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How can we escape mind? (continued),
Posted by: noah |
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18-Nov-2007-05:06:13 |
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Re: How can we escape mind? (continued) |
what's outside of Mind?
are thoughts Mind?
then aren't the spaces between thoughts Mind also?
even if one were to argue that these spaces between thoughts aren't Mind, wouldn't it then be the thoughts that qualify what isn't Mind as being so?
what then qualifies the spaces between thoughts as being any more Mind than thoughts themselves?
thoughts take place in silence and it's the silence and absence of thought that allow thoughts to arise.
Enlightenment abides regardless of thoughts or non-thoughts. these are simply different states of Mind. absence of thought gives rise to the samadhis. but thinking doesn't preclude Enlightenment, unless they're all that one can focus on.
in Dzogchen this realization, or the stabilization of this recognition, is referred to as "natural abidement". in Zen, this is why Enlightenment is referred to as "naturally unhindered".
why try to escape?
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