One who experiences prasantta [blissful happiness] within, he will have prasantta [blissful happiness] externally. The mind is a mirror (reflection) for the external.

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The mind is a mirror (reflection) for the external. It is a mirror because it reflects all that happens to us through our senses. It is a reflection because it acts as a copy of what is outside of us. The mind itself does not have any experience, so it is a copy of all that we experience.

The important thing to understand here is that the mind does not have knowledge of external objects. We cannot know anything about them through the mind. So, if we have no knowledge of something, we cannot have any experience of it.

This is why the mind cannot be a means to connect us with the external world.

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