Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment

So if you want to save your energy, don’t think too much, don’t plan too much, and don’t worry too much. Allow your store consciousness to do most of the processing.

So using mind consciousness is very expensive. Thinking, worrying, and planning take a lot of energy.

there are deep concentrations when mind consciousness completely stops operating—there’s no thinking, no planning, nothing—yet store consciousness continues to operate. Deep walking meditation can be like this. Your body is moving and your store consciousness continues to be working, but you are not aware of it.

We can economize the energy by training our mind consciousness in the habit of mindfulness. Mindfulness keeps us in the present moment and allows our mind consciousness to relax and let go of the energy of worrying about the past or predicting the future.

It is possible for you to walk with the feet of your mother. Poor mother, she didn’t have much opportunity to walk like this. You can say, “Mother, would you like to walk with me?” And then you walk with her, and your heart will fill with love.

It’s very important to surround yourself with people who have loving kindness, understanding, and compassion, because day and night we are influenced by the collective consciousness.

We shouldn’t say that consciousness is born from the brain, because the opposite is true: the brain is born from consciousness.

We don’t think, “Oh, there is a rock, therefore I have to step over it.” We just do it. That instinct of self-defense comes from store consciousness.

When we walk mindfully, all four layers of consciousness are operating.