As the light of awakening starts to penetrate on the level of mind, we see that mind has no inherent reality to it. It’s a tool that reality can use, but it’s not reality. In and of itself, a thought is just a thought. A thought has no truthfulness to it. You can have the thought of a glass of water, but if you’re thirsty, you can’t drink the thought. You can think about a glass of water until you die, but to actually pick up a physical glass and drink the water is a totally different experience. You can pick up the glass and drink the water without any thought of glass or water. And so
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