Clouds Pass, the Sky Remains
When clouds race, the moon seems to move; when the boat advances, the shore seems to drift.
What is shaking right now — the world, or the mind that watches it?
📝Reflection
Look at the night sky: when clouds drift, the moon seems to race. On a river, the shore seems to slide backward. But it is the clouds and the boat that moved, not the moon and the shore. The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment uses this common illusion to teach about the mind. When our mind churns, the whole world seems to shake. On an anxious day everyone seems to dislike me; on a gloomy day the world is all ashen. Yet usually it is not the world that shook but my mind. Just as, when the clouds pass, the moon is revealed to have been in its place all along, so when the churning settles, the world returns to its own shape.
🌱Apply It Today
When you feel today that "the whole world is wrong," distinguish once: "is it the world that shook, or my mind?" Usually, the clouds are merely passing.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
