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[…] thatness and practice from there. When you do this, at some point a conducive energy shift suddenly arises. For conducive energy shifts, first the shift into mind resting arises, then the shift into presence emptying, then the shift into knowing arriving, and then the shift into clinging unwinding. When these shifts arise, don’t be […]
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[…] when there is nothing to be done. How tiring your chosen disciplines, you followers of behavioral tantra! No outside, no inside and nothing in between—that quality of attention is Mind itself, free from conceptual distortions.Yet your thinking creates symbols for what is profound and clear.How ineffective, you followers of union philosophy! Effort and potential […]
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The practice of taking and sending is formally called gtong.len (Tibetan, pronounced tong-len). Begin your meditation session by resting attention in the experience of breathing. Let mind and body settle. Then open your awareness to everything around you, everything you see, hear, touch, smell or taste. Include everything you feel in your body, and all […]
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[…] conditioning.I am ground natural awareness—what is.Internal and external distortions do not touch me.The stupor of mindlessness does not conceal me.Projections do not contaminate me.As awareness itself is resting naturally,I experience no fear, even if the three worlds are destroyed.I experience no longing for the five sensory pleasures.In natural non-conceptual awarenessNeither solid form nor the […]
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[…] you by recognizing what I am.I pray to you by letting go of doubt and hesitation.I revere you by letting go and settling naturally.I serve you by resting continuously in the nature of things.I provide you with food by resting without strain in empty clarity.I provide you with drink by knowing attention and distraction […]
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[…] because you don’t know how to identify or describe your experience. They also call it “routine indifference” because you have nothing to say about what you are resting in or what you are thinking about. What’s happening here is that you are resting in the ground of experience1 with ordinary casual attention. Although such methods […]
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[…] people or Speak abusively — this is the practice of a bodhisattva. 35 When reactive emotions acquire momentum, it’s hard to make remedies work. A person in attention wields remedies like weapons, Crushing reactive emotions such as craving As soon as they arise — this is the practice of a bodhisattva. 36In short, in […]
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[…] Each line will put you in touch with the parts of you that are open or closed to the particular immeasurable. As you experience the reactions in attention, the energy in the reactions is gradually transformed into the immeasurable. Don’t try to chart progress, as the process is not linear. When you can feel […]
