His Holiness spoke about different states of mind, mentioning that during the waking state our five senses are active and functioning. In the dream state they stop so we can gain access to a subtler state of mind. He observed that there are people who due to past propensities are able to separate their minds and bodies, although this may not entail the actual dream body. He told a story a friend had told him of his mother, who was not otherwise regarded as a spiritual practitioner, who had announced that she was going to sleep for a week. It seems that during that time her mind left her body and travelled here and there because she recounted events and details of places that were later confirmed that she could not have known about in any other way. In addition to the dream state, His Holiness mentioned that the mind is even subtler when there is no dream. Fainting is another occasion that affords access to a subtler state of mind. He also mentioned the dissolution of the elements that make up the body and mind, leading to a subtler state of mind. When the innate clear light is manifest, the eighty misconceptions stop. He said the basic clear light never ceases, nor has it ever been subject to delusion. When the mind of clear light manifests, most people miss it, but a spiritual practitioner who is familiar with it can catch it. He or she can employ it to realize emptiness. The purpose for doing deity yoga is to enable the mind to access this pristine awareness
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:22:22 +0000
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