new fortune

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@@ -39737,4 +39737,22 @@ principle: The unexamined life is not worth living, because they realize that
 many unexamined lives together result in an uncritical, unjust, dangerous
 world.
   -- Linda Elder, September, 2007
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+~
+In philosophical terms, Tibetan scriptures refer to neurotic mind as the
+impure or afflicted mind.  But within the context of wind energy, neurotic
+mind is not just caused by self-attachment.  The mind is also propelled by the
+movement of wind energy.  The Tibetan language describes this relationship
+between the wind and the mind as the wind-mind (Tib.  rlung sems).  This
+compound word describes the wind energy and the conceptual mind as always
+intertwined and moving together—a singular motion.  Again, a metaphor is
+helpful to understand how the mind and the wind work together.  The Tibetan
+Buddhist teachings compare the mind and the breath to a rider and its mount.
+In this metaphor, the wind energy is the mount and the mind is the rider.
+This metaphor illustrates how it is the wind energy that carries the mind and
+that influences and shapes the mind’s energy.  The wind energy is the root
+of all of our experience, since it provides energy for the mind’s movement.
+So, wind energy training is a powerful tool for purifying, calming, taming,
+and relaxing the wind energy to impact the expression of neurotic mind.
+  -- Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo, from "The Tibetan Yoga of
+     Breath: Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom",
+     published by Shambhala Publications and Snow Lion Publications.