Vachon Imagined

Opening the mind is ultimately the act of entering the mind in order to lose it. It is the meeting point between the seen and the unseen, the known and the unknown, reality and objective truth. An open mind doesn’t require effort; it requires only two things: humility in the face of adversity and a willingness to soften when tension arises. That tension can appear as frustration, boredom, or apathy—but it can just as easily show up as excitement, passion, or distraction.

Whenever the mind is active, the emotions are active, and a receptive mind becomes impossible. Learning to open the mind is a practice. It means seeing in order to unsee, feeling in order to not feel, knowing in order to not know. It means living inside the mystery long enough to learn from it, but not clinging to what has already been learned. What is known doesn’t need to be repeated; it needs to be released so the mind can remain ready—ready to learn, ready to receive.