Like a Lamp in a Windless Place
As a lamp in a windless place does not flicker but burns steady and upright, so is the mind of one who has gathered it inward.
Does the lamp of my mind flicker at the slightest breeze, or have I sheltered it enough to burn straight?
📝Reflection
I keep this lamp-image in my heart for a long while. The picture is so quiet and beautiful — a steadied mind, like a lamp in a windless room, burning straight without a flicker. Here the wind is the endless inflow of stimulation and distraction, so to gather the mind inward is to build a wall that shelters it from that wind. The Buddhist practice of stopping the mind in one place to shine clearly is like this lamp. The windier the day with distraction, the more I switch off the stimulation a while and move the lamp of my mind to a windless place.
🌱Apply It Today
If distraction is heavy today, switch off notifications for five minutes and gather your mind on one thing in a quiet place.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
