Mind is not a hindrance to enlightenment; mind being preoccupied with itself is.
And the reactionary notion of “well then I ought to stop it from being preoccupied with itself” is precisely the mind being preoccupied with itself.
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It’s the mental storyline constantly repeated that is Maya. And there’s nothing *you* can do to stop this storyline, because *you* are exactly this storyline.
When you’re ready, as the skin of a ripe fruit breaks, you realize this.
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