Refining The Mind

The essence of mind is an empty screen or mirror which is cognisant.

Thoughts about outer and inner phenomena are projected on to this screen/mirror which, in the very first instant, just reflects.

This clarity of mind is the divine splendour of goodness.

When we sit in silent meditation, we allow all these images to project on to the screen/mirror at once – the whole scene/the complete picture, without comment or distraction.

The essence of mind is pure consciousness, empty cognisance uncontaminated by concepts.
The quieter the mind, the more the clarity of the complete picture.

When we become partial, we exist only in part, incomplete and favouring one side above another. In the bias of like or dislike, we become lop-sided and narrow-minded.

As the mind refines,
clarity illumines our path to enlightenment.

We realise that disturbing emotions which clouded our mind
lack any reality.