True Seeing of the Before-Thinking Mind

Doing a walking workout up and down a hill in my neighborhood today.

Some recent events caused my mind to spew out a lot of negative thoughts. “Boy, some of these houses look really beat up! I thought this was supposed to be a beautiful place...”, etc.

On the way back down the hill, getting closer to home, I let go of a thought and experienced that clear, “before-thinking mind” for an instant. Suddenly, my surroundings looked beautiful!

I realized that there really is something to that mind! That pure, clear mind! It is, indeed the seat of compassion and wisdom!

And, in this case, the pure beholder of beauty!

Practice letting go of each thought and let that mind experience your surroundings, do the actions you’re doing, perceive the people you’re interacting with...