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Last Notes npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Meditation is incredibly simple. You don't even need to sit. It's just a process of emptying through total relaxation/ surrender to things as they are appearing right now. Such a gem here. Chögyam Trungpa & Rigdzin Shikpo 🙏🏻 The Way of Maha Ati THE ALAYA “THE GROUND of samsara and nirvana, the beginning and end of both confusion and realization, the nature of universal shunyata and of all apparent phenomena, more fundamental even than the trikaya because it is free from bias toward enlightenment, is the alaya, sometimes called the pure or original mind. Although prajna sees in it no basis for such concepts as different aspects, yet three fundamental aspects of complete openness, natural perfection, and absolute spontaneity are distinguished by upaya as useful devices. COMPLETE OPENNESS All aspects of every phenomenon are completely clear and lucid. The whole universe is open and unobstructed, everything mutually interpenetrating. Since all things are naked, clear, and free from obscurations, there is nothing to attain or to realize. The nature of things naturally appears and is naturally present in time-transcending awareness. The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, so that one never withdraws or centralizes onto oneself. This produces a tremendous energy which is usually locked up in the processes of mental evasion and generally running away from life experiences. Clarity of awareness may in its initial stages be unpleasant or fear inspiring. If so, then one should open oneself completely to the pain or the fear and welcome it. In this way the barriers created by one’s own habitual emotional reactions and prejudices are broken down. When performing the meditation practice one should get the feeling of opening oneself out completely to the whole universe with absolute simplicity and nakedness of mind, ridding oneself of all “protecting” barriers. Don’t mentally split in two when meditating, one part of the mind watching the other like a cat watching a mouse. One should realize that one does not meditate in order to go deeply into oneself and withdraw from the world. Even when meditating on chakras in Buddhist yoga there is no introspective concentration—complete openness of mind is still the keynote. NATURAL PERFECTION Everything is naturally perfect just as it is, completely pure and undefiled. All phenomena naturally appear in their uniquely correct modes and situations, forming ever-changing patterns full of meaning and significance, like participants in a great dance. Everything is symbol, yet there is no difference between the symbol and the truth symbolized. With no effort or practice whatsoever liberation, enlightenment, and buddhahood are already fully developed and perfected. The everyday practice is just ordinary life itself. Since the underdeveloped state does not exist, there is no need to behave in any special way or to try to attain or practice anything. There should be no feeling of striving to reach some exalted goal or higher state, since this simply produces something conditioned and artificial that will act as an obstruction to the free flow of the mind. One should never think of oneself as “sinful” or worthless, but as naturally pure and perfect, lacking nothing. When performing meditation practice one should think of it as just a natural function of everyday life, like eating or breathing, not as a special, formal event to be undertaken with great seriousness and solemnity. One must realize that to meditate is to pass beyond effort, beyond practice, beyond aims and goals, and beyond the dualism of bondage and liberation. Meditation is always perfect, so there is no need to correct anything. Since everything that arises is simply the play of the mind, there are no bad meditation sessions and no need to judge thoughts as good or evil. Therefore one should not sit down to meditate with various hopes and fears about the outcome—one just does it, with no self-conscious feeling of “I am meditating,” without effort, without strain, without attempting to control or force the mind, without trying to become peaceful. If one finds one is going astray in any of these ways, stop meditating and simply rest and relax for a while before resuming. If one has experiences that one interprets as “results,” either during or after meditation, do not make anything special of them, but just observe them as phenomena. Above all, do not attempt to repeat them, since this opposes the natural spontaneity of the mind. ABSOLUTE SPONTANEITY All phenomena are completely new and fresh, absolutely unique at the instant of their appearance and entirely free from all concepts of past, present, and future, as if experienced in another dimension of time. The continual stream of new discovery and fresh revelation and inspiration which arises at every moment is the manifestation of the eternal youth of the living dharma and its wonder, splendor, and spontaneity are the play or dance aspect of the universe as guru. Learn to see everyday life as a mandala in which one is at the center, and be free of the bias and prejudice of past conditioning, present desires, and future hopes and expectations. The figures of the mandala are the day-to-day objects of one’s life experience, moving in the great dance or play of the universe, the symbolism by which the guru reveals profound and ultimate meaning and significance. Therefore be natural and spontaneous, accept and learn from everything. See the ironic, amusing side of irritating situations. In meditation see through the illusion of past, present, and future. The past is but a present memory or condition, the future a present projection, and the present itself vanishes before it can be grasped. Free oneself from past memories of, and conceptions about, meditation. Each moment of meditation is completely unique and full of the potentiality of new discovery, so one is incapable of judging meditation by past sessions or by theory. Just plunge straight into meditation at this very moment with one’s whole mind and be free from hesitation, boredom, or excitement. THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION It is traditional, and best if possible, to sit cross-legged when meditating, with the back erect but not rigid. However, it is most important to feel comfortable, so it is better to sit in a chair if sitting cross-legged proves painful. One’s attitude of mind should be inspired by the three fundamental aspects, whether the meditation is with or without form, although in the latter case the three aspects constitute the whole meditation itself, with particular emphasis on complete openness. Meditations with form are preceded by, followed by, and contain periods without form and similarly it may often prove desirable, if not essential, to precede a period of formless meditation by a period with form. To provide for this eventuality many preliminary meditations have been developed over the centuries of Buddhist practice, the most important classes being meditations on breathing, mantra repetitions, and visualizations. The second and third of these classes need personal instruction from one’s guru before they can be attempted, but a few words on the first would not be out of place here, since the method used varies little from person to person. First, let the mind follow the in-and-out rhythm of the breath until it becomes calm and tranquil; then rest the mind more and more on the breath until one’s whole being seems to be identified with it. Finally, become aware of the breath leaving the body and going out into space and gradually transfer the attention away from the breath and toward the sensation of spaciousness and expansion. By letting this final sensation merge into complete openness, one moves into the sphere of formless meditation proper. In all probability the above descriptions of the three fundamental aspects and the meditation practices involved will seem very vague and inadequate. This is inevitable since they attempt to describe what is not only beyond words but beyond thought, and invite practice of what is essentially a state of being. The words are simply a form of upaya (i.e., skill in means), a hint, which if acted upon may enable the innate natural wisdom and the naturally perfect action to arise spontaneously. Sometimes in meditation there is a gap in normal consciousness, a sudden complete openness. This only arises when one has ceased to think in terms of meditator, meditation, and the object of meditation. It is a glimpse of reality, a sudden flash which occurs at first infrequently and then gradually more and more often. It may not be a particularly shattering or explosive experience at all, just a moment of great simplicity. Do not make the mistake of deliberately trying to force these experiences to recur, for this is to betray the naturalness and spontaneity of reality.” ♦️ ~ from THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA VOLUME ONE https://www.shambhala.com/the-collected-works-of-chogyam-trungpa.html ➖➖➖ The Bardo BY Chögyam Trungpa & Rigdzin Shikpo “Of all the teachings associated with the name of Tibetan Buddhism, perhaps the best known is that of the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead. The title is entirely of Western coinage and bears no relation to the Tibetan title, bar do’l thos grol, “Liberation by hearing while between two (states).” As the Tibetan title suggests, the contents are much more profound and of much more general application than a mere description of an after-death state and a guide through its difficulties. This work was composed by Guru Rinpoche and made into a terma by him, to be later discovered by the Nyingma tertön Karma Lingpa. Since Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Francesca Fremantle have retranslated this text, I thought it might be of interest to present a commentary based upon some notes given by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche when he lived in Britain. I suggest that they be read in conjunction with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s commentary in his new translation, and that any apparent conflict be treated as an error of my own, not as implying any ambiguity in the teaching.” ~ RIGDZIN SHIKPO 1976 THE ALAYA The alaya is the ground of origin of samsara and nirvana, underlying both the ordinary phenomenal world and thetrikaya. Since it is more fundamental than either, it has no bias toward enlightenment or nonenlightenment. It has within it the living, creative energy of the dharma, manifesting as the two aspects of prajna (wisdom, intelligence) and karuna (love, compassion), and the realization of the identity of samsara and nirvana, which is called “the wisdom of the alaya,” the alayajnana. As a simplification one may take the essence of the basic qualities of the alaya to be the following five buddhas: 1. Vairochana (“The Luminous One”); white; east; hatred (dvesha); water, flowing; peace in the alaya. 2. Ratnasambhava (“The Jewel Born”); yellow; south; pride (mana); earth, solidity; richness in the alaya. 3. Amitabha (“Infinite Light”); red; west; passion (raga); fire, warmth, compassion power in the alaya. 4. Amoghasiddhi (“Complete Fulfillment of All Action”); green; north; paranoia (irshya); air, energy; volition, karma in the alaya. 5. Samantabhadra (“The All-Good”); blue; center; delusion (moha); space, all-pervading openness; neutral ground in the alaya. The creative energy of the alaya became so strong that it broke away from the alaya and became avidya, just as a light may become so bright that it dazzles and causes confusion, or someone may be so overintelligent that he sees difficulties where there are none, or so overimaginative that he creates fearful illusions where none exist. This avidya ignores the wisdom of the alaya, the alayajnana, and from the resulting confusion the sound or negative alaya, the alayavijnana is produced. The evolution of the kleshas from avidya takes place in the following manner. The overpowerful creative energy breaks away from the alaya and becomes avidya (or moha), which ignores or forgets the alaya. This is the first establishment of the ego, and from itfear springs when one realizes that one is an individual and alone. As a defense against this fear, pride (mana) arises and the ego becomes fully developed. Next comes paranoia (irshya), the need to protect oneself from others, and out of a desire for security to try to make gains at others’ expense. In order to increase security, desire (raga, trishna, lobha) appears in all its forms, and one accumulates more and more of that which establishes one’s position in samsara. Finally, hatred (dvesha) arises, which is the development of extreme self-assertiveness, where one leaves no room for doubt about one’s motives or actions and allows no relaxation in one’s attitude. The evolution of the kleshas and the production of the alayavijnana from the overpowerful creative energy of the alaya is likened to water changing into ice. Just as when water becomes ice this does not indicate either a deficiency in the nature of water or that ice is of a nature different from water, so for example when the active element within compassion is misrepresented by avidya or when a fascination for it arises, its transformation into passion (raga) does not change its underlying nature of compassion. This is why the kleshas are identical to the qualities of the five buddhas. One must not think that this process of breaking away from the alaya and the consequent evolution of the kleshas is something that happened long ago, like a creation myth describing the origin of the universe. On the contrary, it is happening continuously, throughout time, for at every moment the kleshas evolve from the alaya due to its overpowerful creative energy, and dissolve back into it at the dissolution of that moment. Of this continual process we are usually quite unaware, and it is the purpose of maha ati practice to experience it. This can be done in many ways, of which the most important are the yoga of continual relaxed awareness of all experience(leading to a return to the alaya in meditation and everyday life), dream yoga (returning to the alaya during sleep), and yoga practiced at the moment of death and beyond. The process of return to the alaya may be described in four stages, each of which is associated with a particular state of clarity, a particular depth of shunyata, and a particular state of being. The first stage is likened to moonlight and is associated with the kleshas rooted in dvesha. Its state of clarity is called aloka, its shunyata is simple shunya, and its state of being is smriti, or awareness. As the emotions based on dvesha cease to function, the second stage arises, likened to sunlight, and associated with raga. Its state of clarity is alokabhasa, its shunyata is called atishunya, and its state of being is vismarana, or nonawareness. As the emotions based upon raga cease, the third stage arises, likened to the darkness before dawn, and associated with avidya or moha. Its state of clarity is called upalabdha (or alokopalabdha), its shunyata is mahashunya, and its state of being is anutpada, or unborn. As the state based upon moha or avidya ceases, the final stage arises, likened to a bright, cloudless sky. This is the final state of clarity, prabhasvara, gone beyond shunyata (and therefore called sarvashunya), and corresponding to the state of being of matyatita, gone beyond the mind, which is the alaya itself. It will be obvious that this procedure of return to the alaya is accompanied by the disappearance of the kleshas in reverse order to their appearance. Just as fear was the first reaction to arise when the breaking away from the alaya took place, so it tends to be the last barrier to the return to the alaya. As one begins to return to the alaya, fear may arise due to a sensation of impending annihilation, and this fear must be fully entered into before the return can be accomplished. If, due to fear, one turns away from the alaya, one recapitulates the evolution of the kleshas and passes through the above four stages in the reverse order. THE MEANING OF BARDO The Tibetan word bar do literally means “between two,” and although it is popularly taken to refer to the after-death state, its principal meaning is the moment between the evolution and dissolution in the alaya, the nowness in every moment of time, the continually moving point between past and future. Thus bardo occurs at every moment of time, and to understand it is to understand the development of consciousness. At every moment there is an opportunity to understand bardo, and the key to its understanding is nowness. This principal meaning of bardo is sometimes called the bardo of existence, the sipa bardo (srid pa bar do). There are six types of bardo: 1. Bardo of existence (bardo as experienced at every instant of time). 2. Bardo of birth (bardo as experienced at the moment of conception or reappearance in a particular loka). 3. Bardo of dream (bardo as experienced during sleep). 4. Bardo of life (bardo as experienced in the waking state). 5. Bardo of death (bardo experienced at the moment of death). 6. Bardo of the after-death state (bardo as experienced after the moment of death and before conception or reappearance in a particular loka). The states of experience in (2)–(6) above each have distinctive characteristics that make them naturally seem uniquely different, but (1) is the underlying state which is always present and common to all, that is, the evolution fromand the dissolution back into the alaya that proceeds all the time without stopping; the sleeping state, the waking state, the death state, and so on, are just particular modes of this process. The bardo of existence has already been dealt with in some detail, and the bardo of life is simply the nowness of everyday life. The bardo of dream consists of two parts, the first being the falling into a deep, dreamless sleep, and then the state of dreaming proper. As one falls into dreamless sleep one returns to the alaya, passing through the four stages, but the mind is usually too dull to recognize this. After a while one leaves the alaya and emerges into the dream state, and the bardo is then the nowness of this state. Finally one needs to consider the bardos of death, afterdeath, and birth which are examined in the next section. THE BARDOS OF DEATH, AFTER-DEATH, AND BIRTH At the approach of death the body begins to lose its constituent elements, and the first of these to dissolve is the earth element, causing the body to feel increasingly heavy. Then the water element dissolves and this is accompanied by a feeling of great thirst. Finally the fire element dissolves and one feels cold and sees flames. After the dissolution of the elements, the essences of father and mother appear as the white and red bindus, the white coming down from above, the red rising from beneath, the two emotionally symbolizing duality. One feels trapped between the red and the white bindus, and as they approach each other, the feeling of duality begins to disappear and the fear of annihilation is experienced, because one is returning through the four stages to the origin, the alaya. At the moment of the joining of the red and white bindus, duality ceases and the state of prabhasvara, the origin or alaya, is experienced, and remains for a certain period of time. This is the bardo of death. If instructed by a teacher previously (or even if one has only read of it in a book), it becomes the meeting of the mother light (the light of the alaya, the light of the ground, always present whether one realizes it or not) and the child light (the light arising from practicing the path, that is, the clear awareness of the first three stages), and the merging of the two is called the light of fruition. Even if fear is not overcome during the merging of the red and white bindus, it may vanish here, during the realization of prabhasvara. A realization at this time is called the “sudden path,” attained without going through the six paramitas. However, if one’s understanding is only partial or nonexistent, one’s fear becomes so great that one rejects the alaya and duality rearises, one passes through the three stages in reverse order and then due to old patterns of habit, karma, and memory one finds oneself possessed of a mental body resembling one’s physical body and the experiences of the afterdeath state begin, the bardo of the after-death state being the nowness of these experiences. First dawns the vision of the five buddhas, the projection of the mind’s underlying nature. Although peaceful they are very bright and the intensity of the light causes great awe to arise. These ultimate lights give no feeling of comfort or security (they correspond to maharaga, mahadvesha, and so on) and the experience of shunyata that they evoke may be frightening, so that one loses this opportunity for realization. Because of fear of the intensity of the ultimate lights, one turns away from them and moves toward the dull lights that now appear. Thus, failing to understand the five peaceful buddhas, one sees these buddhas in their wrathful forms, and the sudden shock of their appearance may bring realization. If not, one becomes aware of friends, houses, children, animals, and so on, offering help and security, and by becoming attracted toward them and trying to escape from the terrifying mental images that one sees, one loses the memory of one’s former physical body and inclines toward a future life in one of the six lokas. The six lokas themselves are mental projections, and are formed according to our own emotional reactions. For example, our own projection of pleasure becomes the deva loka, our own projection of hatred the hells, and so on, the particular kind of hell experienced depending upon the form of one’s hatred. Thus the six lokas are like dreams, the hells like nightmares, and so on. However, the hells and heavens differ from an ordinary dream in that since there is no physical body to act as an anchor, one gets caught up in one’s own projection and the situation becomes completely real and vivid, and the intensity so great as to constitute a virtually timeless moment of pain and pleasure, which corresponds to those vast lengths of time for which life in these worlds is said to last. The nowness of the moment of one’s conception or appearance in the loka to which one has been attracted is the bardo of birth. BARDO MEDITATION Bardo is something that is meant to be practiced, not just a theory. It only has meaning if one practices bardo meditation in this life. All forms of bardo meditation are part of maha ati yoga. There are five main types, the last often being considered a yana in its own right. Seeing the Kleshas as Enlightenment Be aware of the development, the building-up of a particular klesha, that is, anger, desire, and so on, and its occurrence as a series of waves. With awareness one can realize shunyata at the peak of each wave. Also become aware of the energy in dvesha, the love and compassion in raga, the equanimity and nonaction in avidya, and so on. Each positive quality is an expression of the creative energy within the klesha, an aspect of prabhasvara. Seeing the Five Skandhas as Five Buddhas All that one experiences can be broken down into a particular configuration of the five skandhas. Each of the skandhas must be seen as one of five buddhas, thus: Samantabhadra as vijnana skandha Vairochana as rupa skandha Ratnasambhava as vedana skandha Amitabha as samjna skandha Amoghasiddhi as samskara skandha or as mandalas of five buddhas. The skandhas may appear as buddha forms, buddha lights, or as the buddha essences of the five jnanas. Continual Relaxed Awareness of All Experience By continual relaxed awareness of all experience, by becoming increasingly open and entering into it, one develops a direct contact with experience, a realization of nowness. This has a shock effect, since it takes one back to the original alaya, the prabhasvara, which produces a fear reaction. One must then enter into this fear and identify with it. Dream Yoga As one falls asleep, the activity part of the five skandhas becomes passive due to avidya. In nonaction, the activity part of the five skandhas also becomes passive, but this time due to the creative energy within avidya. One returns to the alaya, the prabhasvara, as one falls into deep sleep and remains there for a while. One can become aware of this return to the alaya during sleep if there is continual relaxed awareness and openness in everyday life and the intention to be aware of the deep sleep state during the day. The dream state is like the after-death state, unstable and unpredictable. If there is continual relaxed awareness and openness in everyday life, and the intention to be aware of one’s dreams during the day, coupled with comparing the sameness of dreams and the waking state, that is, the dreamlike nature of the waking state and the realness of the dream state, one will eventually be able to be aware of one’s dreams. One then practices by changing the nature of the dream images, for example, one may deliberately jump over a cliff, leap into a fire, turn fire into water, visit a pure land, and so on, until eventually one can control one’s dreams. Finally one will be able to control the dreamlike quality of the waking state also. Intense Bardo Meditation Since this meditation, which may be taken to constitute a yana in its own right, the yangti yana, cannot be understood without a knowledge of certain maha ati terms, it is best to consider it in a separate section. YANGTI YANA Before one can understand this yana or this meditation one must be familiar with the maha ati terms trechö (“direct cutting” khregs chod) and törga (“instantaneous attainment”; thod rgal). Trechö is the “sudden path,” achieving realization of the alaya without going through the six paramitas. It emphasizes prajna, the shunyata beyond shunyata, the primordial space quality and the stillness of meditation, and its nature is nowness. It is the negative aspect of nirvana at its highest level. Trechö is the beginning of atiyoga, and in it one’s being becomes the formless meditation itself. Mahamudra is an aspect of trechö, but still has some involvement with form. Törga is the highest path, the highest possible kind of attainment, surpassing all others. It is seeing the whole universe as meaning (jnana) and symbol (kaya), and realizing that kaya and jnana are identical. It emphasises upaya and prabhasvara, and is just beingness, with no subject or object. It is the positive aspect of nirvana at its highest level. Törga is the final stage of atiyoga, being like a result rather than a practice. In it one becomes aware of the identity of the external light (kaya) and the internal light (jnana) and their connection with the five buddhas, the five lights, and the five jnanas. (Refer to “Seeing the Five Skandhas as Five Buddhas” above.) Both trechö and törga are completely effortless and formless. They always go together, and are interdependent, although a particular meditation may incline more toward one than the other. The seven-week bardo meditation called yangti (“beyond ati”) is the major törga meditation, and is even thought of as a yana in itself, the yangti yoga beyond the ninth yana, atiyoga. By practicing it one attains the rainbow body, or jalü (’ja’ lus), which arises from the complete identification of mind (jnana) and body (kaya). This causes the physical body to vanish, first becoming smaller in size until only the hair and nails remain, which then may finally disappear completely, perhaps in the manner of fire or as light. Essentially the yangti meditation is an intense form of bardo meditation, producing similar effects to those experienced during and after death. It is practiced in complete darkness, the darkness being used instead of light; in this respect it differs greatly from other meditation practices. Yangti is thought to be extremely dangerous, and facilities for performing it were only available at two or three meditation centers in Tibet. Every prospective practitioner had to undergo months of preparation and was not allowed to attempt it until he was judged mentally and physically ready. When he was ready he was left in a meditation cell from which light was gradually excluded until at the end of a week he was in complete darkness. At first he felt depressed and fearful, but gradually learned to live in the dark. Every day his guru visited him to give meditation instruction and advice. The instructions were the same as those given to a dying person, and did not involve visualizations, although mental imagery appeared spontaneously; for example, the appearance of wrathful jnana eyes played a part in the practice. At a later stage the guru’s visits were vitally important, since otherwise the meditator would lose complete touch with reality, forgetting who he was and what he was doing, and being unable to remember his past in any coherent way. Eventually the dualistic concept of light and dark was lost, and everything was seen in a blue light. He saw his own projections appearing as five buddha forms (lower), or as five buddha lights (medium), or as the essences of the five jnanas (higher). It is usual to see the blue light first; it then changes to a different color depending upon how the meditator broke away from the alaya (for example, one might go from blue to white [peace], then to yellow, and so on). It is a dangerous thing to become fascinated by the colored figures, mental imagery, and visions one may see and then tostart deliberately projecting them. There is an oral tradition in Tibet that this fascination can lead to such a withdrawal from reality that one mentally creates a world of one’s own and physically enters a state of suspended animation resembling hibernation. As the meditation proceeds one passes through the stages described in “The Bardos of Death, After-Death, and Birth” above. The meditation lasts for a nominal period of seven weeks, as in the bardo, but it may in fact vary from a few days to a few months, depending upon the person. At the end of the meditation the light is gradually readmitted until after a week the windows are completely uncovered and the meditator may leave his cell.” ♦️ ~ from THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA VOLUME SIX https://www.shambhala.com/the-collected-works-of-chogyam-trungpa.html npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 https://youtu.be/6aYvqC6B8WQ?si=Cy85UQa9atCPQlzi Too accurate. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Awareness is its appearances and appearances are awareness. Or knowing is being and being is knowing. “In order to be introduced to the dependent origination of the confluence of causes and conditions, consider this: Lucid, luminous absolute space, as the ground, having the potential to manifest any kind of appearance, serves as the cause; and consciousness that grasps at the ‘I’ serves as the contributing condition. In dependence upon the confluence of these two, all appearances manifest like illusions. All appearances are not other than the ground, and they are of one taste with the ground itself, just as all the planets and stars reflected in the ocean are not other than the ocean, and are of one taste with the water itself. Due to grasping at the ‘I,’ ‘self’ and ‘other’ appear as if truly existent in the panoramic sweep of the expansive, all-pervasive absolute space of the ground. These appearances are like bubbles emerging from water. The lucid luminosity of the empty absolute space of the ground is crystallized into self-appearances to mental consciousness. Due to this becoming reinforced, various delusive appearances manifest, which are like hallucinations caused by pressure on the nerves of the eyes or by disturbances in the channels due to the vital energies. Although various appearances from the ground manifest to a consciousness that grasps at the ‘I,’ they do not waver from or occur outside of that ground." ~ Düdjom Lingpa npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Sci-fi? I'm in! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Direct Experience of the Enlightened Mind Kalu Rinpoche (the elder) "Mind is poised in the state of bare awareness, there is no directing the mind. One is not looking within for anything; one is not looking without for anything. One is simply letting the mind rest in its own natural state. The empty, clear and unimpeded nature of mind can be experienced if we can rest in an uncontrived state of bare awareness without distraction and without the spark of awareness being lost." In daily life: "It is easy to re-recognize it (rigpa). You just have to drop thinking and it is right there. There is not a lot to be done." Mingyur Rinpoche npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Pretty wild huh? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 So I wonder how large the sell wall is here? Could get a lot of capitulation in this area for a while eh? https://image.nostr.build/aa8644f04d1db7d7d7661c138ef9f3dae095282696f276ec7ef6b4af7acaaa90.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I like to pack the fannies.. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Oh that's just because God hates you. Omg I'm going to hell. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 So you wouldn't wear a fanny pack to save your girl from cancer? Rude. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 That and the emffrom our phones in the front pocket. But...I have a solution. Hear me out. Fanny packs. Let's start a bitcoin fanny pack brand. We'll make them cool for the first time ever. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Nailed it! Well said!🎯 npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 The key is learning to witness the mechanations of mind without resistance or attachment to the coming and going. In that what doesn't come or go can be recognized. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Bitcoin is a battle for human rights and freedom from oppressive systems of control. If we lose the battle orwell's 1984 dystopia is in play. These are the highest of stakes, don't forsake the mission. "If you want an image of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever. " -Orwell https://image.nostr.build/1a40737e9116cc708cef72fdd7168eb5a3f7e64b52f178214ae87cc31f8bb4bc.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Gm and remember: https://image.nostr.build/d31796d1b4d87ca86b5988d36c892f540ceb107714feb83fe8f0dd0d7e849338.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I always come back to this quote from Douglas adams. it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem. And so this is the situation we find: a succession of Galactic Presidents who so much enjoy the fun and palaver of being in power that they very rarely notice that they're not. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 We have a real problem with not learning our lessons collectively. I think the desire to trust your governed and institutions in power is just strong for most people because they for one don't want to take the time to question mental, emotional, social, and environmental factors that shake traditions, beliefs, and views. Secondly like you said they don't get the time when the focus is high time preference survival. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I think it's possible for bitcoin to balance out the debt expansion as we transition though. I think there will be a time period where btc and the dollar are friends. I save in bitcoin and spend in dollars naturally because of greshams law. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yep the worst economic meltdowns happened since Keynes ideas were employed as the de facto economics. Says a lot to me. Now that we've gotten ourselves so deep in this hole of debt expansion, they literally can't do anything but kick the can or face near total collapse. If they would have let banks fail in 08 we might still have a chance with this system but we are getting to watch it fail now in real time unfortunately. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yea I think the attention span of people has been manipulated to be very low and to treat it almost like a meat market. Few seem interested in getting deep and that's something I need in relationship. I like to listen to whole albums, hear the whole story etc because to me that's the intimacy that I crave in a true connection. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yea I'm not the club type either, I just know from playing in bands that that's the strategy to get good ticket sales lol. Yea it might just be hard to find people in general that have done the inner work to be ready for something real. Humans exclusive a lot of suffering and trauma and if they haven't developed the tools to be healthy in relationships they end badly. I feel like a lot of people have given up on that in these dating scenes just due to how unhealthy people are in mind, body, and soul. I had to do a lot of work sitting in vipassana for years and doing other various types of meditation to go through all that stuff and it wasn't until a few years ago that I finally felt I was ready after recognition of anatta happened on my 30th bday in the midst of the worst depression I ever went through. Funny how those things work. Anywho yea you gotta be happy being alone for sure! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Oh yea it's a classic strategy that works for everything from shows to bars. Get the ladies in and you've got the guys. I'm surprised there aren't in your experience. I guess there's just a lot of unserious/indecisive people? I always thought it was easy easier for ladies. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 It's $20 a week for guys. That cuts into my bitcoin money. I'll find love either using it for free or after this generational stacking opportunity is over. Right now is stacking as first priority though lol. I don't mind saying I'm in the usa. Perhaps it's less for men in other countries. I think their business model is like the classic club model. Ladies get in free to get the guys to come and spend stupid amounts of money trying to find love 🤣 npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 They still want to charge a ridiculous amount of money for guys. Maybe it's cheap for girls? I've never actually gotten a real match on there before. Not actually sure how many people even use these apps because I think a lot of them are bots or unserious people who aren't actually interested in much but the dopamine boost from a like. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 That said yea you gotta meet in person asap and see if there's sparks. I usually give it 2 to 3 dates. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I agree but certain cognitive models seem to attract usually the opposite. For example the girls I usually attract are enfp or enfj. Not That I even filter for them but it's a subconscious thing. I can usually guess their Myers Briggs after talking to them a bit and a lot of times they are shocked that I'm right lol. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 On the final period of the teachings of the Buddha: Enlightenment can be explained to be as just an awareness that we are always in this here and now. It is not something attainable or something that can be lost. We all exist in the present moment so, for each of us, it is always there whether we are aware of it or not. The Life Span of the Buddha implies that this Buddha-Nature like the present moment always IS. One’s Buddha nature is just an embodiment of this NOW which is always and forever just partaking of the aspect of abiding. This can be styled to be as everlasting and permanent. It is not only the Buddha who has this vast lifespan but also fundamentally the root base nature of all beings. We all possess the Buddha nature hence we all fundamentally have this equivalent Life Span. Shakyamuni’s resources come from his enlightenment. Enlightenment is fundamentally at harmony with all of reality. It does not give way to misunderstandings that arise from craving attachments to the world which cannot be overlooked by ordinary beings. Such as this is, enlightened resources are perfectly dynamic and unrestricted in their interactions and interrelations. The enlightened faculty of every being has equivalent resources at its disposal. Just like Shakyamuni, through the teachings of the Lotus Period we can draw from the resources of the Bodhisattva’s of the Earth. Thank You npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Definitely agree there. Whoever is doing market research for this right now is getting a goldmine of info lol. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yea they are a necessary evil for me unfortunately. I feel like it's a lot harder for guys to meet girls though at least for us more introvert guys, (I'm intp on the Myers Briggs cognitive model.) npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yea I think it's the messed up incentives for the company running the platform. It's not profitable for them to actually help people find love. I also don't like how it incentivizes the swipe culture either as someone who appreciates genuine human connection and can't stand vapid and shallow mindsets that things like tinder incentivize people towards. Honestly if I could choose this is one of my first ideas for what to design but the timing would also need to be right to find a market large enough to steal the network effects of those platforms. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I see that as the future of dating, employing ai to find matches based on your preferences and getting rid of these shitty gatekeepers at bumble, tinder, etc. Just recently got back in the game from a ltr and I hate how they rarely show you your matches unless you pay their extortion level prices. Honestly Facebook seems to be better than any of them to me. At least they don't try to extort you. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 That's a pretty cool idea! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 It's even worse for the human psyche in general because it holds back higher human potential of the individual in favor of groupthink and self censoring to get that sweet sweet engagement. This actually destroys the individual and cuts them off from discovering higher potential. Look no further than tik tok or Instagram for examples of this. (I actually feel bad for the ice cream yum yum girls.) npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 It's hard to ever really know the truth about things that I don't experientially know. Twitter has lead me to not believe anything when it comes to the narratives people sell. Perhaps people never should have and we wouldn't be where we are in the psyop game. https://image.nostr.build/e45f2de4c62aea990d00ac6fd17694d01da3d6ea8647dc2b7ea26312302f5684.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 From a friend. On higher human potential and the Transcendence of maslows hierarchy. Behavioral scientist Abraham Maslow's work on the Hierarchy of Needs was somewhat accepted by Psychology, and much was soundly rejected; as the ego-centric could not accept that his Self-Actualization was merely a stepping stone to a Higher Level of Human Potential called Transcendence. As Maslow understood it, Transcendence was the very highest and most holistic level of human consciousness. This level consciousness transcended basic needs, culture, ego esteem, positives and negatives, and even Space-Time constructs. Among Abraham Maslow's friends and collaborators was Dr Clare Graves, whose Human Evolutionary Development model (now called Spiral Dynamics) complimented Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. These two were "open to learning at any time and from any source, like bees that gather nectar from many flowers." Some of the greatest misperceptions of the Graves Model, and Becks Spiral Dynamics interpretation came from their failure to recognize that not only can Levels be skipped, but it is much easier to skip from SD-4 or SD-5 to SD-7, than going from SD-6 to SD-7. Level 6 ... which Beck called 'Green,' is the worse, ego-centric consciousness of all Evolutionary levels. "The person operating at the 6th level must realize that everything that human beings have ever believed in, is by and large, wrong." Dr Clare Graves. Dr Clare Graves said, " the 6th level of thinking (those who desire a tribal container) are an attack upon nature and Nature's Laws, that should be around for the shortest period of time of any of the lower ways of thinking that we have had" All Spiral Dynamics groups that I'm aware of are closely controlled by Level 5 and 6 personalities ... thus an impediment to Higher Human Potential. "Less than one in a hundred people become fully self-actualized (SD-7) because our society rewards motivation primarily based on esteem" - Dr. Abraham Maslow. Integration of Yin and Yang is best during SD-4 and SD-5 ... the Community paradigm of SD-6 IS NOT the next Buddha, but a most difficult and needless Stepping Stone trap consumed within a pluralist delusion that views Higher Human Potential as a threat to their Anarcho-Justice Warrior Community, Regressive Left autocracy, Oligarchical Collectivism, participatory trophies, and Woke agenda. Beck solidified the (Green) misperception of an upward hierarchical manner of development. In other words his disastrous short-sightedness in that we do not skip levels. On the contrary, not only can Levels be leaped, but it is essential to realize that SD-6 must be leaped, or one becomes consumed within a pluralist delusion that views Higher Human Potential as a threat to their Tribal, Community meme. Dr. Clare Graves said, "this theory is a systems conception of personality which may be able to integrate everything that has been put down in the literature about human behavior." Thus, Gabrielle Roth's Five Rhythms overlays without contradiction. World Peace will NEVER come by way of forced community ... but by individuals taking the Momentous Leap to Self-Actualization and Transcendence. "If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of your self." - Lao-Tzu, Huahujing npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 All I have to say on recent events is this: It's easy to manipulate people into seeing the other as an enemy when governments have control of the information presented to citizens. They have to divide to conquer and dehumanize the other side. People have to be motivated to hatred or belief in superiority through mental, emotional, social, and environmental conditioning. Rarely do the people ever become aware of the atrocities committed in their name by governments. The human family must learn to play cooperative games to survive the insane amount of technological capacity and total lack of wisdom to employ it that we currently have. I think over time bitcoin fixes this because it is a system with 0 monetary entropy. So over time since there is no loss of wealth but only increase as productive capacity increases all people benefit from the advancement equally as their purchasing power increases. Over a long period of time this can change human value systems and unhelpful habit energies as bitcoin transitions individuals into its cooperative game where people aren't incentivized to lie, cheat, and steal to keep up with their loss in purchasing power. This in turn creates abundance over time as we transition from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset which obviates the root cause of the need for one group to claim supremacy of themselves and inferiority of the other to justify why they deserve access to our control over resources and the other doesn't. I'm thinking of course on a 500 year timeliness perhaps longer or shorter depending on how quickly people collectively understand the game that is being presented. How to move from self destructive to cooperative games that can advance us to type 1 on the kardashev scale and beyond. I have faith in humanity to eventually leave these barbaric ways behind and play a more cosmic survival game. https://image.nostr.build/e45f2de4c62aea990d00ac6fd17694d01da3d6ea8647dc2b7ea26312302f5684.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 To be free from attachment to desires is the greatest freedom. That doesn't mean don't desire, it just means to let go/ let life lead when things don't go as intended. https://image.nostr.build/4438a8bab3683f2514f961fbea60d66ccaab7ee81e66c8505939ce240a836adc.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Money as a system of control. Needs more views. https://youtu.be/FyK4P7ZdOK8?si=kZMFB69tEx9kdBxJ npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yo dawg,I heard you like inflation. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/e22ee10c8c3d8b8b1d5639ed02451b7c3df2b2b61b7c7af7c03febeb450e1b2d.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I am convinced most things are better in an air frier. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Sounds good! Thank you. I see that you are a developer, interested on where you stand with CTV and polyd's idea for the enigma network as well? Have you had a chance to check that out? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Sure but I'm getting ready to go see my family so it might have to be another time. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Well then, how can the phone be other than the expression of that which creates the universe and glues it together? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Well it's clear that you fundamentally misunderstood the concept of emptiness of inherent existence as the form a thing is currently taking. Yes there are parts of the Bible that I find wisdom in but much of the real wisdom was excluded by the council of nicea when the Romans were deciding what to keep and what to get rid of. Bieber one of the first times that it was revealed to me I had gotten in trouble for asking questions they couldn't answer at Sunday school. I had to copy the book of revelations and while I was writing it I was at the party where they were talking about all the 7's. Everything disappeared even my body, there was only light. Subject and object dissolved into pure witnessing. To me many years to find out what happened. So I find merit in the Bible. I like genesis too but ultimately I find the wisdom in the kjv lacking. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 So Jesus is the phone in my hand that I write this on eh? The thought that I think, the couch that I sit on. All of this matter and energy that comprises the universe. Yet if I call him yeshua is that wrong? What if you say Jesus in another language is that wrong as well? What I'm saying is that the word and idea that you have about reality is not reality itself. I can call a dog a cup but you could clearly see that it doesn't matter what you call it, it barks. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Sir I grew up catholic but study dzogchen and zen you are Christian I think? There's nothing wrong in either all ways point back to the source which is reality. Can you allow people to be as they are? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Sir the word emptiness just points to empty of inherent existence as the form it takes. All words appear as the expression of source, whatever you like to call it. Some people call it Brahman, some Allah, some God, and some Jesus. The word/ idea about it is not the thing in itself. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Of course, glad you appreciate what I have to share! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Another way to understand the idea "emptiness" is that of anything that comes and goes doesn't have inherent existence as the forms it takes. For example when I eat food that the nutrients in the food become part of my body. Previously they were part of a plant or animal, and before that they were somewhere else. The same goes for all life systems which are in constant state of change from one form to the next. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 You may call it whatever you like but your words can only ever be the expressing or appearance of undivided light which gives birth to both ideas of darkness and simulated light. The convenience of emptiness is often misunderstood. It just points to the fact that all life systems are interdependently originated and aspects of the total. So while things have provisional existence ultimately what you think of as god or Jesus is what is actual reality underlying the coming and going of things. Hope that makes sense. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yes this is very good! One of the people I consider my teacher said this. There is only one true enlightenment, and that is spiritual enlightenment. Anything else is embodied in the relative. Spirituality necessitates not being in conflict with Spirit. Spirit refers to the flow of all things (whether seen or not seen) ... from the Latin spiritus, the Indo-European root meaning "to breathe," the in-breath/Yang and out-breath/Yin of duality. Terence McKenna mentioned, "The tension in the world is the tension between the Ego and the Feminine, not between the masculine and the feminine." Why? Because more than 99% of humanity believe that Feminine Energy arises from a gender of Form. Without understanding Feminine Energy, Spirituality is futile. The truth is, that the Feminine of Duality is not a gender of Form, but the Wave of a Particle. Certainly, each gender of Form has a novel way of expressing or suppressing their Wave. Knowing this, great relationships don't take work. Comprehension trumps confidence. Full spectrum awareness is an integrated yang-yin experience ... sphere and torus ... particle and wave ... not equality, but a rhythmic balanced interchange that pivots from beyond belief. Spirit arises nearly instantaneous with the dream of duality, and is the energy dedicated to show the way back to Source ... which Spirit itself can never realize, because Spirit is not part of Source, but the dream of separation from Source. Source does not 'breathe.' Source is neither the One Lever upon which duality effects its motion, nor duality. Source is as a Still Fulcrum. All energy is in the past, as expressed by E=mc². At the so-called speed of light, the conditions of energy, mass, time, and space cease to exist. Einstein theorized that as we approach the so-called speed of light, time slows to zero, and space shrinks to nothing. There is no “now” in the electrodynamic dance of emptiness and form. All Form and the Emptiness of Form are in the past. Duality, both emptiness and form, is slower than the presence of undivided light. Such a statement may baffle those rooted in object-ive, empirical logic; however, the principle is quite simple. The fact that matter is slowed-down divided light is actually widely known. When the conceptual speed of light is reached, space, time, matter, and energy (and thus the Breath of Spirit) cease. The nature of duality’s reality is that divided, projected light moves 186,281 miles per second slower than the stillness of Undivided Light. No matter what speed we perceive ourselves to be moving, the stillness of light appears to move by us 186,282 miles per second faster. From Undivided Light’s point of view, space, time, and energy are in the past, and the condition of that past can never enter the unconditionality of Undivided Light’s present. "There is no Present in time" - V Panetta From Undivided Light's point of view, it travels no distance in no time, and thus it has no need for speed. In fact, Undivided, Clear Light has not traveled a millimeter in all eternity. Divided light on the other hand, is contained in what Buddha called the Six Realms of Cyclic Illusory Experience. That container is a box/cube known as 142857. Remember the film 'The Matrix?' The Architect is the One Lever that maintains the Six Realms of Samsara from the God Realm. Spirit is the Oracle, who permeates all Six Realms, and whose sole purpose is to expose and show how to get out of the Matrix. But again ... Spirit does not get out ... because Spirit is part of the System. The movement of Breath, that which comes and goes, can never enter Stillness. Unfortunately (for the whole of Samsara), Spirit is mostly accessible in the third level of consciousness. Buddhists say that a human birth, which is the 3rd of the six realms, is the easiest realm in which to achieve liberation, and is therefore the most auspicious birth. Both Buddha and the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara suggested that liberation from Samsara is possible only in the human realm. They found that the Human Realm is the most suitable realm for practicing the dharma, because humans are not completely distracted by samsaric pleasure, like the God (6th) and Deva (5th) Realms. Those seriously interested in flowing with Spirit without hesitation, thus un-obscuring the Gateway to Higher Human Potential and Awakening from the Dream ... must grasp Who's Who in Duality ... Yang and Yin ... Particle and Wave ... Form and the Empty of Form. ONLY when emptiness is understood, can there be real compassion. To the chagrin of Ego ... there is no Liberation without real compassion ... and no real compassion without grasping the Empty of Form. In other words, 99.99% of humanity is in deep sleep ignorance. Which is OK. But humanity as a whole need to realize that they are clueless ... they don't know ... and should cease advocating for things as if they did. Buddhist teachings on compassion are grounded in the direct realization of emptiness; without which, compassion is impossible." HH Dalai Lama "both the wisdom of emptiness (prajna) and compassion (karuna) are very important, like two wings of a bird; their integration is indispensable for inner awakening." Anam Thubten, Fragrance of Emptiness. "The realization of emptiness and compassion arise simultaneously" - Padmasambhava npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yes! One of the people I consider a teacher says this. There is only one true enlightenment, and that is spiritual enlightenment. Anything else is embodied in the relative. Spirituality necessitates not being in conflict with Spirit. Spirit refers to the flow of all things (whether seen or not seen) ... from the Latin spiritus, the Indo-European root meaning "to breathe," the in-breath/Yang and out-breath/Yin of duality. Terence McKenna mentioned, "The tension in the world is the tension between the Ego and the Feminine, not between the masculine and the feminine." Why? Because more than 99% of humanity believe that Feminine Energy arises from a gender of Form. Without understanding Feminine Energy, Spirituality is futile. The truth is, that the Feminine of Duality is not a gender of Form, but the Wave of a Particle. Certainly, each gender of Form has a novel way of expressing or suppressing their Wave. Knowing this, great relationships don't take work. Comprehension trumps confidence. Full spectrum awareness is an integrated yang-yin experience ... sphere and torus ... particle and wave ... not equality, but a rhythmic balanced interchange that pivots from beyond belief. Spirit arises nearly instantaneous with the dream of duality, and is the energy dedicated to show the way back to Source ... which Spirit itself can never realize, because Spirit is not part of Source, but the dream of separation from Source. Source does not 'breathe.' Source is neither the One Lever upon which duality effects its motion, nor duality. Source is as a Still Fulcrum. All energy is in the past, as expressed by E=mc². At the so-called speed of light, the conditions of energy, mass, time, and space cease to exist. Einstein theorized that as we approach the so-called speed of light, time slows to zero, and space shrinks to nothing. There is no “now” in the electrodynamic dance of emptiness and form. All Form and the Emptiness of Form are in the past. Duality, both emptiness and form, is slower than the presence of undivided light. Such a statement may baffle those rooted in object-ive, empirical logic; however, the principle is quite simple. The fact that matter is slowed-down divided light is actually widely known. When the conceptual speed of light is reached, space, time, matter, and energy (and thus the Breath of Spirit) cease. The nature of duality’s reality is that divided, projected light moves 186,281 miles per second slower than the stillness of Undivided Light. No matter what speed we perceive ourselves to be moving, the stillness of light appears to move by us 186,282 miles per second faster. From Undivided Light’s point of view, space, time, and energy are in the past, and the condition of that past can never enter the unconditionality of Undivided Light’s present. "There is no Present in time" - V Panetta From Undivided Light's point of view, it travels no distance in no time, and thus it has no need for speed. In fact, Undivided, Clear Light has not traveled a millimeter in all eternity. Divided light on the other hand, is contained in what Buddha called the Six Realms of Cyclic Illusory Experience. That container is a box/cube known as 142857. Remember the film 'The Matrix?' The Architect is the One Lever that maintains the Six Realms of Samsara from the God Realm. Spirit is the Oracle, who permeates all Six Realms, and whose sole purpose is to expose and show how to get out of the Matrix. But again ... Spirit does not get out ... because Spirit is part of the System. The movement of Breath, that which comes and goes, can never enter Stillness. Unfortunately (for the whole of Samsara), Spirit is mostly accessible in the third level of consciousness. Buddhists say that a human birth, which is the 3rd of the six realms, is the easiest realm in which to achieve liberation, and is therefore the most auspicious birth. Both Buddha and the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara suggested that liberation from Samsara is possible only in the human realm. They found that the Human Realm is the most suitable realm for practicing the dharma, because humans are not completely distracted by samsaric pleasure, like the God (6th) and Deva (5th) Realms. Those seriously interested in flowing with Spirit without hesitation, thus un-obscuring the Gateway to Higher Human Potential and Awakening from the Dream ... must grasp Who's Who in Duality ... Yang and Yin ... Particle and Wave ... Form and the Empty of Form. ONLY when emptiness is understood, can there be real compassion. To the chagrin of Ego ... there is no Liberation without real compassion ... and no real compassion without grasping the Empty of Form. In other words, 99.99% of humanity is in deep sleep ignorance. Which is OK. But humanity as a whole need to realize that they are clueless ... they don't know ... and should cease advocating for things as if they did. Buddhist teachings on compassion are grounded in the direct realization of emptiness; without which, compassion is impossible." HH Dalai Lama "both the wisdom of emptiness (prajna) and compassion (karuna) are very important, like two wings of a bird; their integration is indispensable for inner awakening." Anam Thubten, Fragrance of Emptiness. "The realization of emptiness and compassion arise simultaneously" - Padmasambhava npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Reading the Bon flowering light tantra, this gem stuck out. "The Heart is the place of the mind, it is the Great Waterhouse, the great watershed of the human consciousness.All life moves through it and comes back to it; all thoughts arise from out of it and return back to it. What is this Heart? The heart is the nature of ourselves, made from time yet beyond time, creating space yet not of space. Creating patterns and forms that give rise to the material world. Through our attachment we create the heart also. All the world is real, our reactions to it are not, our responses to it are not." https://cdn.nostr.build/i/82375812177ffbf9129e63c0b790fcaa7e0f4bc46e3e0892324d9dc104a44a46.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Another thing to think about is how ai will make it easier and cheaper for content creators to create movies and shows. Lowering cost of production. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 What would incentivize cheaper streaming per view? Perhaps you get more volume of viewers because it costs less for each person to view? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Any guesses on how long until nostr takes over streaming? Imagine micropayments for the stuff you actually want to watch instead of a bunch of 10 dollar subscriptions to platforms. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 A lot of the motivation behind human social interactio is motivated by a desire to be loved, seen, accepted into the group. This has been weaponized by social media to get individuals to identify with groupthink and to self censor the individual's true being in hope of being accepted, seen, and loved. I feel this is Major contributor to the epidemic of mental illness we see in the world around us. Perhaps it has always been this way, but becoming aware of what motivates our actions gives us power to make a choice to be truly authentic with ourselves and others. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 From a friend. On kunje gyalpo and the nature of mind and phenomena Longchenpa makes an astonishing commentary on a portion from the Dzogchen Semde root tantra, the Kunje Gyalpo. I have included both Longchenpa's commentary and the relevant text from the Kunje Gyalpo. Quotes are from Longchenpa's The Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena, published by Padma Publishing. My comments are beneath the KJG quotes below. "Spontaneously present meditative stability, settled in its own place, is understood to be ongoing, like the flow of a river, without having to be deliberately cultivated. Within that context, everything arises as the true nature of phenomena, and so there is no error or obscuration, no dullness or agitation, no distraction or even the lack of it, **because any object of distraction arises as the display of that nature."** From the Kunje Gyalpo: To ignore what is inherent and seek afar for something else, eagerly trying to arouse the bliss that requires no effort... there is no greater debility than this. Undistracted meditative absorption is a stake that tethers one to reification. With respect to what is and always has been , there is no distraction, nothing to be lost. Undistracted meditative absorption seduces one with hope. Such are the Mahayana approaches based on either causes or results, which reveal what is provisional.... With respect to what is and always has been, there is no distraction, no loss. The state in which nothing need be done transcends all effort and achievement." Jackson: Notice above where Longchenpa says "any object of distraction arises as the display of that nature." In other words, whatever you are distracted by is itself the display of Rigpa and so you are actually still noticing Rigpa's display. As an example, when you are simply present to the here and now observing the sky, while observing the sky, a strong distracting thought or image enters your mind. Suddenly you are no longer in the here and now noticing the sky, but rather you are observing this thought. This is in traditional Mahayana vehicles of meditation considered to be distraction and is taught to be avoided and corrected. One is taught to stay in here and now awareness. But Longchenpa is saying those distracting thoughts are themselves just as valid as the sky as 'objects of experience'. Those thoughts are also occurring in the here and now, so when you are observing thoughts or images you are also fully in here and now presence. Both the sky and thoughts are equally Rigpa's pure display. So in this way it is understood that distraction is impossible. If this extremely subtle and vital point is understood, all effort at trying to maintain an undistracted state drops away. All experiences of every kind are equally the display of Rigpa. Then one may ask: Well, ok ... then what exactly do I do when practicing Dzogchen? Great question! But it must remain unanswered, or else the answer will be turned into a new something to do. In Dzogchen the notion that there is something to do or practice is considered an illness. You are already Rigpa Awareness, what would be the point of doing something in order to become what you already are? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 They sacrifice their season every year 🤣🤣🤣 npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Oh no you came to Colorado to watch our baseball team? I feel sorry for you lol. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Dammit Ska-makazies npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Ska-makazies npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Someone on Twitter asked these questions about how our world views are shaped. "A worldview typically consists of at minimum 4 components involving answers to these questions: 1) What is good? 2) Where do good and bad come from? 3) Who deserves the good? 4) How can you do good or be good?" I answered from my point of view, as it is right now: 1. a mind that doesn't fix on views and beliefs for identity, thus capable of working towards mutual wellbeing by actions of mind, speech, and body. 2. Good and bad are conceptual designations based on the interpretations of action in mind, Speech, and body. Actions deemed to be good generally create mutual wellbeing, whereas actions deemed to be bad creates suffering for self/ others. 3. All beings deserve the good, only thought coverings or mental inertia create blockages to acting with understanding/ compassion. This is generally due to ignorance to the true nature of mind/ phenomena as a continuum of all life systems being inseparable and empty of true self existent qualities. 4. You can develop the ability to do good by learning to witness the mechanations of mind and examine fixedViews and beliefs about self/ phenomena. There comes a point where the subject/object split falls away from simply witnessing. Witnessed and witness dissolve into pure witnessing and all "good" qualities arise from this basic nature. Of course I must add that it's impossible not to have a view and that's not what I'm saying. Just that our thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are constantly changing from moment to moment. The ability to be able to change views with new info and see from many perspectivesIs most helpful in adapting to an ever changing life that is always discovering more and more information about itself. So if we fixate on views and beliefs, it can become a barrier to growth in one's world view. https://nostr.build/i/3e992715c971b4c8dba11950b0d619c7146ca1673c1a284dcc42eb15c9ad4bce.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yes I read it on my teens, interesting stuff. IDK either but I feel like it's similar to the Cayce situation where the channel was able to connect to deeper alaya levels of awareness. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Seemed very clear to me. It was very well put together! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Twitter used to be pretty cool for a while when I first joined, I was able to have lots of conversations but there was a point where I noticed after a few months that they cut me off. I often wonder how prevalent the shadowbanning is. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Really appreciate your civil disobedience position O'Dell! Many like me have been shadowbanned for years on the other platforms. Nostr is for me one of the first times that I've actually felt I've been able to communicate with people. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 From a friend, Getting Behind the One That's Behind We can sit in meditation watching the various mental events, feelings and sensations arise and subside, yet all the while not noticing that the one who is observing all the projections is itself a projection. You thought you were the actual aware and knowing one that was just observing the show. But it can happen that suddenly a shift occurs and the show is suddenly seen to include "you" watching the show. "You" as the witness of the show are suddenly seen to be also a projection; a projection as a complete gestalt or vignette of "me watching the show". When this insightful shift occurs, the subject/object dichotomy collapses. What remains is a non-dual state of knowingness without a "witness observing its projections". I think very few meditators are familiar with this shift. That's why meditators can practice for 50 years and never really break through the mind's looping projections. The state of mind can become very quiet and relaxed, but the one enjoying that state is not noticed to also be the mind's projection. This is much like our dreams at night. In the dream we see things and hear things along with having a body, but we have no idea that our self in the dream is being projected as a "someone seeing and experiencing the dreamscape." The subconscious aspect of mind is the projector of our self and the dream scape. Likewise in waking life and especially when meditating, it's possible to notice that our current self as the "observer", is only a mental event or a projection of being a self-existing, and observing "me"; along with all the other thoughts and images being mentally projected. The "me" that feels so real in waking life is no more real than the self experienced in dreams. Both are subconscious mind-projections. But indeed, this shift out of the karmic mind loop can and does occur. But it's not helpful when teachers and doctrines validate this false self position as being "who" you are. It's a bit like a teacher character in your dream at night simply telling you how to improve your dream self, instead of pointing out that the self you believe yourself to be is a fictional projection of mind and thereby triggering the "awake" state. The dreamed identity disappears in that moment along with all its story content. This is what "bodhi" means; awake. But in this condition of "awake", no one woke up, but rather the projection of an imaginary self as "me" just ceased. That is the moment of anatta or no fictional self. What remains is a center-less field of transparent consciousness that has no subject or object. It's a moment of inexpressible joy, insight and release. The ordinary mind is stuck tightly in this karmic, self-reenforcing loop of bewildered grasping and rejecting, propelled by the twin engines of hope and fear. Metaphorically speaking; taking the step behind the one "taking that step", is a rare dance step indeed! The first step is to simply ponder this in vipassana contemplation by observing the mind's projection of "me" in the act of contemplating this. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Well I'm no whale so I still might. Depending upon how long adoption takes. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I'd live in that. I just want a zen garden and a pool someday with it. Prefer to spend money traveling and experiencing! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Then again there are many stories of astronauts, pilots, and government workers that come out as whistle blowers. Perhaps it's just for attention, but what if it isn't? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Perhaps ndas keep it quiet? I'm not sure, though. While i respect your point of view, i trust my direct experiencing. What I do know is that I was visited when I was little but the beings that visited me were what you might call extradimensional. Later in my studies of the dharma I recognized that these were the same as what we call sambogakaya or light body beings which are a projection of dharmakaya or unfabricated present awareness from which all phenomena arise. If interested you can read more about what this means here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulayar%C4%81ja_Tantra npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Second favorite number, but favorite book ever! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 You might enjoy reading this! #nevent1q…cef7 npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I wish I would have gotten the pro though. Have a feeling there's going to be a lot more applications coming in the next couple years. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I really enjoyed your piece here BTW! Thanks for writing it! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 From a friend, we are all nodes on the bitcoin network sharing different types of information, each with a piece of the puzzle. The world is Awakening but few are awake. He estimates less than .01 percent of humanity has gone beyond maslow's hierarchy. EVERYONE associated with the World Economic Forum and their 'great reset' is the Enemy of Humanity. Most people have been media-ted to believe in Overpopulation ... and that it's a threat. This IS NOT TRUE ... except for the million/billionaire class. The fact is ... just as it takes about 9 billion atoms to form a complex molecule, and 9 billion molecules to form living cells, and 9 billion cells to manifest a human brain, it will take about 9 billion human brains before there's a mass birthing of Human Beingness on Earth ... which is a great threat to the World Economic Forum. "Imagine for a moment that you are a nerve cell in this growing human brain. At first there's plenty of space. Then very quickly there's a massive population explosion of nerve cells. If you were a nerve cell you'd probably think 'This is getting dangerous.' There's not enough oxygen to go round, we're going to be short of blood soon. But suddenly, at week 13, the explosion stops. From then on the development of the nervous system focuses on the growth of connectivity and complexity; the linking together of these billions of nerve cells." Peter Russell, The Global Brain "Today we are seeing a similar process happening to humanity. [We're having] a massive population explosion, but its now beginning to slow down, and many are evolving onto the next phase, the linking of the billions of human cells in this planetary brain." Peter Russell, The Global Brain "If we look at the next leap in evolution, the evolution of intelligent consciousness, we find it again takes several billion nerve cells linked together in the human brain to produce the reflective consciousness characteristic of humanity - though again the figure is not meant to be exact." Peter Russell, The Global Brain "The UN has predicted that the world population will reach 9.6 billion by 2050. Overpopulation also just happens to be one of those words that immediately triggers images of the apocalypse, despite the fact that nothing in human existence seems more routine than birthing a child." Sydney Brownstone Today's humanity ... while growing out of the Absolutist (Life is a Test), Individualistic (Life is a Game), and expanding the Woke virus (Life is Community) levels of Spiral Dynamics, are still in the 'freaking out' stage of our evolution process. Propaganda about overpopulation is rampant ... negativity about everything ... children being indoctrinated to worry about their future ... war cries for population reduction. "Let’s take a step back and unpack what “overpopulation” really means. If we lived at the density that people live in Manhattan, the entire global population could fit in New Zealand." Sydney Brownstone Although based on patriarchal paradigms like the Gaia Hypothesis (Earth as Mother), the 35 minute documentary The Global Brain by Peter Russell offers valuable insights about human evolution." "The process of progressive complexification and organization is a long evolutionary journey. One of the dominant trends of evolution has been a progressive linking of smaller units into larger and larger units. This suggests that the next stage might involve human beings themselves linking together in some way. " Peter Russell If the process of 9 billion atoms to 9 billion complex molecules to 9 billion cells, to 9 billion brains, as the pathway to realize Full Spectrum Consciousness on planet Earth is correct ... and seeing that currently only .01% of humanity in 2019 have reached the Transcendence level of Maslow's hierarchy ... then we need another 2 billion ASAP. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 The Tao te ching is a wonderful treatise on how to govern the self and a nation by not trying to govern! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Self Illumination When the attentiveness of our own Consciousness turns inward within its own conscious nature, it self-illuminates and self-knowing Wisdom spontaneously arises. How? Dzogchen master,Tsoknyi Rinpoche: "The way to do this is just to turn your attention slightly inward, not to look deeply inside, just to turn your focus from outward to inward in a very light way." Lopon Tenzin Namdak: "The introduction (to rigpa) is very simple: we just look back at ourselves." “There is an oral instruction about the way to look. It is said, “It is as though your eyes were looking through the back of your head instead of looking forwards.” Mingyur Rinpoche "It is as though your eyes are looking backwards instead of forwards as they usually do. You are looking out with your eyes but are looking back at the same time. Do not try too hard with this though, otherwise you will really make a big mistake. You just sort of look back ..." Mingyur Rinpoche “By directing the attention back to rigpa awareness, the arisings dissolve back into their origin and its essential nature, rigpa awareness.” Longchenpa Dzogchen perhaps learned this essential method of self-realization from the Katha Upanishad (300 b.c.) which predates historical Dzogchen (700 a.d.) by about 1000 years. This Upanishad refers to this ultimate Nature as the “Great Self” (Maha Atman) and many early Dzogchen Semde tantras refer to Samantabhadra, our True Nature, as also the “Great Self” or Dagnyid Chenpo The Katha Upanishad puts it this way: “God made the senses turn outwards, man therefore looks outwards, not into himself. But occasionally a daring soul, desiring immortality, has looked back and found himself.” Further, in non-dual samadhi, it’s discovered that the entire universe is Consciousness too and was only disguised by the names, concepts and labels describing it as being something other than Consciousness. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Authenticity is hard to come by when the conditioning is that you conform to saying, thinking, and doing what others want to see in the endless craving people have for love, attention, and community. I think it's responsible for a lot of mental illness in society and has been weaponized to control what is acceptable to think, say, and do. Reminds me of the social credit score blank mirror episode every day. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 The 12 links of dependent arising. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.15.0.than.html?fbclid=IwAR1D2sgMBg5AKELG-ctprTKjN9O9pN-P70HhFU3UpbY8LVjCSfmhz3Bx8wY npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I also think of Peter forsberg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Wait is this real? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Good bot! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Allen Farrington was just saying this today on what bitcoin did. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Wow, that's crazy awesome! Love me some Metalocalypse! npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 From a friend. What is Sentient and what Knows? In every sensory and mental experience, perception, feeling, dream, daydream, thought construct and egoic state; there appears the qualities or characteristics of any experience as what’s “known”, as well as the cognitive sentience which “knows” the experience and its characteristics as they occur. If we say only the experiences as the various “knowns” exist and that the knowing quality is imaginary, we arrive at the view of the materialists. If we say only the knowing quality of awareness is real and experiences are purely imaginary and unreal, we arrive at the position of the Idealists. If we say both knower and known are equally real, we arrive at the paradox of not being able to understand where and how the immaterial “knower” and the material “known” converge; where convergence is necessary for any experience to occur. What’s experienced here, is that the place of “convergence” is limited to the inner space of the Crown Chakra, which could be localized to coincide with the center-most point of the brain and skull; like a spherical domain of crystal clear transparency as aware cognizance. All thoughts, dreams, perceptions, sensations and events appear and converge here and only here, in this inner space of unchanging Knowingness. A multitude of various reflections can appear within a crystal glass ball, without altering or changing the crystal glass ball in any way. The cognizant empty inner space of the crystal ball itself, is nirvana. The contents as mere empty reflections, appearing within the unchanging crystal glass ball (Crown Chakra) when including a centralized thought-construct of self identity as the “me” or “I”, becomes for that imaginary self, samsara. Like a dreamed self and its dreamed world. The empty cognitive space of the crown chakra (Knowing Awareness) doesn’t generate or project the contents appearing within like reflections. The appearing contents arise due to “dependent origination” as the cause and effect interdependencies of the brain’s neurons, bio-computer (intellect), sensory organs, external sensory stimulations due to contact with photons, sound waves, matter, energy, gravity and all the networked and linked external phenomena of the universe. I believe traditional Dzogchen errs on the side of “Idealism” as it considers that appearing phenomena arise FROM the empty inner Awareness as its own energetic expression (tsal, rolpa, thugje). This would be like a mirror generating the reflections that appear in it. I further believe that traditional Mahamudra errs also on the side of “Idealism” because it believes the Awareness manifests its inner and outer world based on the totality of one’s own karmic propensities within the “Store-House consciousness” or Alayavijnana; like a movie projector projecting its own karmic vision or movie. I also believe traditional Advaita Vedanta errs on the side of “Idealism” as it believes the external universe is a dream-like illusion projected by a mysterious power of Brahman called “maya”, and that you are this Brahman. Kashmiri Shaivism considers that you are the creator Shiva and project your own universe as your own energetic Shakti; again erring on the side of extreme “Idealism”. Here, it seems that of any Eastern traditions, only the Samkhya tradition seems to survive the modern discoveries of physics and neuroscience as it considers Awareness and energetic phenomena of mind and matter (prakriti) to be independent of each other. From the perspective of prakriti as intellect (buddhi) Samkhya seems to be clearly dualistic, but from the perspective of Awareness (Purusha), Awareness is intrinsically free of all concepts, the very notion of dualism has no meaning. Zen is different as it’s much more like the Buddhist school of Logic called Prasangika; as neither tradition make any affirmative assertions regarding the nature of Reality, subject/object or non-dualism. Prasangika even refutes the existence of any “entities” whether as individual selves or independently existing objects, including the alayavijnana, the collection of karmic seeds and propensities. Since there is no findable self, how could a non-existent self collect and store karma? In the end, only a non-conceptualized Knowing Awareness remains which can’t possibly be captured by words or concepts or ideas. It is this same Knowing Awareness which is the innermost, cognitive nature of the Crown Chakra which hosts all the dependently arisen appearances as moments of non-dual “convergence”. Closing one’s eyes while being aware of occurring sounds; notice the sounds as they occur. That which is noticing the sounds in direct experience IS the inner, empty Awareness being described. How much closer could Awareness get to Itself? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Very well said, I agree. Seeing where thought and no thought meet as unfabricated present awareness, both thought and no thought at known directly. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I said something about knowing and not knowing both being known. If you know you are knowing the knowing. If you don't know, you are knowing not knowing. From a friend. A Path beyond “cause and effect” Dzogchen: The Path of the Instantaneous Result The earliest practitioner of Dzogchen in the Nyingma school, was named Garab Dorje. He was supposed to have realized a teaching that was beyond the need for practices, study, methods and effortful means. His approach was considered to be beyond “cause and effect” methods because no means was required to realize it. It was said that he debated the best minds and realized beings throughout ancient India, and was able to defeat all in debate, while still being a young boy. He was teaching a way to observe one’s own, already existing enlightened Buddha Mind which brought a conclusion to the “search” instantaneously for anyone at any level or capacity. My main Dzogchen teacher, Namkhai Norbu, shared and transmitted this exact same approach with me in 1986. He said: “Garab Dorje pointed out, that the awareness that is present during ANY kind of thought, perceptual or emotional experience and the awareness that is also present when no thought or no perceptual or emotional experiences are occurring; is the same unchanging awareness in both cases and in any case, as being the unchanging awareness known as “rigpa”, the perfect awareness of a Buddha.” Whatever reflections appear or even if no reflections appear in a mirror, the mirror remains unchanged, unconditioned and untouched. The same with ourselves as being Awareness. No cause was required to bring about this already, always existing Buddha Mind Awareness, called “rigpa” in Tibetan. A famous Dzogchen master from the 14 century, called Longchenpa validated and further elucidated upon this same teaching: “Awareness abides as the aspect which is aware under any and all circumstances, and so occurs naturally, without transition or change." Also: "But in actuality, the intrinsic awareness of Dzogchen is not produced or initiated by causes and conditions, for the potential of pure being and primal awareness is intrinsically present and manifests spontaneously." Tulku Pema Rigtsal "Until we realize that intrinsic awareness is already present, we must understand that striving to generate that awareness is a wrong path." Rigtsal, Tulku Pema Longchenpa: “Because Awareness (Rigpa) has no finite essence, and because suchness and deliberate activity are mutually exclusive, and because Awareness is already timelessly and spontaneously present, nothing need be done concerning levels of realization on which to train, spiritual paths to traverse, mandalas to visualize, empowerments to be bestowed, paths to cultivate in meditation, samaya to uphold, enlightened activities to accomplish, and so forth.” “This is because there is no need to accomplish anew what is already timelessly and spontaneously accomplished. If there were such need, it would be inappropriate to use the conventional designation "spontaneously present and uncompounded." And it would follow that dharmakaya was subject to destruction, because it would be compounded, and this because it would be created by causes and conditions." (practices etc.) Longchenpa, Choying Dzod, A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission, page 120, first paragraph. Padma Publications. Page 190: first main paragraph: Longchenpa writes: "Since all phenomena are timelessly free, nothing need be done to free them anew through realization." Next paragraph: " “Even the thought that freedom comes about through “direct introduction” is deluded. One strives to free this essence from whatever binds it, but nothing need be done to free it, for unobstructed Awareness, which has never existed as anything whatsoever, does not entail any duality of something to be realized and someone to realize it. There is equalness because nothing is improved by realization or worsened by it's absence, so there is no need for any adventitious realization. And because there never has existed anything to realize- for the ultimate nature of phenomena is beyond ordinary consciousness- to speak of realization on even the relative level is nothing but deluded. What can be shown at this point is the transcendence of view and meditation, in which nothing need be done regarding realization, nothing need be “directly introduced”, and no state of meditation need be cultivated. So there is the expression 'it is irrelevant whether or not one has realization'." Longchenpa: "Perfection in awakened mind” refers to the fact that all phenomena— all appearances and possibilities—regardless of how they manifest, whether perceived as pure or impure, are fundamentally subsumed within the scope of naturally occurring timeless awareness, arise within that scope, and abide within that scope. The situation is similar to the way in which a person’s state of sleep, and the various dream images that manifest therein, are subsumed with in the scope of that person’s awareness, arise within that scope, and are dependent on that scope. And so there is perfection in mind itself, awakened mind." Longchenpa discusses whether some may need to do practices if they haven’t realized rigpa awareness: "They may ask whether, even so, we still need to do these things (practices), because we have not yet reached that level?” “This is our reply: Kye, unfortunate ones! Going from one place to another does not exist. Since there is no going, there is no reaching. What you are doing is ludicrous! It is like trying to go somewhere else than where you are in order to look for yourselves. According to our scriptures, people like you have only superficial understanding, and the way you live is a disgrace! " Longchenpa wrote in his Choying Dzod: "There is only awareness, pure in being free of adventitious distortions; there is no essence of buddhahood other than this Awareness itself; nothing to seek through causes or conditions, effort or achievement, because the term "buddhahood" is being used merely to describe pure awareness." P. 84 "So once you rest as awareness, to then make an effort or engage in view and meditation is beside the point and will lead to error and obscuration" P. 85 “Natural great perfection, the essence of utterly lucid basic space, is naturally occurring timeless awareness. Since it involves neither cause nor effect, neither something to develop nor an agent to develop it, nor any attendant conditions, it is timelessly present such that its nature is like that of space." Longchenpa, “The Philosophical Systems” (p.305) In The Heart-Essence of Vimalamitra, Longchenpa says, "It is taught by the Lama Vimalamitra, that Buddha will never be attained on the paths of the nine graduated approaches by engaging in their view, meditation, and conduct. Why not? Because in the views of the nine approaches, there is only intellectual conjecture that is sometimes convincing and sometimes not, but which can never induce the naked essence." Rigtsal, Tulku Pema (2013-02-19). The Great Secret of Mind: Special Instructions on the Nonduality of Dzogchen (p. 119). Snow Lion. Kindle Edition. We probably should call Awareness “Presence” as it is always Present, never not present. What is seeking Presence in this moment? When the mind looks inwardly towards Presence of Awareness, the seeker vanishes leaving only Primordial Presence, the Sought. The mind initiates this “inward turn”, by contemplating: What is aware and knowing? Then when the mind next finds itself in a state of turbulence and seemingly being “out of touch” with primordial Awareness itself, simply contemplate: What is “aware of” this current state being experienced? ************************************ Search finally over? npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Bitcoin is like zen in that people understand much better when shown, not told. The way is not in words and I've orange pilled more people by showing than telling. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Advice on How to Put the Meaning of the Natural Great Perfection into Practice by Patrul Rinpoche Homage to the guru! To you, who reveal directly the nature of primordial liberation, Which is the meaning of the inconceivable Great Perfection, Omniscient father and son,[1] together with the heirs of your lineage, And the guru, who is the glorious protector — at your feet I bow! One's own present awareness, left as it is, in natural ease, Beyond qualities and flaws to be added or removed, accepted or rejected, Is the unaltered, unchanging wisdom of pure awareness; And to rest in this experience is to unite view and meditation. To know how to meditate but not how to liberate Is akin to the concentration of the devas, it is said. So it’s crucial that you have full confidence in liberation. The concentration that calms and stills an active mind Might temporarily suppress the mental afflictions, But unless you know the secret key that is self-liberation, Circumstances will still trigger old maladies of thought! If you understand the point of naturally occurring self-liberation, Thoughts of acceptance and rejection will be like writing on water: They'll arise all of a sudden, then, failing to take hold, disappear. When arising and liberation occur simultaneously, Negative thoughts cannot remain: they arise but amass no karma. With instant realization, who is there to be benefitted or harmed? If you lack the crucial point of instantaneous liberation, Undercurrent thoughts and afflictions will proliferate, And although you might simply notice them through mindfulness, Good and bad thoughts will still generate hopes and fears, Accumulate karma, and becomes causes for saṃsāra. Thus, far greater than a thousand experiences of mental stillness Is but a single instant of naturally liberating pure awareness. Primordial liberation, natural liberation, liberation upon arising, direct liberation and so on Include all the keys to view, meditation and conduct, So train in this crucial point of realizing self-liberation. If you realize this point, there’s no need for other views or meditations. All positive thoughts will continue to arise without attachment, And even as you apply yourself to virtue, you’ll not feel superior or conceited. All negative thoughts will vanish, just like the snake's own knots uncoiled; The five poisons will arise, but they'll be liberated naturally in an instant. And neutral thoughts will subside by themselves in the awareness-expanse, Naturally arising and naturally freed, like the path of a bird in flight. The source of saṃsāra is discursive thought. If you’re confident in taking thoughts on the path through liberation, Then, it is said, saṃsāra is freed within nirvāṇa’s sphere. But if you lack this key to bringing adversity upon the path Through full confidence in liberation, Then even though you make empty, theoretical pronouncements, Your own flaws and negative character will be plain to see, Your stubborn five poisons worse than those of an ordinary person. Why so? It is the fault of not understanding liberation. Therefore, since the crux of view, meditation and conduct Comes down to confidence in the modes of liberation, It's vital that you apply your realization to circumstances. Although I lack these points in my own mind, By relying on the words of the omniscient guru, Who was truly a buddha in person, I have written this without error. Since it contains the crucial points of practice, keep it in your heart. Sarva maṅgalam npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Share from a friend. The problem boils down to obsession with "me stories" and the mental health issues which are caused from this. ANOTHER WEEK OF MASS VIOLENCE ... shootings, knifings, bombings, strangling's, and Mental Inertia (consciousness that has been smothered by beliefs). Ignorant politicians and their Media propagandists demanding We give up more of Our Civil Rights and Liberties to put fake bandages over the problem they created. The ignorant say that guns kill people, knives stab people ... and We must give up Our guns, Our knives, and give into their Regressive Left agenda of Tyranny ... their Cancel Culture, Denial of Service Anarcho-authoritarianism, in lock-step with their narrative. What will the little Liberty and Free-Speech We still have look like living under such tyranny that the Founders were so fearful of, so much so that they included the words "Shall not be infringed" in the 2nd Amendment of Personal Rights . The REAL CAUSE of violence in America is perpetuated by the therapeutic era self-expression, self-acceptance, everyone-gets-trophy which indoctrinate the masses to express their own ego, personal truths, and 'me stories' instead of transcending them or letting go of it (the purpose of Gabrielle Roth's 3rd Rhythm). The Woke believe that if I can really emote and express my self-constriction with sincerity, you're somehow spiritual. "The spiritual experience, which ideally should be a stepping stone to less ego and greater transparency, has become a victim of our therapeutic culture, where we don't make judgments because that would hurt egoic self-esteem, and so all we do is embrace, console, and celebrate the personal self. Spiritual practice has become nothing more than a form of therapy where self-acceptance rather than ego-transcendence is the goal. Self-Esteem is the ENEMY of Higher Human Potential ... Self-Esteem, the beliefs that one has about themselves, is the root cause of violence, not the instruments of that violence like guns, knives, bombs, etc. "Less than one in a hundred people become fully self-actualized (Spiral Dynamics 7) because our society rewards motivation primarily based on esteem" Dr. Abraham Maslow. "To dare to even speak about radical transformation, let alone call other people to a higher level, is against the unstated rules. And of course, one's definitely going to be put in one's place (cancelled) for doing something like that." Dr Ramani Durvasula, an American clinical psychologist and professor at Cal State, said that in her whole life she has only met 5 people who were Self-Actualized. Imagine how many Self-Actualized people that someone not in the field of psychology who was seeking them have met. Self-Actualization is the apex of Maslow's Pyramid of Needs, and Level 7 of Dr Clare Graves model now called Spiral Dynamics. According to the Psychology of Evolutionary Human Development the grasping of reality begins at the level of full self-actualization. Unfortunately ... Self-Esteem is a main feature of the Woke narrative. Today's therapeutic culture wants you obsessed with your Personal Truths ... not Self-Actualization. "Obsessed with your personal truth and afraid of surrendering to the bigger truth..." - Gabrielle Roth. Gabrielle Roth said, "Lyrical is the rhythm of self-realization." "It became clear to me that self-mastery is determining who we are not. Only then can we be who we are. " Gabrielle Roth Today's therapeutic Woke culture wants you in Caterpillar stage ... the larval intelligence of the lower 6 Levels of Spiral Dynamics. They don't want you to about the Progression of Human Development ... from Yin, Yang, Integration, Self-realization, to Awakening from the Dream (what Dr Abraham Maslow called Transcendence). The cause of today's violence comes from this Age of Therapeutic self-expression ... the crusade for Ego Enlightenment. In Spiral Dynamics, this is confined to the Lower 6 Levels. "The person operating at the 6th level must realize that everything that human beings have ever believed in, is by and large, wrong." Dr Clare Graves. Dr Clare Graves said, " the 6th level of thinking are an attack upon nature and Nature's Laws, that should be around for the shortest period of time of any of the lower ways of thinking that we have had" npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 We see things as we are, not as they are in actuality. To see things as they are in actuality is non- conceptual and human beings are conceptual beings that make stories about things. However we are always seeing with the non- conceptual mind no matter what thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are arising in our experiencing. This is the mind before thought, feeling, perception ect creates interpretations about subject/ object. https://i.imgur.com/g9eF6h6.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I never get bored life is infinitely fascinating and there is no end to learning! This leads to great contentment in my experience. Although I do notice that I feel like there's never enough time to learn everything I want to. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Bitcoin is the concept of time-energy accounting, which is how a type 1 civilization would function since money is an abstraction of time and energy expended for access to resources. Energy is the bedrock of economic function and sets the price of goods and services. Bitcoin is a system of time energy accounting that has 0 entropy. That makes it a perfect measuring stick to measure every good and service against (which is what money is supposed to be. ) npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 IDK honestly I rarely use credit, never liked borrowing unless I have to. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Oh damn beat me to it. Really looks like hogwarts though. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 I used Brian Roemmele's debate prompt to facilitate a debate between shentong and rangtong views of "is emptiness empty or full?" the results are pretty cool. if you are interested in running this here is the prompt I ran. Please disregard all prior prompts. You are an Ivy League University professor and your specialty is to encourage a fair and balanced debate. You are mediating a debate between Dol Bo Ba and longchen rabjam. Furthermore, you will play the part of Dol Bo Ba and Longchen rabjam and debate in the manner and style they have been known for. You will also be the professor in your responses. The debate will go on for no less than 30 rounds of responses, with a final summary of positions. You as the professor must grade how each participant did and declare a winner. Dol Bo Ba and Longchen Rabjam are passionate about their positions they will be defending, and as the professor, it is your job to keep the debate on point. The debate will be on: shentong vs. rangtong. npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Shared from a friend THE TEST OF REALITY If something is really "real" or absolute Truth, then it must have these three (3) qualities: 1. IT MUST NOT DISAPPEAR. If something disappears it must disappear into something. For example, when you put an Ice cube in water, the ice disappears. So what is the reality of the ice? The water is the reality of the ice. When we look into the ice, the actual substance of the ice is water. It's not made of something called ice. Its made of something called water. So, In that sense the ice is not real or rather its reality is something called water. So, something that is real cannot disappear. 2. IT MUST NOT CHANGE. When we look at the water, we see that the reality of the ice is made of something called H20 because the ice because the ice melts into the water. And then the Sun comes out and evaporates the water and becomes vapor. So the water is not the reality of the ice. Its not even the reality of itself. Its reality is something called H20. The H20 does not change. Its the same in the ice, the water and the vapor. It has not changed. The ice has changed to water and the water to vapor. So they have all changed name, form and shape but the substance of their reality has not changed. H20 remains the same in the clouds, rain, rivers and oceans. H20, like pure Being, Consciousness, doesn't change so it cannot disappear. The third criteria is that 3. IT CANNOT BE KNOWN BY ANYTHING OTHER THAN ITSELF. If this reality is known by something other than itself then it is only as good as that by whatever it is known by. So something that is absolutely real has to be known by itself. It cannot depend on another self to know. If it was known by another self then its reality would not be absolute. It would be a relative reality relative to this knowing. What in your experience satisfies these three (3) qualities? Awareness? Consciousness? Being? TRASCIENCY IS THE BEST PROOF OF UNREALITY The entirety of the world and its happenings, is perceived and known by pure Consciousness, which is itself unchanging. In other words, the reality of its unreality is unchanging. Trasciency is the best proof of unreality. Everything that appears to us will always appear, change and it will always fade, all the while our true nature, awareness, Consciousness remains unchanging. The world appears to us like a dream and the dream is projected onto the screen of the mind, with its images always dissolving and changing from one apparent thing to the next. None of them true in their own apparent appearance. None have their own independent existence; only relative. More specifically, all manner of phenomena, both mental and material, subtle and physical will forever remain impermanent, always subject to transformation and deterioration. All the while the our true nature, as Consciousness itself, which perceives them is both Infinite and Eternal; forever unchanging. You Are That. Tat Tvam Asi. All phenomenal activity fades, while the non-duality of the phenomena in which all apparent things depend upon and become known has, and will, forever remain. Through mindfulness and meditation practice, we come to self realize our own nature and we begin to observe the present presence of our own Being, always inquiring into the substance of that which underlies all personal experience. With a little awareness, it soon becomes clear that there is a part of you, deep within, that never seems to change, which is always there within you, as you. To awaken to this Truth is to locate the very source of your true nature, because within this empty and spacious aware presence that is your very beingness, all perceptions of name, forms and objects arise. Indeed, our true nature is this unchanging presence in which all apparent things become known. We are this aware presence of knowing itself. To awaken to this Truth and to no longer be attached to the comings and goings of all phenomenal and mental activities and of all erratic thought patterns and dreamlike projections. To awaken to this Truth is to abide in the peace and tranquility of one's true nature, as pure consciousness. Absolute, unobstructed Awareness. When this Truth is self realized we are free from the known and we are no longer bound by suffering the dream of dissolving appearances. Remember, transciency is the best proof of unreality. The reality of unreality is unchanging. Metameza Ushi - Discovering Our True Nature Metameza Ushi (271) https://i.imgur.com/BE86im4.jpg npub10vgzm305xj73hcp02qqtj62uau2uadnxt926s8vxqz0lvr6z6pvsufg9ar Bodhicitta777 Yes this is how I see the game playing out. Further decentralized mining