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Mind is not an entity that is distinct from awareness; it has no status or existence of its own. In fact, there is no such thing as ‘a mind’, just as there is no such thing as ‘a movie’ with its own existence independent of the screen. Mind is the movement, activity or functioning of awareness. Awareness itself, or the non-objective experience of being aware, is the essential, irreducible essence of mind, just as the screen could be said to be the essential, permanent element of the movie. In fact, awareness is not just the background of the mind; it is all there is to mind. Mind is a temporary limitation of unlimited awareness, which is itself all that is ever truly present.