Replying to @Philip2Phl99
On the other hand:
"Appearances, symbols of the All-Good, never change into something other than Presence.
Never being other than Presence, appearances are therefore Wisdom."
Replying to @xBradSneedx
I don't know your experience, but my impression is that we are suppressing a lot of energy and feeling almost all the time compared to what is available, in order to avoid overwhelm and pain.
The Heart, for example, has the capacity to connect to all other hearts, which are actually one at a certain level of reality - but this level contains so much suffering (and love, and joy) that we normally close ourselves off to it.
The sacred heart of Christ, which is depicted as being on fire, is representative of the experience available to each of us when our heart is fully open to fullness of experience. Even a tiny taste of this in meditation (especially metta!) can be extremely intense.
An analogous experience may be possible with the other energy centers, such as the energy in the root that people call kundalini.
In fact, from a higher vantage, we see that it is an incomprehensibly miraculous manifestation of our truest desires
We also see that there is a part of us that will never be able to fully accept this, due to the very real tragedy and loss that defines our experience
In the day-to-day negotiation between these perspectives we find the middle ground:
This life is enough
Replying to @nameshapes
not tame at all if you realize its truth. what other means could be needed, and to what end?
Replying to @nameshapes
Garab Dorje with the ultimate breaking imo:
"love being our essence, attainment is already complete"
Replying to @nameshapes
No but I haven't perceived what I clearly do, so that's something
You cannot arrive where you never left. You can only forget where you are, and then imagine a journey that takes you back there.
You cannot become what you already are. You can only forget what you are, and then imagine you're becoming it.
The imagined journey ends the moment you remember. This is not beyond your power; it is as easy as opening your eyes. But it would mean leaving behind all the stories of loss and gain and becoming worthy.
Be honest: is that really what you want?

