can i dissagree with the buddha?? lol... (my dear friend calls this "rascle reprimands the masters)
i would say "everything is everything"
but also... how does one keep a clean mind?
& is a messy mind a problem if its a beauitful mess?
& i am guessing everyone has as unique tools & approaches as the evolving individuals that we are- life itself evolving... if we just let "name-face-place-space" thought concepts fall away.... see?
i say WE are the biggest art collaboration ever... its called LIFE : )
mind is just a part of life.... of lives... not everything!! but it sure is an amazing machine/computer....
but thats what jane says- heres what the buddha says:
"Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
— The Buddha-
Lauryn Hill "everything is everything"