The Path Of Dharma: Reconciling "ME" with Enlightenment:3

Reconciling "ME" with Enlightenment:

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Resting with our direct experience with a sense of curiosity and non-judgement is the practice of meditation. It expresses the longing to accept things as they are rather than how we would like them to be. Often this provokes a feeling of sadness where the mind feels lonely and tender and supple all at once. This tenderness connects us to others and their pain. A deep passion to look at what once provoked fear beings to emerge.

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Once we have stopped trying to push things away, we can let them affect us in this tender sort of way and that brings us to life. This experience is called chyoshe in Tibetan. Rinpoche reminds us that chyoshe is an indication that we are on track-- engaged in the genuine path of Dharma. We have reached some clarity as to what we can and cannot rely on. In this way move away from confusion and toward enlightenment.

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It is a great irony that we move away from one thing and toward something else without ever going anywhere. That which we refer to as the path-- the reconciliation of "ME" and enlightenment-- is simply the continuous and unrelenting process of turning toward that which is already present in our immediate experience.