Dzogchen For The Frustrated

Meditation, chanting, prayers and study all focus the mind when the mind doesn’t want to focus. This is why, to help us break out of our scattered mind, we have a disciplined routine. However, for some, this ‘excessive activity’ can be frustrating, or even addictive; either we cannot see the point, or we become addicted to the practice itself, and lose the point.

Dzogchen cuts through everything. But. Don’t expect life to suddenly change in we way we might want it to change. It does change, as we start to see…the mess! The mess (the result of our previous actions) is our good and bad karma – and it’s not really a mess, as it’s a quite perfect result of causes and effects. For ‘mess’ read confusion. And to get out of this confusion can seem frustrating because we want to see results…now!

Well, we can – but we have to look. The whole point of all practices is seeing. Being aware of the confusion, and acknowledging that we are suffering! This is the first noble truth. Now we can look for the cause of that suffering – the second noble truth. The third is finding a method to resolve the cause of that suffering, and the fourth is to engage in the method.

The Dzogchen approach is for the house holder. It is direct seeing. Directly being aware of awareness itself. And that is pure awareness. Dzogchen. What we are. In this sort of practice, there are no hardships. There is just seeing.

It does not matter what is happening, where we are or whatever comes into the mind, there is always pure awareness present. “But all I see is crap!” It is the seeing that is important, not the crap. There will always be crap; even after enlightenment, there will be crap in the universe. Crap is manure. And we all know manure is useful stuff!

Of course, we may not trust this way of seeing, so we do need to study and meditate. But it all comes down to looking, seeing and dropping. It may take a little time to ‘get it’ as the synapses have to join up, and they join up through practising. “Practice makes perfect!”

The human realm is described as one driven by desire, excessive activity, and constant frustration. It is therefore addictive. If we try and complain in a dharma centre or on a forum, the righteous will come down on us: sorry to say this, but in such places, we seem to be only allowed to suffer in theory.

If you want to rant…
THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO IT!
😀 😀 😀

It’s all about you seeing,
and not about believing and conforming.