The ego what is it? How to transcend?

[mudra]

Originally Posted by 4Q529

(As Krishnamurti observed, thought is time and thought is fear.)

For me, the importance of the video was in describing the experience of consciousness I have had for some 30 years. That is the experience of consciousness of someone who has received the Vision of the "Son of man" and the Revelation of the Memory of Creation.

So, for me, the question is no longer the reality of that dimension of consciousness.

My question is why is this understanding of consciousness not more widely known?

And that is my understanding of the War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness.

Specifically who is it that is preventing this understanding of consciousness from being more widely known?


Michael Cecil (4Q529)

I understand your concern Michael and it is a valid one.
Ultimately beyond the sons of Light and those of darkness, as all stems from consciousness in the first place I would say that it is consciousness itself playing tricks with itself stepping from all knowing to clouded knowingness as a path to follow to get back to itself.

Love from me
mudra

[greybeard]

Originally Posted by mudra

I understand your concern Michael and it is a valid one.
Ultimately beyond the sons of Light and those of darkness, as all stems from consciousness in the first place I would say that it is consciousness itself playing tricks with itself stepping from all knowing to clouded knowingness as a path to follow to get back to itself.

Love from me
mudra

Great to see you posting here regularly Mudra.

Yognanda said words to the effect that the darkness comes from the same place as the light which might be concordant with what you are saying here.

There is so much in the most ancient teachings from the Vedas etc that I dont really understand..
Idras dream, conscious at play, the in breath and the out breath off God.
God may = Generatiion, Order, Disolution.
God breaths out and the cosmos is formed. God breaths in and everything comes back to source.
We are awareness through out it all. The promise is eternal life and thats what we are.
Life it Self.
Anyway it is as it is. Creation evolving moment by moment.
I seem to reading some where that the universe pulses in an out of existence
every milli second.
So much unknown but in a way for me and with respect its a "So what!!!"
I just enjoy the cosmic dance to the best of my ability.

Chris
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[4Q529]

Originally Posted by greybeard

Yognanda said words to the effect that the darkness comes from the same place as the light

...

As I see it, One is Light.

The differentiation into Duality is Darkness.

Originally Posted by greybeard

I seem to reading some where that the universe pulses in an out of existence
every milli second.

Precisely.

And so does the dualistic consciousness of the "self"; which is the reason for the emergence of the consciousness of the 'thinker': to maintain the temporal continuity of the consciousness of the "self".

Michael Cecil (4Q529)

http://science-of-consciousness.blogspot.com/

http://after-the-false-peace.blogspot.com/

http://jewishchristianlit.com/Resour...ts/4Q529!.html

[mudra]

Love Always
mudra

[4Q529]

Originally Posted by mudra

Love Always
mudra

Have to say that I consider this video to be much worse than the previous video you provided.

My two chief disagreements are the phrases "one with the Universal Mind" and the "eyes of God".

Words are critically important here.

There is no such thing as any "universal mind". That is the 'thinker' speaking with the voice of the "dragon", trying to apprehend Truth through thought. All of that is dualistic. Better not to say anything at all than to perpetuate and intensify the duality.

But the phrase "the eyes of God" is orders of magnitude beyond that; perhaps demonstrating one of the fundamental differences between the Revelations of the monotheistic religions and the Eastern esoteric tradition.

The most that can be said is that this is a dimension of conciousness beyond the "self" and the 'thinker'; but, to pull into this the thought or image of "the eyes of God" is for the "self"/'thinker' to create God in its own image; whereas the Truth of the matter is that it is the reverse that has occurred: Man has been Created in the image of God.

In other words, according to the Revelations of the monotheistic religions--specifically, the Vision of the "Son of man" and the Revelation of the "resurrection"--God is beyond the consciousness that is beyond the consciousness of the "self" and the 'thinker'.

The danger of asserting that it is possible to attain a 'God' consciousness is in the idolatrization of the "Self" as God.

And the evidence for the danger in asserting this is that it was the idolatrization of Jesus as God which led very directly to the slaughter of millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

And, as stated in the Koran, "Idolatry is worse than bloodshed."

Why?

Because bloodshed is a consequence of idolatry--worshiping either the "self" or the 'thinker' as God; which, of course, is what is being done by the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious 'authorities' at this very moment as a consequence of the dualistic doctrines they teach originating in thought.

Michael Cecil (4Q529)

http://science-of-consciousness.blogspot.com/

http://after-the-false-peace.blogspot.com/

http://jewishchristianlit.com/Resour...ts/4Q529!.html

[Gnosis5]

Thank you for starting this thread and thank you everyone who has come here and expressed their sincerity to raise awareness above awareness of ego.

I notice a big shift in myself when I stop the discussion and intellectualization and actually take my ego into a clearing session. Boy, that is another whole ball of wax. Kind of what livingness does to test one's vaunted words against real responses, but all within a 1.5 hour timeframe.

Tears, justifications, angry comments, confessions of hidden thoughts -- Ego was being thoroughly routed, but on a gradient, out of kindness to this sensitive loving being. "Scan the incident from the viewpoint of how you caused stress to others". Gulp. If it were not being done on such a forgiving gradient I would not have let anyone have me approach my ego to this extent.

At the same time, during this 1.5 hours of insightful looking, I also saw that it is planet-wide, mostly expressed as feeling sorry for self and others. David Hawkins said one of the biggest issues on this planet is self-pity, which I see as inverse of ego drives.

Honestly, I was not looking forward to tomorrow's session but for the faith and love of one human being: Joyful co-existence is my prize for dying the small death.

[RedeZra]

Originally Posted by 4Q529

And, as stated in the Koran, "Idolatry is worse than bloodshed."

what is even worse than Idolatry

Ignorance


when ignoramuses occupy the most seats of power

then the world whirlwinds into chaos


mistakes are man-made

[14 Chakras]

In some spiritual teachings, Power is spoken of as being a divine quality, a divine flame.

The word power may have a scary connotation to spiritual people, something sometimes we may feel we may have to shy away from very much.

Yet look at our world. Who is running our governments, our media, our schools, our health care, our food supplies, our economies?

Who is running them? Why, of course it is currently the most egotistical, the most self centered the ones who see themselves as very separate from the whole.

Now how did this happen? Is this the way God created it?

Or is possible, that co-creators, spiritual people, were so put down in this world, were so turned upside down in this world, that they simply gave up. They simply gave up Being, and they gave it away, they gave the world away to the most egotistical.

Consider that spiritual people, people who have worked on their egos and are surrendered or surrendering them, getting involved in all levels of government, media, education, business, food production and shining the Light of God that resides within us on the darkness of our world is truly the only way that humanity will move forward.

For me, it's certainly correct to say that being egoless doesn't mean being powerless. Imagine leadership in our world that had discernment of the Christ consciousness and was 100% focused on helping raise up creation for All Life rather than for their separate self. To me this is the Way forward.

For me, balance is key, Spirituality does not have to be about separating our self from the world, rather it can be about Being in the world, but not of it. Meaning being above the level of consciousness of duality, yet being an open door from heaven above, BEing an open door for solutions from the Divine within us.

For me, there is more to life than achieving some state of bliss, rather, it's about helping raise up the matter sphere, and my brothers and sisters of Earth, from the illusions of suffering and back into the abundant Way of Being where we clearly see we are interconnected with each other and God.

To me, this is True Freedom.

For me, surrendering the ego on the altar of God within my Heart is about Service. Service as a Co-creator to God's creation which is Love and very very special indeed.

Espavo ~ Means thank you for taking back your Power by connecting to your own God source within you and awakening to your True identity in Oneness with the Divine within.

[greybeard]

I must admit I get confused by the term God realized and even to a lesser degree enlightenment.

Im comfortable with being a wave of the Divine ocean and simply I see it that the wave can say honestly that it is one with the ocean but is not the ocean, I can see that it is ok for the ocean to say it is every wave of the ocean.
I accept that enlightenment is removal of ignorance -- all of it.

I find it a little hard to understand though I dont doubt Hawkins when he says. "Only God walks through the final door of enlightenment."

He is also saying that that level of enlightenment occurs when all that is not God is removed.

He is not claiming to be Ultimate God (My way of expressing) and he is devoted to God.
Every lecture starts and ends Gloria in Excelsis Deo ( Glory to God in the highest?)
That seems to be dualistic but I feel it isent.
So I would appreciate clarification on these points , also Jesus saying " You are Gods etc"

Chris

[mudra]

Originally Posted by greybeard

I must admit I get confused by the term God realized and even to a lesser degree enlightenment.

Chris

Imo and hoping without offending any one by lack of a better means we have given God a name when he/it actually does'nt have or even need one.
Pure and all encompassing Consciousness can't be defined within the bounderies of our minds.
We can however make the experience of it through our heart...pure Love ...our essence.

Love Always
mudra

[beren]

From the dawn of mankind dark force has been steadily feeding us with ego so that we move away and more away from God.
As Mudra said it here, we can not put God in our box of thinking. We need to humble ourself in order to grow and be.

The more ego we have - the more we are away of truth, light,wisdom,love-God.

[greybeard]

Originally Posted by beren

From the dawn of mankind dark force has been steadily feeding us with ego so that we move away and more away from God.
As Mudra said it here, we can not put God in our box of thinking. We need to humble ourself in order to grow and be.

The more ego we have - the more we are away of truth, light,wisdom,love-God.

Thanks Beren
You keep me on track.

There is Power, which is God and there is force which is ego.
Title of Dr H book. "Power versus Force"

Force is egoic self will not in alignment with the will of God.
When will is aligned with God all that is good flows through you. The great masterpieces be it music art anything are inspired work -- inspired means in -spirit.

A long time ago I was playing on stage and I was really impressed with my playing, then I realized that it was happening by itself without any conscious effort, I wasn't into God at that time and the thought came.
Am I playing this bass guitar or is it playing me?
I was having a peak experience.
I was in an observing thoughtless consciousness, thoroughly enjoying the moment without the need to take over the playing of my instrument it was being played better than I ever I could, I just stayed out of the way.
Friends remarked how well I played that night, I couldn't tell them why the would have thought I was crazy.
So God is creating through your God given talents.

Hawkins is being very creative in helping solve this world problems.

Surrender to the will of God and then see what happens.

Chris
Namaste

[14 Chakras]

Originally Posted by beren

From the dawn of mankind dark force has been steadily feeding us with ego so that we move away and more away from God.
As Mudra said it here, we can not put God in our box of thinking.
The more ego we have - the more we are away of truth, light,wisdom,love-God.

I cannot agree with the above statement more, now I did take out one line from this statement.

We may mistakenly believe at this point that 'ego' means 'thinking we're important'. That's not what ego means.

Ego is the false personality that has been created that keeps us caught in the illusions we are separate from God.

Whether we think we're the 'best person in the world' or the 'worst person' or the most 'average person' or any kind of person at all ~ that's ego.

We're not the ego. The ego is the illusion we're seperate from God. It's not real. It's an illusion.

Throughout the ages humanity has been told that God is not where they are Now. People have been told to remain humble and follow an outer savior in order to get back into the consciousness of heaven. This has been a trick from the dark forces and from the ego.

We are not the Ego. We are Sons and Daughters of God.

Who has taught this in the past? Jesus did for one and we killed him for it.

The path of affirming we're no good, we're not the Christ, is the path of affirming the ego, of affirming and continuously reinforcing the illusion.

Ego = illusions of separation

Truth = I AM One with my Father Mother and my Father Mother works hitherto and I work


Follow the Way to the Christ consciousness that is our True identity Now ~

[mudra]

The disciples sought Enlightenment, but did not know what it was or how it was attainable.
Said the Master, "It cannot be attained". You cannot get hold of it."
Seeing the disciples' downcast look, the Master said,
"Don't be distressed. You cannot lose it either."
And to this day the disciples are in search of that which
can neither be lost nor taken hold of.

~ Anthony de Mello, SJ

Love Always
mudra

[greybeard]

Originally Posted by mudra

The disciples sought Enlightenment, but did not know what it was or how it was attainable.
Said the Master, "It cannot be attained". You cannot get hold of it."
Seeing the disciples' downcast look, the Master said,
"Don't be distressed. You cannot lose it either."
And to this day the disciples are in search of that which
can neither be lost nor taken hold of.

~ Anthony de Mello, SJ

Love Always
mudra

Great to see Anthony de Mello quoted here Mudra
I learned a lot from his book "Awareness."
All that is said in the quote is so.

Belief in the illusory ego is the obstacle to revealing that which is inherent within me, not elsewhere, not to be found elsewhere.
I am trying to be very precise with my words.

If I want to play golf really well I go to a master class on golf when I am ready for it.
I may start of with a friend who plays showing me the rudiments, if I get a thirst for it I go to a professional and on, always seeking to improve by listening to a golfer who is further on in the game that I. Even professional sports people have coaches to keep them on track.

I didn't even know there was an illusion till I started on a spiritual path through AA
I listen intently to those who were sober I wanted what they had so desperately.
Then with a degree of serenity I wanted more of the peace I found there.
The books by Indian sages came next, that was a shock but I knew in my spiritual heart that it was so.
Everything I know was within me but needed confirmed, awakened, by a spiritual teacher.
AA is about personal house cleaning, spiritual growth, sometimes it is vital to get seemingly outside help.
The Grace of the Guru is legendary.

If the car battery is flat what do I do? I get a jump start from a car that is running on full power.
I want my light to shine as brightly is possible so I am endeavoring to remove internal mental emotional obstacles, lots of times I need help.
I at least have enough humility to ask.
That may come in the form of a teacher appropriate to my needs. It comes through praying to God who is both immanent (within) and transcendent (outwith). Transecendent is the Provence of the religious. Immanent is Provence of the Mystic.

So what the late Anthony de Mello a Jesuit Priest says is so, it nearly got him excommunicated.
His books not to be sold in Catholic shops during his life time anyway.

Chris
Namaste.

[RedeZra]

here we are

playing hide and seek

with the Almighty

no wonder He is hard to find

waiting

with infinite patience


while we get lost in the world

and forget to look

for Him that Hides

waiting hoping

that someone soon finds Him

[14 Chakras]

Originally Posted by RedeZra

while we get lost in the world

and forget to look

for Him that Hides

waiting hoping

that someone soon finds Him[/I]

Who is hiding? Are we or is God?

What is the story of Adam and Eve (an allegory for every souls fall in consciousness here)?

When they realize what they have done, eaten from the tree of duality: relative good and relative evil, and found themselves trapped in the separation consciousness, what happened?

Did not the spiritual teacher in the garden come ask them what happened, come offer a hand of help?

Did not they pretend that nothing happened? Did they not they hide behind a rock and covered themselves with tree leaf to hide their own nakedness rather than own up to their mistakes with the spiritual teacher who represented God?

Yes ~ they hid. Our soul hid.

We hid. We are hiding.

The game of Life is not the game of hiding. That is the game of the ego, it is the game of death.

The game of Life begins when we stop hiding from who we are and awaken to our True identity once again, in Oneness with God ~

The surrendering of the ego is surrendering the illusions we have used to cover up our own nakedness. Finally coming back home to the kingdom by our own Free Will choices into our Divine state of Being Grace.

Now is our opportunity to stop hiding from God, own up to our own creations of separation, and surrender them and come back again into the Kingdom within ~

[RedeZra]

Originally Posted by 14 Chakras

Who is hiding? Are we or is God?

The game of Life begins when we stop hiding from who we are and awaken to our True identity once again, in Oneness with God

can you hide from God

so He does not find you


does He not Hide

in our forgetfulness


for Adam and Eve

became body conscious

and the children got lost in the world

where they will not find if they do not look

[greybeard]

Taken from 12 steps of AA
! We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol- that our lives had become unmanageable
2 Came to believe that a Power greater than us could restore us to sanity.
3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.
7Humbly asked him to remove our short comings.
11 Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12 having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principals in all our affairs.

Serenity prayer.
God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change
courage to change the things I can
and wisdom to know the difference

I thought it might be helpful to put this on the thread as it has to do with transcending ego.

My first exposure to these steps was about 35 years ago, since then I have seen many become sober through them, unfortunately I have also know many to die because they lost humility, ego took over, they thought they could do it on their own, and when they got into trouble again, couldn't let go of ego enough to ask for help.

AA is a place of unconditional love, it doesn't matter what you have done, the help is there. All are without exception equal.
I am not a spokes man or affiliated to AA in anyway.
Because my full name is not here i remain anonymous.

Point I am making is that I know I am dependent on the Power of God for every sober breath I take. The ego doesn't like that one bit. I love it

The power that one receives, becomes available, to become sober through humility and surrender to God. That Power, I call God, has saved millions of lives, lack of humility and thinking one is more powerful than God ( Edge God Out) has led millions to death, through war, famine, drink, drugs, you name it. all down to ego.

I know that the benefits of transcending ego are beyond measure and I can only speak for myself.
It wis nae me. God did it.

My fav teacher was helpful as a psychiatrist in setting up AA in the early days, millions have benefited, DH suggests using the twelve steps as one way to transcend ego.

Chris

Chris

[RedeZra]

Originally Posted by greybeard

God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change
courage to change the things I can
and wisdom to know the difference

it is a beautiful prayer

sometimes we just have to hang in there

to sail through the stormy seas towards the shores serene


---

found this little gem here by one Linda Bruce I think



God Said No

I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No.
Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own! But I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.
God said...Ahhhh, now you're starting to understand.

[RedeZra]

Originally Posted by 14 Chakras

We're not the ego. The ego is the illusion we're seperate from God. It's not real. It's an illusion.

so we know

philosophically


now we need

direct experience

[greybeard]

Originally Posted by RedeZra

so we know

philosophically


now we need

direct experience

I think this is a very important point RedeZra

I believe Jesus when he said the Kingdom of Heaven is within.
I have experienced the love of God and the bliss that accompanied that.
I am also very aware of the power of prayer.
But I have not truly experienced on going heaven within as a subjective reality.

The hold of ego is greatly reduced in me, the mind is virtualy silent, peace is within me.
All this has come about through surrendering each thought as it came up and resisting labeling and judgmental-ism to the best of my ability..

The wise sage will give information that is within your ability to understand.
When you are ready you will hear and take on board the famous statement by Ramna.
"The world that you are trying to save doesnt even exist"

At he moment I can accept that intellectually and I believe that it is so and may well experience that reality some day. The world I live in is still very real but not so overwhelming as it was.

it is all very well to say accept that state Now. If it was that easy the whole world would be in it. However if I stay in the present moment it will be true in the present moment. Now theres a thought.

"Be in the world but not of it" Im getting there.
I no longer feel the need to save the world but contribute as best I can to the well being of others.

There is a process a journey in coming home.
I listen to those who are enlightened as they are in that state, Christ-consciousness.
We may all be in that state sooner than we expect, who knows?
I can but hope and pray this is so.

chris
Namaste

[greybeard]

Been a quiet day for which I am grateful.
Good night my friends
Chris

[mudra]

Originally Posted by RedeZra

so we know

philosophically


now we need

direct experience

Yes the experience .. this is what makes the entire difference

A rather long text below but a jewel too for all to enjoy .

THE MIRROR OF ESSENTIAL POINTS

A Letter in Praise of Emptiness From Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang
Dorje to his Mother




I pay homage at the lotus feet of Tenpai Nyima,
Who is inseparable from Dharma-lord Longchen Rabjam
And perceives the natural state of emptiness
Of the ocean-like infinity of things.

A letter of advice I offer to you, my noble mother Paldzom;
Listen for a while without distraction.

Staying here without discomfort,
I am at ease and free from worries
In a state of joyful mind.
Are you well yourself, my dear mother?

Here, in a country to the West,
There are many red and white skinned people.
They have all kinds of magic and sights,
Like flying through the skies
And moving like fish in the waters.
Having mastery over the four elements,
They compete in displaying miracles
With thousands of beautiful colours.

There is an endless amount of spectacles,
Like designs of rainbow colours,
But like a mere dream, when examined,
They are the mistaken perceptions of the mind.

All activities are like the games children play;
If done, they can never be finished.
They are only completed once you let be,
Like castles made of sand.

But this not the whole story;
All the dharmas of Samsara and Nirvana,
Though thought to be permanent, they do not last.
When examined, they are but empty forms,
That appear without existence.
Although unreal, they are thought to be real,
And when examined, they are unreal like an illusion.

Look outward at the appearing objects,
And like the water in a mirage,
They are more delusive than delusion.
Unreal like dreams and illusions,
They resemble reflected moon and rainbows.

Look inward at your own mind!
It seems quite exciting, when not examined.
But when examined, there is nothing to it.
Appearing without being, it is nothing but empty.
It cannot be identified saying, "that's it!"
But is evanescent and elusive like mist.

Look at whatever may appear
In any of the ten directions.
No matter how it may appear,
The thing in itself, its very nature,
Is the sky-like nature of mind,
Beyond the projection and dissolution of thought and
concept.

Everything has the nature of being empty.
When the empty looks at the empty,
Who is there to look at something empty?
What is the use of many classifications,
Such as 'being empty' and 'not empty'
As it is illusion looking at illusion,
And delusion watching delusion?

"The effortless and sky-like nature of the mind,
The vast expanse of insight,
Is the natural state of all things.
In it, whatever you do is all right,
However you rest, you are at ease."
This was said by Jetsun Padmasambhava
And the great siddha Saraha.

All the conceptual designs,
Such as "it's two!" or "it's not two!"
Leave them like the waves on a river,
To be spontaneously freed in themselves.

The great demon of ignorant and discursive thought
Causes one to sink in the ocean of samsara.
But when freed from this discursive thought,
There is the indescribable state, beyond conceptual mind.

Besides mere discursive thoughts,
There is not even the words of 'samsara' and 'nirvana'.
The total calming down of discursive thought
Is the suchness of Dharmadhatu.

Not made complex by complex statements,
This unfabricated single bindu
Is emptiness, the natural state of mind.
So it was said by the Sugata.

The essence of whatever may appear,
When simply left to itself,
Is the unfabricated and uncorrupted view,
The Dharmakaya, emptiness mother.

All discursive thought is emptiness,
And the seer of the emptiness is discursive thought.
Emptiness does not destroy discursive thought,
And discursive thought does not block emptiness.

The fourfold emptiness of the mind itself
Is the ultimate of everything.
Profound and tranquil,free from complexity,
Uncompounded luminous clarity,
Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas:
This is the depth of the mind of the Victorious Ones.

In this there is not a thing to be removed,
Nor anything that needs to be added.
It is merely the immaculate
Looking naturally at itself.

In short, when the mind has fully severed
The fetters of clinging to something,
All the points are condensed therein.
This is the tradition of the supreme being Tilopa
And of the great pandita Naropa.

Such a profound natural state as this,
Is among all the kinds of bliss,
The wisdom of great bliss.
Among all kinds of delight
It is the king of supreme delight.
It is the supreme fourth empowerment
Of all the tantric sections of the secret mantras.
It is the ultimate pointing out instruction.

The view of 'Samsara and Nirvana Inseparable',
And that of Mahamudra, of Dzogchen, the Middle Way and
others,
Have many various titles
But only one essential meaning.
This is the view of Lama Mipham.

As an aid to this king of views
One should begin with Bodhicitta,
And conclude with dedication.

In order to cut off through skilful means
The fixation on an ego, the root of Samsara,
The king of all great methods
Is the unsurpassable Bodhicitta.

The king of perfect dedication
Is the means for increasing the roots of virtue.
This is the special teaching of Shakyamuni
Which is not found with other teachers.

To accomplish complete enlightenment
More than this is not necessary
But less than this will be incomplete.
This swift path of the three excellences,
Called the heart, eye and lifeforce,
Is the approach of Longchen Rabjam.

Emptiness, the wish-fulfilling jewel,
Is unattached generosity.
It is uncorrupted discipline.
It is angerless patience.
It is undeluded exertion.
It is undistracted meditation.
It is the essence of prajna.
It is the meaning in the three yanas.

Emptiness is the natural state of mind.
Emptiness is the non-conceptual refuge.
Emptiness is the Absolute Bodhicitta.
Emptiness is the Vajrasattva of absolving evils.
Emptiness is the Mandala of perfect accumulations.
Emptiness is the Guru Yoga of Dharmakaya.

To abide in the natural state of emptiness
Is the 'calm abiding' of shamatha,
And to perceive it vividly clear
Is the 'clear seeing' of vipasyana.

The view of the perfect Development Stage,
The wisdom of bliss and emptiness in the Completion Stage,
The non-dual Great Perfection,
And the single bindu of Dharmakaya,
All these are included within it.

Emptiness purifies the karmas.
Emptiness dispels the obstructing forces.
Emptiness tames the demons.
Emptiness accomplishes the deities.

The profound state of emptiness
Dries up the ocean of passion.
It crumples the mountain of anger.
It illuminates the darkness of stupidity.
It calms down the gale of jealousy.
It defeats the illness of the kleshas.
It is a friend in sorrow.
It destroys conceit in joy.
It conquers in the battle with Samsara.
It annihilates the four Maras.
It turns the eight worldly dharmas into same taste.
It subdues the demon of ego-fixation.
It turns negative conditions into aids.
It turns bad omens into good luck.
It causes to manifest complete enlightenment.
It gives birth to the Buddhas of the three times.
Emptiness is the Dharmakaya mother.

There is no teaching higher than emptiness.
There is no teaching swifter than emptiness.
There is nn teaching more excellent than emptiness.
There is no teaching more profound than emptiness.

Emptiness is the 'knowing of one that frees all.'
Emptiness is the supreme king of medicines.
Emptiness is the nectar of immortality.
Emptiness is spontaneous accomplishment beyond effort.
Emptiness is enlightenment without exertion.

By meditating emptiness
One feels tremendous compassion
Towards the beings obscured, like ourselves,by the belief in
a self,
And Bodhicitta arises without effort.

All qualities of the path and bhumis
Will appear naturally without any effort,
And one will feel a heartfelt conviction
Regarding the law of the infallible effect of actions.

If one has but one moment of certainty
In this kind of emptiness,
The tight chain of ego-clinging
Will shatter into pieces.
This was said by Aryadeva.

More supreme than offering to the Sugatas and their sons
All the infinite Buddha fields
Filled with the offering of gods and men;
Is to meditate on emptiness.

If the merit of resting evenly
Just for an instant in this natural state
Would take on concrete form,
Space could not contain it.

The peerless Lord of the sages, Sakyamuni,
For the sake of this profound emptiness,
Threw his body into pyres of fire,
Gave away his head and limbs,
And performed hundreds of other austerities.

Although you fill the world with huge mounds
Of presents of gold and jewels,
This profound teaching on emptiness,
Even when searched for, is hard to find.
This is said in the Hundred Thousand Verses of Prajna
Paramita.

To meet this supreme teaching
Is the splendid power of merit
Of many aeons beyond count.

In short, by means of emptiness,
One is, for the benefit of oneself,
Liberated into the expanse of the unborn Dharmakaya,
The manifest complete enlightenment
Of the four Kayas and the five Wisdoms.
The unobstructed display of the Rupakaya
Will then ceaseslessly arise to teach whoever is in need,
By stirring the depths of Samsara for the benefit of others
Through constant, all-pervading spontaneous activity.
In all the Sutras and Tantras this is said
To be the ultimate fruition.

How can someone like me put into words
All the benefits and virtues hereof,
When the Victorious One with his vajra tongue
Cannot exhaust them, even if he speaks for an aeon?

The glorious Lord, the supreme teacher,
Who gives the teachings on emptiness,
Appears in the form of a human being,
But his mind is truly a Buddha.

Without deceit and hypocrisy
Supplicate him from your very heart,
And without needing any other expedient,
You will attain enlightenment in this very life.
This is the manner of the All-Embodying Jewel
Which is taught in the Tantras of the Great Perfection.
When you have this jewel in the palm of your hand,
Do not let it meaninglessly go to waste.

Learning, like the stars in the sky,
Will never come to an end through studies.
What is the use of all the various kinds
Of the many teachings requested and received?
What is the use of any practice which is higher than
emptiness?

Do not aim at having many ascetic costumes,
Such as carrying a staff and wearing braids and animal
skins.
Leaving the elephant back in your house,
Do not go searching for its footprints in the mountains.

Mother, meditate the essence of the mind,
As it is taught by the guru, the Vajra Holder,
And you will have the essence of the essence
Of all the eighty-four thousand teachings.
It is the heart nectar of a billion
Learned and accomplished ones.
It is the ultimate practice.

This advice from the core of the heart
Of the fallen monk Jamyang Dorje,
Is the purest of the pure essence
From the bindu of my life blood.
Therefore keep it in your heart, mother.

These few words of heart advice
Were written in a beautiful country-side,
The city of the spacious blue sky,
Rivaling the splendour of divine realms.

To the devoted Chokyi Nodzom,
My dear and loving mother,
And to my own devoted students,
I offer this letter of advice.


This letter to my students was composed by one who goes by
the name 'Khenpo', the Tibetan Jamyang Dorje, in the
Dordogne Herbal Valley of Great Bliss, in the country of
France beyond the great ocean in the western direction.

May virtue and auspiciousness ensue!

Bodichitta:

In Sanskrit, bodhi means "awakened" and chitta means "mind" or "heart." Bodhichitta -- "awakened heart-mind" -- is the compassionate wish to realize enlightenment for all beings, not just oneself. Through bodhichitta, the desire to attain enlightenment transcends the narrow interests of the individual self.

Love Always
mudra

[greybeard]

Thanks for this Mudra.
In his last life time Dr David Hawkins was on the path of negation and ended up in the void, he describes it in some detail. it felt complete but was empty of Love so he found himself back for another life time , this one, in which he discovered that there was misunderstanding of what the Buddha had taught. He meant no thing-ness (formless) not nothingness the void. He the Buddha taught giving up attachment to love, not giving up Love. That may clear any confusion.
We are very fortunate to have a teacher who nort only remembers pst life but in between lives also.
Channeling is all very well in a few cases, but you cant beat subjective experience,
The teacher is not to be worshiped only God. The teaching just points and is of God.
God-men are not the full vibration of the infinite formless wonder we call God, that created all tat is Holy and Divine. Words of course are not it.
Silence so important.

An Eckhart quote. "No self no problem"
More clutters up what we are -- less reveals Truth. Ultimate is formless Love, beyond measure. Unexpressable; but knowable by discovery of the Presence within, which is revealed using the traditional methods, no secrets, open to all.
Spirituality is open, most religions tried to keep secret that which was known (experientially )and made available to all by the Mystics.
Jesus was a mystic,( a Master of the formless -nonlinear).

Christ the Saviour. The Christ consciousness within all, waiting patiently to be discovered.

Chris
Namaste