Mind is not an entity but a network of perception, feeling, and inclinations that affect each other. By directing we can bring around the change of release
The Buddha gives us lessons in emptiness. We are compelled to trust so completely to be able to truly receive these teachings, surrendering to the Dhamma, offering everything. We bless each step, harvesting wisdom with a brave heart. And in this remarkable learning, we shall know the unexcelled fragrance of the Dhamma, the island beyond which we cannot go.
Our energy gets dragged out and fixated by various outflows (asava). Through widening and softening we can stop constructing the alienated "places" of our dukkha