Krishna saw his own self — as the Infinite — In the throng of lovely gopis. They experienced in Krishna, O wonder, Their own self — but as the Absolute. And when, in play, he stole their veils, He wished to see himself in Truth's naked ray. Âtmâ and Mâyâ: light and mirror. God is Love and He loves His image. ~ Frithjof Schuon Playful Reflection In searching for an online version …
Buddhism
Return Of The Geese
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. ~ William Blake Returning to writing from a previous time can be an interesting exercise, and tends to clearly highlight which essays, poems, etc. have an evergreen quality—some kind of value that does not diminish with the passing of time—and which ones, not so much. Here's a piece that, imo, falls …
Practice Notes: Directed Thought & Evaluation
Weather Report This phrase—directed thought and evaluation—has been popping into my mind, as of late, largely in relation to renewed interest in questions of agency, choice, volition, intention, and so-called free will. I’ve contemplated these issues previously, and recorded my provisional conclusions in Do I Choose My Thoughts?—which I invite you to check out, if you haven’t already. It’s an …
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Perilous
This passage from Unbounded Wholeness teases out the role of scripture and pointing-out instructions (aka "essential precepts") in a so-called direct path such as Dzogchen: * * * * * * * * * * * Authenticity, like Dzogchen in general, will not lay out a path to Buddhahood. It's path is Buddhahood. Yet two of its authenticating methods, scripture and essential precepts, are specifically …
Indefinite Appearances
The Heart-Essence & Its Play "Even though unbounded wholeness cannot be solely "this"or "that," existent or nonexistent, the bon-nature itself, "heart-essence of that definite base," is unchanging. The appearances that arise from it, however, are indefinite: they are nirvanic for the realized, samsaric for the unrealized. Indefiniteness, then, is not a statement about external objects. …
Artful Endeavor
The Liberated Spontaneity Of Wholeness Via Unbounded Wholeness, here's a distinction worth contemplating: "It must be understood, however, that even without the effort of "taking up [or] putting aside," enormous perseverance is required to realize the Dzogchen view. In this regard, the Authenticity's distinction between artful endeavor ('bad pa) and effort (rtsol ba) is critical. Effort …