Three Supports For Turning Towards Mystery

Well said. However, there's a bit of an implied contradiction between two and three. As you mention, it's the mind's nature to be thinking thoughts. By "dropping thought", I don't think you intend to imply try to stop thinking. Instead, it's dropping the attachment to the babble. As you then mention "unhook, unhook..." Then it aligns with three. Not knowing is really about softening the minds need to know, to feel in control. This is an effect of the identified ego. It knows it's not in charge but wants to give us the illusion that it is. That way, it can maintain it's position. When clarity arises, it can even try to thwart that so it doesn't lose it's position. I'd suggest there's also a 4th. The Yoga Sutra tells us the key is samadhi. (transcendence, turiya) By going beyond the mind, we touch into presence. Plus the deep rest allows purification. This is the key for culturing presence, on which the three above depend. For samadhi, I recommend an effortless meditation.

But by dropping thoughts you are in samadhi state and mindless