Or we just see them as old friends. If we know how to relax into the natural state, we can take notice and they self-liberate--as the yogis say 'like dew in the sun'.
" In self-liberation observing the object¹ (gcer-grol), by looking directly at the discursive, intuitive or super-subtle thought that is present at a given moment, what the thought is in truthwhich is also what the mental subject looking at it is in truthis recognized; in other words, the state of knowledge [Tib: rigpa, Skt: vidya] fully manifests. This has been compared to the recognition of an old friend, because what is thus recognized is one¹s own Essence. One recognizes one¹s own original face which precedes any form something more intimate and more one¹s own than the most intimate of friends. This recognition is not the recognition of an object in terms of a concept or idea, but completely surpasses that type of recognition. It¹s not that one thinks to oneself: the thought or concept now presenting itself is nothing other than the true condition or the primordial nature of all existence¹, but that the mental subject disappears together with the thought that it had taken as an object. Since the duality of a subject and an object instantly disappears, together with the importance that we normally attribute to our experience, the tensions that normally tie up our existence are instantly cut, like the string tying a bundle of wood. As soon as this happens, the primordial state manifests in absolute relaxation. This mode or capacity of liberation is illustrated with the image of recognizing an old friend¹ in many Dzogchen texts, and is indicated by the words namtok no she pe drolwa¹ (rnam-rtog ngo-shes-pas grol-ba)." On 10/3/05 10:25 AM, "akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Everything else is just the mind trying to resolve >> conflicts primarily by making everything that is in >> disagreement with it "wrong" and everything that >> agrees with it "right." We all are such frigging >> morons! > > Or we treat any and all thoughts as just thoughts -- not giving it any > special status as "true" just because its "mine". The (trained) > intellect can help discern between thoughts that are true and useful, > and those that don't hold up, and are a relection of some inner > limitation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
