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Although @Shoshin1 I do think that is a beautiful vision, it presents a different view on the mind than I have gathered…

I often read that the mind obscures our experience of the real world. That the imaginings and delusions and desires that it generates keep us entrapped in samsara. That a key goal of meditation is to let the mind become quiet.

I like Bodhidharma’s quote, and I agree with him that beholding the mind is key. But I do not see the mind as a wholly positive influence. Much of what the mind does is not beneficial.

You don’t want to make the mind into an enemy, but you want to be aware of not getting caught up in it. The mind is a good servant but a poor master, it has been said.

I spend most of my time focussed on consciousness

So @Jeroen, does this mean you're being mindfully aware of consciousness ?....Or something else?

The mind is just this black box where thought happens, with a two-way connection to consciousness and a two-way connection to memory.

From my understanding, the mind is not boxed in @Jeroen, it's where infinite possibilities lie...Where the Dharma patiently resides, waiting to unfold....
The Mind ( the ability to comprehend/ the capacity to understand )
Consciousness( to be aware of)
Awareness ( intrinsically knowing )

They work as a team to unfold the Dharma ...the true nature of things....

Which reminds me of this....

The most essential method which includes all other methods is beholding the Mind.
The Mind is the root from which all things grow.
If you can understand the Mind...Everything else is included.

~Bodhidharma~

Hmm consciousness is not the mind, neither is memory the mind, although they interact with it. Nor are the senses the mind.

The mind is just this black box where thought happens, with a two-way connection to consciousness and a two-way connection to memory. I spend most of my time focussed on consciousness, ignoring the mind, which is mostly quiet, and also ignoring memory.

The limits of the mind’s understanding

From what "I" gather....the mind has no limits...other than what the psychophysical phenomenon we call the conditioned self puts on it....

And thus have I heard, it as limitless potential, and expansive nature.

One of the main teachings in Mahayana Buddhism is the concept of "emptiness" (Śūnyatā).

Which is not the same as nothingness but rather the absence of inherent, independent existence.

The mind's nature is also described as empty, which suggests that it is not confined by fixed characteristics or boundaries....

Meditation practice leads to realisation, where one can come to recognise and actualise this inherent potential. AKA an unfettered mind ...

In boundless space, where thoughts unwind,
Lies the realm of the unfettered mind.
No limits bind, no fears confined,
Just clarity, open, and undefined

Well that's the plan.....