The Mind's True Nature Is None of These Things

Ajahn Chah said that within itself the mind is already peaceful, but the mind is not peaceful these days. It becomes agitated because moods deceive it. Sense impressions come and trick the mind into unhappiness, suffering, gladness and sorrow. Gladness or sadness is not the mind, but only a mood coming to deceive us. So we must train the mind to know these sense impressions and not get lost in them. Just this is the aim of all this difficult practice we put ourselves through.