The Ability To Understand

The ability to understand doesn’t come from mantras or scholastic study; both of these merely focus the mind with intention. Understanding comes from realising that that which rests within silent awareness is our reality – that is to say, pure consciousness. What we think is merely from memories, and isn’t understanding. Understanding is perceiving the meaning, with sympathetic awareness of the nature of reality.

“Really? Can’t I just read a book?”
Well, that’s what most people
who have no experiential understanding do
They’re all around us. 🙂

If something is real, it can never not be real, which means that it doesn’t change.
Consciousness, space and formula do not change … formula??

‘Formula’ refers to the natural laws that govern the universe and all sentient beings: at the gross level, they are attraction, repulsion and inertia.

In sentient terms, this is desire, fear and ignorance.
In chicken terms, it’s fight, flight or freeze.

At the absolute level, these three principles correlate to emptiness, cognisance and compassion. Realisation sees emotions as wisdom – search this blog for details.

The universe is infinite space, containing matter in the form of energy that moves through attraction and repulsion. This matter itself is inert and indifferent.

Consciousness is the unchanging empty essence of mind which contains thoughts that form energy that moves consciousness through desire and fear and, above all, ignorance of its own reality.

Due to this misunderstanding, we transmigrate to forms commensurate with our measure of understanding.