Right before your eyes there is a beauty that you can easily overlook. That’s because you do not see it in the normal way. The One Mind is on this side of sight. It is from here that you see your senses. There is however, no way for your senses to look back and see the One Mind.
And so you have to know the One Mind in a different way. And that’s by being. You do not know the One Mind as a separate thing. If you can find the place that Padma-Sambhava points to in The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation you will stand in awe. That’s because you will know the reality behind the entire universe.
Your mind is much larger than just thought
You will also discover that your mind is much lager than a few thoughts in your head. Your mind is so large that it contains the whole universe. And it’s even bigger than that. From here you will see that there were never really separate selves with separate minds. There was only the One Mind. Standing here, you will never be able to complain about a few thoughts in your mind again.
In the verse below Sangsara refers to the whole universe, everything that is in motion and is constantly changing; that is being born, growing old and dying. Nirvana is the bliss that transcends the motion of the universe.
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Now let’s let Padma describe the nature of the One Mind, which is your mind:
All hail to the One Mind that embraces the whole Sangsara and Nirvana,
That eternally is as it is, yet is unknown,
That although ever clear and ever existing is not visible,
That, although radiant and unobscured, is not recognized.
The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
By Padma-Sambhava
Translated by Evans-Wentz
Oxford University Press
Padma said that the One Mind is unknown, not visible, and not recognized, because you cannot know it with your senses or thoughts. It is closer then that. You know it by being; you know it in your heart. Trying to know the one mind with thoughts is like trying to see the sun with a candle. Like the sun, the One Mind shines by its own light without the need for a separate light.
If it seems like you will never understand the verse above, take heart. In the verses that follow Padma will give you some simple experiments that you can try yourself. If you try these experiments, you will be amazed how easy it is the have the direct experience of that which confounds the experts.
Knowledge that is not contained by thoughts
The secret is that this knowledge comes before your thoughts. It is not contained in your thoughts. So just be open that you can experience this knowledge in a way that’s different than you think. Be open for a few surprises and you will get right to the heart of life itself.
Once a week we will publish more verses from the The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation. So stay tuned and be ready to experience things that you never thought possible.
Feel free to ask questions
Please
feel free to continue asking questions. I’m always glad to hear your
reactions and clarify my answers. Unlike the path of faith, on the path
of Self-Knowledge it is curiosity that destroys limitation and allows
you to abide in your natural freedom.
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