The impermanent mind is subject
to changes as dualistic thoughts come
and go. This mind is never
stable, for it is driven by both internal and external
factors. As long as we are
ignorant, we live with this mind, and think it is ours.
If it were ours, we should have
been able to control it, making it the better way
we wanted. Unfortunately,
this mind never follows the good path we wish it to.
It is always chasing after external
factors and phenomena through our senses
and thinking. It drives us
into greed, hatred, and ignorance. All day we live with
this mind, chasing after forms,
sounds, smells, tastes, feelings, and all external
phenomena. At night, we
continue to dream about what we experienced or
thought about during the
day. In other words, we dream day and night, but never
actually live. Indeed, we
never actually live, and forget all about the permanent
mind, which is our TRUE MIND.
When we practice meditation, we
look inside. We realize that the nature of the
so-called our "Mind” is only
a stream of coming and going thoughts, emotions,
and other impermanent
psycho-physical changes. They are whimsical, and
unreal. In deep
concentration we are well aware that our body is still living
with every breath, every inhale
and exhale. We know this body does not need
that impermanent mind for
sustenance. We know we have another mind, which
is always there, clear and calm,
fully awake, and not attached to anything, even
to this body, or to the breath,
not to mention to the external events. It has no
form; it is boundless, omnipotent
and omnipresent. We realize that we can dwell
in that True Mind forever.
At that moment, we can be liberated from all fetters
and
sufferings.
