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In meditation, it can sometimes be helpful to differentiate between two different aspects of mind. One's referred to a small mind. (tiny hello) And the other big mind. (larger hello) In this way of looking at things, small mind is a thinking mind, the intellectual mind. Whereas big mind, on the other hand, is awareness. It's the aspect of mind that knows thinking. So you might have noticed in your meditation that we have the ability to witness thoughts as they arise in the moment and not just retrospectively. This ability to zoom out and witness thinking as it happens is nothing but big mind, awareness itself. It's not a big mind is better than small mind. After all, we need some more mind to live, to speak, to move, to plan, to engage with others in the world around us. But big mind provides a sanctuary, a place of stability in the mind from where we can witness the ever-changing nature of the thinking mind. Big mind also provides us with a sense of perspective. For example, if we look down to the earth from the moon, the planet would probably look very different from how we perceive it day-to-day and it would most likely change the way we relate to it. Then new found perspective on life. That's big mind. (Circle sighing)...
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