Monday, February 02, 2009

Conventional and ultimate reality

Examine our lives and all that is around us, they are nothing more than dreams and illusions. What will come, will pass - this is what we see. In actual fact, there is no real coming or going. There is a perfectly pure, calm, wise and stainless nature which underlies each of us. What thoughts appears in our mind are like ripples on the ocean of this nature. Out of nowhere, they arise and out of no reason or rhyme, they merge back seamlessly. So the nature of our thoughts, regardless of what we conventionally categorize them as, are in actual fact perfectly pure. If we do not force our imputed views onto people, objects, thoughts etc., the pure enjoyment of this perfect nature would descend and that will be indescribably the ultimate bliss and happiness we can experience, beyond any worldly desires, achievements, praise or victory. We would be able to see everything as it truly is. In a similar way, even if our stocks crash, we lose loved ones, we lose our jobs, we get terribly sick or have problems in our relationships, know in actual fact how little such trials and tribulations matter, they will eventually pass. What disturbs you is not this seeming problems, but how you perceive them in your mind. Let go of hatred and self-pity, step back and see that it is all like a dream, just like how times past become like a dream. Allow the ocean to regain its natural calm. Do not abandon what seems like an impure and polluted world, its nature is perfectly pure. Yet do not intentionally seek to destroy what you perceive as unreal and therefore of little consequence, the law of karma never fails. Except the truly enlightened and awakened, the rest of us are deluded and cloud our true nature more and more with selfish hopes, desires, envy, ignorance and hatred. Just one moment is what is one needs, one moment to let go of all conceptions and prejudices, and you will see your true nature and never be suffering anymore. When will your moment come?

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