 5 aggregates then he focus on 5 aggregates' 3 characteristics. So, if the practitioner's thoughts are not processing like that, now he is a wanderer, not practitioner.

But, as we know the mind in itself never stops thinking.

So, the practitioner must (1) avoids the unwholesome-thought's physical actions by the virtual, then (2) avoids the unwholesome-thought's objects by samatha-meditation, jhāna, and then (3) destroys attachments with whole possible-arising-chance of unwholesome-thought by vipassanā-meditation.