The Qualities Of Pure Consciousness
The very essence of pure consciousness is the quality of clarity. One might say, “Is that all?”
Clarity: Middle English (in the sense ‘glory, divine splendour’): from Latin clarus ‘clear’.
Meditation is a method to open the mind to realise the clarity of pure awareness; when pure awareness is realised, the method is dropped. In pure awareness, there is nothing doing. There are none of the conventional qualities that we may have been led to expect or believe in by religions and the intellectualisation of philosophers. There is just clarity.
Once established in the clarity of pure awareness, the qualities naturally unveil themselves in daily life, and in our ability to relate to things. Pure conscious awareness is our ultimate being: this is absolute truth. When we start relating to things, this is relative truth – but now, these go hand in hand.
Having realised what we are, we also realise that every other sentient being is individual pure consciousness, but hasn’t yet realised it – or is ignoring it for something more interesting, for something ‘better’ to come.
Knowing this, we can have empathic compassion for their dilemma and, depending on our level of ability, we may be able to bring about a sense of balance.
Maybe!
Not everyone is ready,
because they are still living in a hope that divine splendour
has bells and whistles and other additional features.
🙂
The quality of pure consciousness is waking up to the laws of the universe.
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 
Pure consciousness is not waking up to the laws of the universe.This is something that follows… Pure consciousness is unconditional Direct Perception!
So you say. 🙂
Tony
Not everyone experience ‘truth’ in the same way, but the actual experience of just seeing of pure consciousness is the same for all sentient beings. It’s our common sense.
Whatever we say about truth, is personal experience, unless we only rely on books or words from others.
This is why the Buddha said, “Do not take my word for truth; test it for yourself,”
Tony
Our conclusions should come from our experience, rather than from the words of others. Only in that way can understanding refine. Daisy
Hello Daisy,
Paraphrasing is using our own words to express a personal understanding.
Paraphrasing: expressing the meaning of something written or spoken using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
However, this may not suit everyone. 😀
Tony
Tsoknyi Rinpoche 1st:
“Don’t wander, don’t wander, place mindfulness on guard;
Along the road of distraction, Mara lies in ambush.
Mara is this mind, clinging to like and dislike;
So look into the essence of this magic, free from dualistic fixation.
Realise that your mind is unfabricated primal purity.
There is no buddha elsewhere; look at your own face.
There is nothing else to search for; rest in your own place.
Non-meditation is spontaneous perfection, so capture the royal seat.”
Tony