Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that it is immeasurably peaceful and, once stabilized through repeated experience, virtually unshakable. It's an experience of absolute well-being that radiates through all physical, emotional and mental states-even those that might ordinarily be labeled as unpleasant.
Yongey Mingyur RinpocheSo overall, though my life is far from perfect, I'm contented with it. And in a peculiar way, I'm grateful for the troubling emotions I experienced. The obstacles we face in life can provide powerful incentives for change.
Yongey Mingyur RinpocheNot recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.
Yongey Mingyur RinpocheIf you donโt try to stop whatever is going on in your mind, but merely observe it, eventually youโll begin to feel a tremendous sense of relaxation, a vast sense of openness within your mind - which is in fact your natural mind, the naturally unperturbed background against which various thoughts come and go.
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