Full Moon Reflection
The Moon as the Mind
One of the central metaphors in Tantra is the moon as the mind. The mind, like the moon, borrows its light from another source. And like the moon, the mind is always changing.
There is a reason we pause at the full moon. Something in us recognizes that moment of complete illumination, with nothing hidden and nothing held back. In the yoga tradition, this is called Samādhi. The state where the mind becomes like the full moon itself. Clear. Whole. Radiant without effort.
What radiance does the mind reflect? The light of pure consciousness (purusha).
Most of the time, our minds are like the moon in its other phases, partially lit. The radiance of our mind gets partially overshadowed by distraction, worry, memory, and anticipation.
We see and feel life in fragments.
Some part of us, containing multitudes, shifts our perception from moment to moment, changing the shape of what we see.
But Samādhi points us back to our natural state, the awakened remembrance of radiant pure consciousness.
What if we let the full moon be our reminder, a mirror of what’s possible when we remember what we have always been?
I am that. This age-old axiom reminds us that at our essence, we are the light of consciousness. When the mind grows still, that luminosity reflects off the surface of the mind. Consciousness then finds itself resting in the light of its own knowing.
Breathe slowly. Breathe deep. Breathe easy.
That is one gateway in.
Below is another doorway, for when you have a moment.
With Love,
Kevin
Full Moon INSIGHT Inquiry
Create a quiet moment.
If you can get outdoors or near a window where the moonlight can reach you, all the better.
Let your body settle. Let your breath slow.
Ask yourself with genuine inner listening: What in me is obscuring my own light right now?
Sit with it. Don’t rush to answer. Let the question move through you.
Notice what surfaces. A fear. A deeply held belief. A story you’ve been carrying.
Simply see it.
You don’t need to fix it.
Then ask the deeper question: Underneath all of that, what remains?
On the most fundamental level, what we know is that there is quiet, open, luminous awareness when we can look, sense, or feel past the noise.
That is the full moon of the mind. That is Samadhi.