Wisdom Sharing: Cultivating the mind is a lifelong practice: it may involve accepting one's imperfections, relaxing after letting go of attachments, maintaining calmness amidst conflict, and empathizing with others' suffering. The ultimate goal of this path is "clarity"—a mind as clear as a cloudless sky, undisturbed by external evaluations, unentangled from the whirlpool of desires, able to clearly understand "who I am" and "what I want." Just as Wang Yangming's wisdom of "nothing outside the mind," the essence of cultivating the mind is to purify internally, freeing the soul from distractions and attachments, returning to the inherent clarity and completeness.
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Wisdom Sharing: Cultivating the mind is a lifelong practice: it may involve accepting one's imperfections, relaxing after letting go of attachments, maintaining calmness amidst conflict, and empathizing with others' suffering. The ultimate goal of this path is "clarity"—a mind as clear as a cloudless sky, undisturbed by external evaluations, unentangled from the whirlpool of desires, able to clearly understand "who I am" and "what I want." Just as Wang Yangming's wisdom of "nothing outside the mind," the essence of cultivating the mind is to purify internally, freeing the soul from distractions and attachments, returning to the inherent clarity and completeness.