Self is not what you think it is.
When I instantly became the light of Dharmakaya, while in the death bardo, self disappeared entirely. Self became fully integrated with Timeless Luminosity for an eternity. I’ve written about this in both of my books, given talks about it, as well as communicated in other ways on many occasions. Self exists as our own delusional mind expressing something that is not real, even though we think it is real. Ego manifests, and we defend that.
This is part of why we are trapped in cyclic existence—we think that we are real and we grasp at that, clinging to our life in lifetime after lifetime. We are simply a figment of our own imagination. Please build a strong foundation of Bodhicitta. Once you have done that, you will definitely awaken.
Blessings,
Lama Robert
Could a strong aspiration to develop and 'stabilise' the view (tawa) be considered as a seed of Bodichita?
Bodhicitta itself helps us to stabilize that view. The more we aspire to awaken, the more open we become. This opening of the heart and mind allows us to maintain our focus without distraction.
Robert here is a question that is not related to your vid today but here it is : i recently understand that I might be practicing compassion and tonglen in a wrong way. By connecting to others suffering I recognize the same in me and I then find myself building up a kind of 'victim club' of suffering beings 😅 which actually does not help because it generate some resentment Against life and the 'unfair universe'. I recently went through another tonglen practice description from lama lena that made me understand that compassion 'purpose' is to destroy my own 'buble' of concepts of separation. So i feel more open, it is not about becoming the 'others' suffering and trying to fix it 😅. If you could say a word or a vid on that 🙏
Of course each teacher comes from a relative perspective, maybe a school or a certain tradition, as well as personality and ways of communicating that are unique. My teaching comes directly from my experiences in the death bardo, as well as Dzogchen. I'm not coming from any school or philosophy. My advice is to continually go back to Guruyoga, opening yourself up to our real condition. I start with the light of Dharmakaya. In this, you can cultivate the seed of Bodhicitta, along with an altruistic attitude. What we do to one, we do to all. We are all the same in this All-Good existence. When we practice Tonglen, we are taking suffering and replacing it with blessings. We do this altruistically, placing the suffering in this bright condition of Dharmakaya, letting it dissolve that way. With this practice, there should be no resentment. We bring blessings to all; and, so, we feel a growing love and compassion. With this practice, we aspire that we all awaken. We nurture this great compassion in that way.
Lol 'its not like taking a house in a light bulb ' 🤣 i like this one