The absence of conscious mind ‘mushin’ refers to the state of the Budo spirit when the individual is no longer aware of his physical or spiritual acts.

This state is considered to be free movement, as if to appear without conscious effort. In this spiritual state the subconscious, the conscious and the spirit move in unison, as if without thought. The movement is instinctive and immediate. In this Buddhist state the Budo student can observe the realm of one’s surrounds with little to no effort, enabling him to evaluate, defend or evade.

Buddha’s enlightenment arrives once the student’s ego has been emptied from one’s conscious. This is the pinnacle of   enlightenment when the body and spirit (subconscious) become one with conscious (ego).A student will devote years of training to emptying his mind, after much fatigue and frustration, his mind gives up, and emptiness occurs. And enlightenment spontaneously appears.