What should you be doing with the mind during Dhikr?
In dhikr, is the mind supposed to be “actively” contemplating the name? Or is the goal to put aside the mind entirely? I have read that the point is to produce certain vibrations which align with Allah as He manifests at every moment, but silent dhikr also exists, so where would the vibrations be coming from then? I have gotten to very deep places in Dhikr and the strongest experiences have been ones where i let the heart do the recitations. But it is not an easy thing to reproduce. Or rather, it’s so easy that the mind makes it complicated.
In summary, I am unsure if I should be trying to silence and mind and just sort of passively “feel” the recitations, or if the mind should always be poised and active in the recitations. And if the latter, how dos this work without the mind constantly over intellecrualizing everything and trying to reduce the experience to a formula?