There are many definitions of the word "pure" and here are a few of my favorites: 1. free from harshness or roughness and being in tune 2. being thus and no other 3. not directed toward exposition of reality or solution of practical problems.
Little did I know that this simple expression "to have a pure mind" could sum up the motivation behind my entire journey! (I would use the word "focus" instead of motivation, but really that is an oxymoronic statement: a journey of self-enlightenment really can not have one focus, but is rather granted many foci along the way, changing with every bend, at least that's what I've come to believe so far)
You gotta love the magnitude of wisdom that is packed into the efficient teachings of Zen/Buddhism. I feel like Emerson could have been describing this when he said that "The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." And, yes, you guessed it, each one of us is that acorn too (oh you betcha, I went there!) and we are filled with all the wisdom of the universe, we just have to be pure of mind to know it. Thoreau said "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
At any rate, I would love my mind to be "free from harshness"- to use only empowering self-talk and be in "tune" with who I am (ok, so I've taken some liberties here with the meaning of "tune" but that's how I roll); I would also like to be content with myself just because I am myself and finally, I wish to devote by mindful duties to just being to be, not being to be something. Does that make any sense?
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