Somethings to Ponder
The Original pure mind is the mind without, regret, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance.God tells us this knowledge is like a beautiful painting. We say how great these teachings are, but unless we put these teachings to work, it is not enough. But how do we remove these dusts from our minds?
God tells us attaining a pure mind is like digging a large root. We usually cannot do this immediately. We many times do not realize we have these evil thoughts in our minds. One indication that we have these thoughts in our minds is when negative emotions arise from our minds. For example, the emotion of anger arises when we have a combinations of dusts, especially the dust of arrogance. In the Osashizu, God tells us if we have anger, we do not know the teachings. It is the teachings that anger and worry should not arise.
So now we have anger, what do we do purify our minds? God tells us to calm our own minds and ponder these 5 dusts in our own minds when obstacles or fate appears in our lives. God then tells us not to act on the emotion, like anger, or temptations that were created. This is the way we purify our minds. By this process, our own hearts/souls monitors our behaviors. We reap what we have sowed because of our own hearts/souls. We can either purify our minds or add additional dusts to our minds, depending on our actions we take. I have attached a step to step diagram to purify one’s mind.
Pure Mind Results in a Happy Life
All this information is contained in the most accurate English translation of the Ofudesaki.
OFUDESAKI-GOD'S TEACHINGS 