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as long as we are alive, our brain is active. but what we call our mind, our consciousness is only active when it is reactive. even our remembrances are recreations of the sights and sounds and appraisals of some previous reaction. the more reactions we have had, the more we have to react to. in the beginner's mind there are endless possibilities, in the advanced mind there are few. it is when we shut ourselves off from the sights and sounds our mind reacts to, and instead of being aware of them, become aware of our awareness that our mind is active and not reactive. some would say there is never nothing to react to. those who know from practice are closer to the buddha mind than i am.
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