Jul 13, 2023·edited Jul 13, 2023Liked by Robert Aho
Robert, would you please answer this?
If, as you say, after this cycle of manifestation ends with all beings awakened and the Multiverse absorbed into Source, it all starts again, what´s the point of awakening? What´s the nature of this game, if, as you suggest, after everyone gets awakened, the whole process of manifesting worlds filled with unawakened beings starts all over again from zero? Maybe I misunderstood you?
When we can find no reason to awaken, we have no way to cultivate Bodhicitta. We continue our suffering for all eternity. Ultimate Bodhicitta is like a mirror, where all possibilities exist. This manifests with mind. When mind cannot find a reason to awaken, then we are stuck. Our suffering continues unabated. Since self is merely an illusion, it starts not with an individual self. It starts with the karmic traces which manifest in an expression of consciousness. Beings fabricate this idea of separateness, as they fabricate themselves. It's not logical or something that can be understood with concept. The point is Ultimate Bodhicitta. Until then, we are stuck either not doing anything about our own suffering, or aspiring Bodhicitta or putting Bodhicitta in action. Awakening becomes more apparent as we cultivate Bodhicitta. We begin to see why it is so important. Until we begin to see why, it doesn't make much sense.
Why should infinite suffering continue? Ultimate Bodhicitta is our real condition. Karmic traces bring back cyclic existence. It's not really a game, it's simply the way it is with beings. To understand this great interplay, we must understand in a way that is not conceptual. If I could answer that directly, utilizing concepts and graspable notions, I would. No one has ever been able to answer this fully.
i cant grasp the the joy and the pain it makes me feel to transcend this illusionary reality.
It makes the changes we experience and often resist to see as a good thing too a bit easier to digest,
as we are part of the whole,being able to see sprinkles of the truth in everything
thank you so much and may all beings awaken
Robert, would you please answer this?
If, as you say, after this cycle of manifestation ends with all beings awakened and the Multiverse absorbed into Source, it all starts again, what´s the point of awakening? What´s the nature of this game, if, as you suggest, after everyone gets awakened, the whole process of manifesting worlds filled with unawakened beings starts all over again from zero? Maybe I misunderstood you?
When we can find no reason to awaken, we have no way to cultivate Bodhicitta. We continue our suffering for all eternity. Ultimate Bodhicitta is like a mirror, where all possibilities exist. This manifests with mind. When mind cannot find a reason to awaken, then we are stuck. Our suffering continues unabated. Since self is merely an illusion, it starts not with an individual self. It starts with the karmic traces which manifest in an expression of consciousness. Beings fabricate this idea of separateness, as they fabricate themselves. It's not logical or something that can be understood with concept. The point is Ultimate Bodhicitta. Until then, we are stuck either not doing anything about our own suffering, or aspiring Bodhicitta or putting Bodhicitta in action. Awakening becomes more apparent as we cultivate Bodhicitta. We begin to see why it is so important. Until we begin to see why, it doesn't make much sense.
Why should infinite suffering continue? Ultimate Bodhicitta is our real condition. Karmic traces bring back cyclic existence. It's not really a game, it's simply the way it is with beings. To understand this great interplay, we must understand in a way that is not conceptual. If I could answer that directly, utilizing concepts and graspable notions, I would. No one has ever been able to answer this fully.
Thank you so much for the thorough reply, Robert.
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