I used to live my life confined by a conditioned mind and traveled in linear sequential time wreaking havoc with my preconceived convictions.
The impasse to joyous spiritual awakening.
The conditioned mind is an undisciplined mind narrowly fixed on its self generated thoughts hysterically racing you back and forth from one mundane thought to another.
It robs you of your vitality and renders your spirit into a hungry ghost frantically searching for what you already have but can no longer find or take solace in.
Restore the original Celestrial mind with its open emptiness so when the demons of negative thoughts try and enter, it will be like thieves entering an empty house.
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“Restore the original Celestrial mind with its open emptiness so when the demons of negative thoughts try and enter, it will be like thieves entering an empty house.”
~ Love this.
It has taken me a lifetime to rid myself of a “conditioned mind.” Lots of cleaning still to be done.
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Same here Rosaliene. Seung Sahn, one of my favorite Zen masters was once asked by a student how do you stay on the path? He replied, “Keep sweeping.”
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