Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Pointing out instructions by Padmasambhava

This needs to be in more places on the web.


To introduce this by pointing it out forcefully: it is your very own present consciousness. When it is this very unstructured, self-luminous consciousness, what do you mean, "I do not realize the mind-itself"? 

There is nothing here on which to meditate, so what do you mean, "It does not arise due to meditation"? 

When it is just this direct awareness, what do you mean, "I do not find my own mind"? 

When it is just this uninterrupted clear awareness, what do you mean, "The nature of the mind is not seen"? 

When it is the very thinker of the mind, what do you mean, "It is not found by seeking it"? 

When there is nothing at all to do, what do you mean, "It does not arise due to activity"? 

When it is enough to leave it in its own unstructured state, what do you mean, "It does not remain"? 

When it is enough to let it be without doing anything, what do you mean, "I cannot do it"? 

When it is unified, indivisible clarity, awareness, and emptiness, ness, what do you mean, "It is affirmed and unaffirmed"? 

When it is spontaneously self-arisen without causes or conditions, tions, what do you mean, "I can't do it?"

When the arising and release of thoughts are simultaneous, what do you mean, "They do not occur together"? 

When it is this very consciousness of the present, what do you mean, "I do not recognize it"? The mind-itself is certainly empty and unestablished. 

Your mind is intangible like empty space. Is it like that or not? Observe serve your own mind! 

Empty and void, but without a nihilistic view, self-arisen, primordial wisdom is original, clear consciousness. Self-arisen and self-illuminating, it is like the essence of the sun. Is it like that or not? Observe your own mind! 

The primordial wisdom of awareness is certainly unceasing. Uninterrupted awareness is like the current of a river. Is it like that or not? Observe your own mind! 

The dispersing discursive thoughts are certainly not being grasped. This intangible dispersion is like a hazy sky. Is it like that or not? Observe your own mind! 

Recognize all appearances as self-appearing. Self-appearing phenomena are like reflections in a mirror. Is it like that or not? Observe your own mind! 

All signs are certainly released in their own state. Self-arising and self-releasing, they are like clouds in the sky. Is it like that or not? Observe your own mind!


Karma Chagme. A Spacious Path to Freedom: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga (Kindle Locations 1354-1361). Kindle Edition.


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