Suffering is apprehended by one mind, happiness by another.

Vasiṣṭha introduces a distinction that defies conventional psychology: there exists no singular mind, but rather a multiplicity of mental configurations succeeding one another like waves. The mind that suffers is not the same as the one that, moments later, enjoys; they are two distinct patterns of vṛttis, each governed by its own internal logic and ephemeral duration. The fundamental error lies in attributing both to a singular, permanent subject. This is not a negation of experiential continuity, but the revelation that such continuity is a retrospective construct, a narrative thread woven only after the fact. When this is perceived with clarity, the drama of suffering loses its density. This occurs not because painful events cease to arise, but because they no longer find an identified receptacle to prolong them beyond their natural moment. Stillness arises from this disidentification, not from the suppression of content.