The mind will be a means of liberation when it is rid of the impurities residing in it. All spiritual exercises are designed only for cleaning the mind.
Do not condemn the mind as a monkey, etc. It is a fine instrument with which you can achieve either liberation or bondage. It depends as to how you manipulate it. It can lead you, if you so desire, right up to the door of realization or it will make you wander into blind alleys where every step will fall into dirt.
