The Myth of the Limitless Mind and the Simplicity of What Is

We often find ourselves trapped in the idea that there is a distance to cover, a gap between who we are now and some transformed, enlightened version of ourselves. We look for a **limitless mind**, hoping that through enough silence or the right understanding, we might finally break through the walls of our daily suffering. But who is it that wants to break through? And where exactly do we think we are going? When we look closely at this urge to reach a higher state, we find only the separate self—a contraction of energy that imagines it is standing outside of the totality, looking in. The truth is that there is no this moment because there is nowhere to go. We are like waves in the ocean, exhausted from trying to become the water. Does a wave need to practice being wet? Does it need to travel across the horizon to find the sea? The wave is the ocean in motion. In the same way, the body-mind is not a vessel that needs to be filled with divinity or expanded into infinity. The body-mind is simply a specific shape the absolute is taking right now. Every thought, every sensation, even the feeling of being a limited, separate "me," is just the light of conscious presence passing through the crystal of the mind. When light passes through a crystal, it creates a rainbow of colors. We have become so fascinated by one specific color—the one we call "myself"—that we have forgotten it is all the same light. The mind is the tool through which the one plays at being many. It creates the illusion of time, and with time, it creates the illusion of cause and effect. We tell ourselves that if we do A, then B will happen; that if we meditate long enough, we will achieve a **limitless mind**. But this is just another story. Any freedom that is caused by an action is not true freedom, because it would be dependent on that action. True freedom has no cause. It is already here, shining through the very frustration of the seeker who can't find it. We often mistake spiritual experiences for liberation. We might feel a sudden explosion of energy, a sense of expansion where the heavy stone we’ve been carrying for years is suddenly dropped. It feels like flying. But even this expansion is a secondary effect. The energy was never truly contracted; it only felt that way to the separate self. Eventually, the "wow" fades, and the experience becomes ordinary again. This ordinariness is not a failure; it is the reality of what is. The absolute is not a medicine for your headache. If you have a headache, the absolute is the headache. It is the totality of everything—the pleasure and the pain, the clarity and the confusion. The separate self has nothing to gain from the absolute because the absolute is the end of the one who wants to gain something. This is why the search is often a form of subtle resistance. By looking for a **limitless mind**, we are implying that the present moment is not enough.