𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 – 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗵𝗼

When you think, it is taken up by thinking, so you should let your mind pervade your whole body without any more thought or discrimination, so that it is everywhere without being fixated anywhere, effectively accomplishing the functions proper to every part. That is to say that if you set your mind on one place you will become unbalanced. Being unbalanced means being lopsided. Balance is a matter of total pervasion; a balanced mind pervades the whole body with awareness, not sticking to one locus. Keeping your mind in one place while defective elsewhere is called having an unbalanced mind. Imbalance is undesirable.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘡𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘡𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳,

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘷𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴?

“𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: “𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.

“𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: “𝘐 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥.”

𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: “𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥?”

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: “𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.”

𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: “𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵.”

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺?”

𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: “𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.”

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺; 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘡𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.