Formula; The Unchanging Nature Of Nature

I’ve written before about the three unchangeables: space, consciousness and formula.
Formula: from Latin, diminutive of forma ‘shape, mould’.

Formula is how everything takes shape. It is the nature of everything. We may think of nature as ever-changing, but there is an underlying principle or law at work. That law or formula is attraction, repulsion and inertia (lacking the ability or strength to move).

Inert: from Latin iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’.

We can see that, in human terms, these three principles correspond to desire, aversion, and ignorance. This is nature’s human driving force. Is it created or is it just as it is? How we respond to this question – or not – affects our life.

Having understood this, we can now turn inwards to inner nature. We generally think that consciousness is something that we use to get around and survive, just like nature – but we can never identify what we are. It’s left vague.

We are that consciousness, and there are subtler principles to consciousness:
emptiness/uncontamination, cognisance and compassionate activity.

This what we truly are, but we have become indifferent to or ignore this subtle viewpoint that is present in every moment.

Because we are ignorant of our true essence, we fill it with desires. Desires excite consciousness and activate judgements through aversion. Having formed judgements, through aversion, we lack compassionate understanding.

Emptiness corresponds to desire.
Consciousness corresponds to aversion.
Compassion corresponds to ignorance.

This is how we have turned life upside-down.
Realisation is quite exciting!
🙂