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So there are Religions that condition, and methods that points toward liberation. Eastern thought often differentiates between “Mind” and “Nature of Mind”. The nature of our mind is said to be like the sun, which is always shining, but it is obscured by our disruptive thoughts, which are like the clouds, that hide our true nature. Many ancient cultures associate the mind with the heart centre. Value is put more on intuitive feelings, and “knowing” through the senses, rather than conceptual and academic knowledge. They understand the need for harmony with the environment, and accept the way things naturally are. Only the conditioned mind wants security and permanence, it cannot accept that it is not only deluded, but also not even real. This of course is difficult to comprehend. Once we see that the mind is not what we think it is, and that there can be no such thing as security, or a permanent self, only then can we can begin to relax into our natural state, which releases an amazing amount of energy.
Even today science has no working model for conciseness, we seek answers on one level of perceived solid space, and call it reality. We think reality is, what we are told it is. And live out our lives in confusion and distraction. Or we may seek answers in the spiritual quest. There are many practices, techniques, that can keep us amused for years, and this is not to say that they have no value, but at the end of the day the “Self’ the “Me” is still there. And so are all the same old problems. What is important is to have the right “View” an understanding that while there is a “Me” there will be confusion. Ultimately there is no “Way” there is only “Seeing”. When the mind sees that there is no way out, it becomes very quiet. And in this stillness we may just find answers.
The Wife of Colonel Lesley Weir, had an audience with the 13th Dali Lama in the days when Britain and Tibet had diplomatic relations. News of Amy Johnson’s epic flight from England to Australia had just reached the capital Lhasa. She conveyed the news to His Holiness, about the single-handed flight over shark infested waters etc. The Great Lama chuckled and said “Yes, yes, very good, very good”. (Having no idea or conception about the outside world whatsoever) then he looked her in the eye and said “but why was she in such a hurry?”
Anthony Court
(Article reprinted from Combat and Healing magazine with kind permission from Master Erle Montaigue)
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