Learning to Drive

I do not follow where my mind leads. I instead let it wonder on its own, always watching it carefully, like a loving parent watches an immature child.
I know that my mind will never have true wisdom. So unlike a child it will never become independent of me. Perhaps my mistake in the past was to burden my mind with moral responsibilities that it was never meant to manage.
My mind is a remarkable machine, but no more (or less) of a machine than my body. My mind and body are essentially the same thing; a living organism. But I am the life in my body and in my mind.
In my dreams my physical form is frequently represented as a car that I am driving but can never quite completely control. I can actually gauge my mastery over my form (mind/body) by simply contemplating my ability to drive in my dreams. So far I'm not doing very well, but I am making progress at least.
It is possible to gauge my mastery of form when I am wide awake, but more difficult because I must watch not what just my mind does, but also what my body does and most significantly, the consequences that occure in my life. To ignore the consequences of my actions would be synonymous to driving a car without looking out the windows (which I frequently find myself doing in my dreams).
My thoughts are like a stearing wheel. So, if I don't look where I am going then it does not matter which way I turn my thoughts. This is why, in my efforts to learn how to “drive”, I am presently concentrating on what is going on around the “car”, and watching closely what effect my thoughts (and actions) have.
Slowly, but surely, I am learning to drive.