Why do we deny our awakened nature?

 We assume that we are wake, because we know this and this and that. We count the things we know, and forget that pure knowing is taking place, and so continue to count. Intelligence is not required to know our true nature, but merely awareness.

We are Buddha nature. We are Dzogchen already! This nature is empty essence, cognisant nature and unconfined compassion, but we choose to be distracted by temporary things.

The reason for this is desire. We desire because we forgot our basic nature, which is perfectly happy. But because we desire, judgement takes place and so we create fear, and have done this for so long that it seems normal. As a result, we find we lack compassion.

It’s that simple.

We are only interested in things because we are in a human form. Outside this form, we have no use for them. That is the trap we are in: we are governed by these three robbers of ignorance, desire and aversion.

Things are useful to sustain life, in order that we may recognise and acknowledge our true nature. That’s all. Yes, we need to relax and enjoy life, but not to the extent that the whole of this precious lifetime becomes an entertainment, where we create debt, both materially and karmically (that is what corporations rely upon, and hope we don’t notice). Desire can be a powerful tool…or weapon!

We are already awake,
but desire, aversion and ignorance
turn the wakeful state into a daydream.
Isn’t advertising all about “Living the dream”?

 We need not comply with
desires, aversions and ignorance.

 When we sit, we just sit.
When we work, we just work.
When we dance, we just dance.
Merely expressing our true nature.