“Beings are out of tune because they're lost in the not-self. And it all goes back to the same thing.
It all goes back to mind.
What an irony it is. Here we are, these incredible mental creatures. It’s one of my things.
You wake up in the morning and you make up the world. This is what mind does for us.
As a matter fact, if the mind didn't work that way we would wake up to emptiness.
There would be nothing. We construct a value to everything.
There are people that can't make sense of what it is to be alive in the world. They have different kinds of brain damage where it’s just not possible. It’s really something to grasp.
This is what we do. We make up the world with our minds and we live our lives in our minds. It’s what you’re doing right now.
It’s what I'm doing right now. This is the creature that we are. And it’s not about getting rid of it. Mind is such a beautiful thing.
You’re gaining advantage from my mind right now, my outer authority. Mind is something that can be so beautiful. But it isn't intended to be in charge of our lives.
It isn't to be the thing that we’re here to rely on to tell us what to do.”