Cognition: The First Gate

Every single thought is a spontaneous release into the substance. This reflective nature of the mind could be said to be unreliable or distorting. But only if we try to rely on it. If we rest with it. Don't apply will or effort here. So thought is no problem. You can let the mind stop. Let the mind slow down. For even a moment. All is revealed to be what it is. As it is. No different. No distance. No holding. No judging. Everything just as it is. Cognition. The first gate was gate. It also has no name. No location. When we don’t struggle with it. It is spontaneously releasing.