Enlightenment is nothing other than the state beyond all obstacles, in the same way that from the peak of a very high mountain one always sees the sun. Enlightenment is not a paradise or some special place of happiness, but it is in fact the condition beyond all dualistic concepts, including those of happiness and suffering. When all our obstacles have been overcome, and we find ourselves in a state of total presence, the wisdom of enlightenment manifests spontaneously withou

Student: What prevents me from experiencing my innermost self? Teacher: Nothing. Student: Then why don’t I experience it? Teacher: Fear. Student: So, then fear prevents me? Teacher: Nothing prevents you. Student: But didn’t you just say that fear is the reason I can’t experience this state of consciousness? Teacher: Yes, but it does not prevent you. Student: Then what does? Teacher: Nothing. Student: Then what role does fear play? Teacher: If you are in prison, what do you fe

Akshobhya (阿閦佛; མི་བསྐྱོད་པ་; अक्षोभ्य), The Inperturbable - East Akshobhya is the embodiment of 'mirror knowledge' (Sanskrit: ādarśa-jñāna; refer Panchajnana). This may be described as a knowledge of what is real, and what is illusion, or a mere reflection of actual reality. The mirror may be likened to the mind itself. It is clear like the sky and empty, yet luminous. It holds all the images of space and time, yet it is untouched by them. Its brilliance illuminates the dark

Consider that the most basic energetic formation or unit of Universe, as well as in our local experience, is to arise as an individual “moment of consciousness”. That moment of consciousness has no duration and makes immediate room for the following moment of consciousness. We could say the Creative Expression of Universe begins with the 'moment of consciousness' arising in Itself as a local awareness, veiled and clothed in an energy we refer to as 'thought' We might consider

Let’s say within a dream at night, the dream character found itself desiring to live in the 'real world.' It wanted to wake up, to stop sleeping and dreaming. It wanted to 'see' the world as it really is. It imagined itself waking up in the 'real world.' It went about a series of practices and conditioning exercises to bring it into perfect alignment. These practices were difficult, they took time, patience, commitment, dedication, and persistent effort. But the dream charact

Truth can not be spoken in its completeness - even when something is moving, even when something is spoken, much remains hidden and unexpressed. This is why it is said that the 'expressed' and 'unexpressed' teaching together comprise a 'total knowledge.' Something is seen and much remains unseen - Something is spoken and much remains unspoken - only when both aspects are unified can Truth be realized. See into the Light and the Dark. Listen into the Sound and the Silence. Ope

The nervous system then comes under the complete control of the spiritual man, and the blood stream is purified and becomes an unimpeded and satisfactory channel for the circulation of that which the energized glands discharge. This is the esoteric significance of the Biblical words, "The blood is the life," and also of the words "saved by the blood of Christ." It is not by the blood of a Christ dying two thousand years ago upon the cross in Palestine that man is saved, but b

The Fundamental Presumption of our Culture There is one fundamental presumption upon which our world culture is founded. This basic presumption states that experience is divided into two essential elements - a subject and an object - joined together by an act of knowing, feeling or perceiving. This gives rise to the familiar formulations of experience such as, "I know such and such," "I feel sad," "I perceive the tree." In this way experience is believed and felt to consist o

It is important to understand the nature and energy of a vow or what is referred to as a precept. By taking precepts we are receiving some energy or gaining some kind of energy to neutralize dissatisfaction and dissonance in our 'local' life. This energy 'gained' is projected from the heart center of our root guru onto the surface of the illusion. Precepts have long been used to orient local awareness, to create a point of at-tension, on the surface, or said in another way, w

I shall now be very practical. I speak for the being on the Probationary Path, who has an intellectual grasp of what has to be accomplished. Along this part of the Path, there is some 'local' realization as to 'place' in the evolution of LIFE and as to the work to be done, if some day to pass through the portal of Initiation. Let the following be used to stabilize and bind a solid foundation: • Each day seek a quiet spot wherein we can be free from interference and interrupti