Treating Our Self
We spend our lives giving ourselves little treats,
manufactured by those who supply the treats.
Alternatively, we can treat our self
by healing its wounds that are covered up by treats! 😀
Meditation is the treatment
that releases us from the illusion of suffering
which arises from following others as if they know, and we don’t.
The real treat is realising that we don’t have to follow anyone.
We have all we need to become enlightened,
and that is this karmic self.
Karma is merely the product of previous actions and ignorance
that we have to live through now.
In proper meditation of self-analysis
– noting how we work –
we realise that we can help others through empathy.
And that is another treat!
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. In this way, Dzogchen is practical - no bells and whistles required. 
As the Beatles said, All You Need Is Love, or empathy! Life can be such a treat! https://tinyurl.com/3uu9c8un
Yes, even with all this hell going on.
Tony
Buddhas in the mudd or in hell. https://youtu.be/WV5LO146Q0I
As Campbell said, “Life is great the way it is.”
It’s why and how we learn!
Tony
Hmm… Joseph Campbell is well worth listening to.
Tony
Yes, he certainly is! He helped me too to understand certain things about life.