From the body of the unborn essence arises the sphere of light, and from that sphere of light arises wisdom. From the wisdom arises the seed syllable and from the seed syllable arises the complete Mandala, the deity and the retinue.
Interpretation
The quote illustrates the progression from a formless state to the manifestation of wisdom and understanding, represented through symbols and spiritual elements.
This quote reflects a deep philosophical perspective on the creation of wisdom and enlightenment. It suggests that from the raw potential of existence—symbolized by the 'unborn essence'—light emerges, which represents clarity and understanding. The light leads to wisdom, which is further crystallized into symbols that encapsulate deeper spiritual truths, such as the 'seed syllable' and 'Mandala'. This illustrates a journey of transformation from potential to realization, emphasizing the interconnectedness of existence, wisdom, and spiritual practice.
In practice
In a meditation class, during a discussion on the nature of enlightenment.
All experience and phenomena are understood to be a dream, this should not be just an intellectual understanding, but a vivid and lucid experience...Genuine integration of this point produces a profound change in the individual's response to the world. Grasping and aversion is greatly diminished, and the emotional tangles that once seemed so compelling are experienced as the tug of dream stories, and no more.
Ultimately we want to use dream to liberate ourselves from all relative conditions, not simply to improve them.
We enter the bardo, the intermediate state after # death , just as we enter dream after falling asleep. If our experience of # dream lacks clarity and is of confused emotional states and habitual reactivity, we will have trained ourselves to experience the processes of death in the same way.
The natural purity of our mind is of no use to us if we are not aware of it, _x000D_ _x000D_ and if we do not integrate it with our moving mind. _x000D_ _x000D_ If we realize our innate purity, but only integrate with it from time to time, we are not totally awakened._x000D_ _x000D_ Being in total integration all the time is final realization
Dream, rather than let yourself be dreamt
Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.
To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.
To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.
The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 'Are these words true?' If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. At the second gate, we ask, 'Are the necessary?' At the last gate, we ask, 'Are they kind?'
When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.
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