Bringing the Mind Here
One of the things we're trying to do in our meditation practice is to bring our minds here, into the present moment. To do this we have to get a handle on our wandering thoughts.
So often in life we aren't present. We're daydreaming or ruminating or fantasizing. These things aren't bad, but we're missing things in the here and now.
The Buddha said, "Stopping is awakening," and he was talking about stopping the way our wandering thoughts drag us around. Bodhidharma said, "Put down the myriad entangling conditions; let not one thought arise." This means put down your crap. Stop seeing the world through the lens of your selfishness. Stop getting carried away all the time by wandering thoughts. Assert control of your mind. If we can do that, then we can awaken to our true nature.