Simply Always Awake What Obscures Your Experience of Unfiltered Reality
Jan 30, 2025
Discover how meditation techniques, such as Shikantaza, can unravel the fabrications of self and reality. Dive into the intriguing concept of Mu and its role in experiencing a deeper reality. The discussion reveals how questioning beliefs and absorbing consciousness can transform our personal journeys. Explore the illusions that obscure our understanding of unfiltered reality and learn to navigate these complexities for a richer experience.
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Unfabricated Reality
- The pursuit of unfabricated reality involves understanding fabrication.
- Peeling away layers of fabricated perceptions, starting with mind identification, reveals reality.
Subtle Fabrications
- Initial awakening brings relief, but deeper, more subtle fabrications remain.
- These subtler illusions involve reactivity, agency, duality, temporality, and the selfing tendency.
The Power of Belief
- Belief is a strong force that solidifies thoughts and perceptions, like mortar between bricks.
- Even after spiritual insights, we can adopt new, sometimes distorted, beliefs.