No mind......no self.

Q : What is the difference between thought and mind?
Shri Bhagavan : If you take a building it is made of bricks. Without the bricks there is no building. How could you have mind without thoughts? It is not possible to separate the two The mind is nothing but the flow of thoughts which is flow of memory. If we are going to remove your memory there would not be any mind at all, you cannot conceive of a mind without thoughts.
Q : Is it possible to control mind?
Shri Bhagavan : How to control the mind, the more you try to control the mind the more it goes out of control, and in this ensuing battle you are sure to be the loser. If somebody ever fights the mind, it always wins because as he fights with the mind it takes strength and becomes stronger. The only way to become free is to watch the mind very closely. If you keep watching it in a very friendly way without condemning it,, commenting, it soon becomes very weak and becomes quiter