Technique, No Technique
The technique is used to arrive at a result.
Once we arrive the technique is no longer needed.
Meditation techniques are to calm the mind, to see clearly.
Once the mind has clarity, we merely rest in clarity.
We drop all techniques when we arrive at pure awareness.
However!
That is only half the plot.
Modern gurus say we don’t need techniques
and we don’t need to meditate,
you don’t have to do anything.
Let’s be honest…
most of the day and night we forget pure awareness.
So we need reminders, and that is in the turmoil of life itself.
The other half of the plot is our conduct in daily life
recognising the need for
non-clinging, empathy and compassion.
The technique of recognition
exhausts all karma.
End of plot!
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
It’s like art. Or music.. Or anything, actually! There are a few – a very few – naturally talented artists. If those naturally talented artists go around telling everyone that they don’t need to practise drawing because they themselves didn’t have to, they are denying the rest of us the opportunity to develop skills that can then be used to transcend our limitations and maybe produce great art.
Does that make sense? Is that relevant to what you are saying, Tony?
Daisy
That very much makes sense.
They are being rather arrogant.
Anyone can reach any level of proficiency, we just do it at different times,
…and some may have done it all before in a previous incarnations,
so it’s no big deal!
Tony