Mind

The mind is like water: when it’s still, there is reflection; when disturbed, no miror. Muddled by folly and craving, fanned by misleading circumstances, it surges and billows, never stopping for a moment. Looking at it this way, where can you go and not be mistaken! It’s like trying to look into a flowing spring to see your own appearance—it never forms. ~ Seng-Chao

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If we continue the analogy, then water in a cup is like your mind in a cup. A cup of mind. A cup of consciousness. And you can spill it and get it all over your pants. And then you're in real mess because you have wet pants and your mind is gone.