The place you are looking for is the place from which you are looking.
Beingness is just joy.
You are the light of consciousness and also the witness of this light. You are pure awareness.
Just as you wash your hands before eating, clear your mind before engaging with the world.
Ignoring the mind is a beautiful sadhana. This is what many of the sages did. They ignored the mind out of existence. It loses its influence and its potency when it is ignored.
When the raindrop touches the ocean, can it tell a story.