Panoramic Vision
With immobile body, speech and mind,
sit still and quiet, with eyes relaxed but open.
We are seeing everything at once,
but not focusing on anything.
This includes peripheral vision,
without moving the head.
It’s as if everything is looking in
and nothing is looking out.
There is merely awareness.
It’s the same through all the senses.
There is no reaction or identification whatsoever.
Just being, as it is.
Daft isn’t it?
Panoramic vision does not mean seeing other galaxies ;-). Whatever other beings are doing, and in whatever form, they have the very same essential nature of empty awareness as our own. They will also have the same confusion about this essential nature, and the same negative emotions will ensue. All sentient beings (having a mind) have a pure awakened nature, but do not realise it. There is nothing more than this…there is “nothing new under the sun”.
Searching the stars for life is just as daft as repeatedly wondering what our neighbours doing. They’re doing what we’re doing…wondering what we’re doing…
The search for truth is never out there, but is here in the mind, right now. We’ve heard stories throughout the ages of good versus evil. This conflict is within us now. We are the very nature of god, and we are the creators of demons. The pure essence of mind is pure emptiness. The confused contents of the mind – full of disturbing emotions, based on a mistaken view of ourselves – are the demons.
The fallen angel is the confused messenger, who believes the disturbing emotions to be real; we, pure awareness, are the fallen angels who have forgotten our own pure awareness.
All beings throughout the universes have an awakened nature, but look for something else. If we can take reincarnation on board, then because of countless lifetimes, we have been every alien under every sun. We are the aliens we’ve been looking for.
Daft isn’t it? 😀
Because of our confusion,
death will kill us again and again.
When confusion ends,
the cycle of birth and death ends.
So don’t panic.