Mind Is Memories

Mind is just memories; it’s what we juggle with, affecting our behaviour and causing discontent and suffering. When we obsess about our past, we’re not relating to now.

“So-and-so said this!”
So what?
“Well, the Buddha said this…”
So what?

The point is, what are we doing now? Are we learning anything? Or are we just following what was said in the past, rather than connecting with the moment now? So many families and friendships are destroyed through just a idea.

There are two ways of relating: we can either relate to a situation from memories, so we indulge in more of the same, or we can relate as in a mirror and its reflection, when we see that the reflection isn’t the reality.

The first is relative truth, and this how we usually live, through memories and sentimentality.

The second is absolute truth, where everything that is seen, heard, smelled, tasted or touched is direct perception = pure consciousness, which reminds us that pure consciousness is ever-present.