Reality comes from what we are

Ok, after another diversion we are back to The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation. Because there is so much in this verse, I divided it into two parts. To review the first part go to: The Wondrous Experience of your Own Being.

Samsara is the Sanskrit word for the ups and downs in life. You know at one moment things seem to be going well, at the next moment you get sick and things seem to go down hill. To understand this verse you have to know that you just made a mistake. You were never really caught by the ups and downs of life. You were always the silent stillness that saw the changes, but you just overlooked it.

You were never caught in limitation
So your job is not to get out of the limitations of the world. Rather you just have to discover how you were never caught in them. So right in the middle of your everyday jobs and relationships you were always free of the world. To recognize this is to find the real beauty of these teachings.

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With this as a guide let’s see how Padma talks about this:

The Wondrousness of these Teachings, Part 2
Although wandering in the Samsara, it remains undefiled by evil. Wondrous is this.

Although seeing the Buddha, it remains unallied to good. Wondrous is this.

Although possessed by all beings, it is not recognized. Wondrous is this.

Those not knowing the fruit of this yoga seek other fruit Wondrous is this.

Although the Clear Light of Reality shines within one’s own mind, the multitude looks for it elsewhere. Wondrous is this.

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
By Padma-Sambhava
translated by Karma Sumdhon Paul, and Lobzang Mingyur Dorje
Edited by Evans-Wentz
Oxford University Press

Not noticing that our sense of reality comes from the clear light of Consciousness, we hope to get our sense of reality from what we see. And thus we mistake reality for the thoughts in our mind or objects that we see. Now while these objects seem real enough while they last, they seem to come and go. As an example people are born, but they also die, houses are built, but they also get destroyed.

And so it appears that reality comes and goes. But this doesn’t feel right. Somewhere in our heart or gut we know that reality is more than a thing that lasts for a fleeting moment. And that is because reality comes from what we are, not from what we see.

Reality is clear
Our real being is the Consciousness that lights up the world, not the things that we see. But the problem is that Consciousness is clear. It is the light that lights up even darkness. But since it is clear, a person cannot stand separate from it to look at it. And so many people think that it doesn’t exist.

But the good news is that you can know your own being. But you have to know it in a different way. You know it by standing there and not by standing as an object that you see, such as the body or a few thoughts in your mind; so stand as the clear consciousness that you really are and see how things look from here.

In this beauty you are right at home
You will be amazed to find that the thing you were looking for in many ways was right here all along. It is here that you see how things are really connected; you are the thing that makes the world seem so bright. Also here in your real home you will find the happiness that you were looking for. This happiness is freer and more expansive than anything you could have imagined. In all of this beauty, you will find yourself right at home. Here there is a silence that cannot be put into words, that does not fit into any description. Wondrous is this.

Feel free to ask questions
Now I want you to experience your The Clear Light of Consciousness in its full glory. So 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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