How to Achieve a Thought-Free Mind Consciousness While the Manas Investigates?

The mind consciousness needs to carefully deliberate on the question, understand it clearly, and condense it into a single point, deeply suspending it in the mind—this is how the question is handed over to the manas. The mind consciousness may deliberate, or it may not deliberate; sometimes deliberation is needed, sometimes it is not. It can be busy with other affairs, or it can remain quiet; ideally it should cooperate with the manas and not scatter its attention. Because when the mind consciousness is busy with other affairs, it will inevitably transmit information to the manas, increasing the manas's burden, so that it cannot concentrate and is unable to deliberate out a result.