Dzogchen: The Pointing Out Instruction Into the Nature of Mind

We cannot hear this enough.

When our mind isn’t thinking of anything, we fall into silent vacancy. This is the state of not knowing, which is also called undecided or common indifference; it’s an ordinary, mundane state.

When our mind is busy clinging to ideas, we fall into chattering occupancy. This is the state of not knowing, which is also called stubborn or common opinions; it’s an ordinary, mundane state.

Become aware of that which notices this, and which is at one with everything that appears, like a mirror and its reflections. This is non-duality; pure consciousness. Pure consciousness is the essence of mind, empty cognisance; it’s what we are – pure knowingness itself.

It is our absolute nature which is absolutely not complicated and needs no elaborations, no bells and whistles. It is the state of luminosity, the light of clarity, the divine splendour that dispels darkness.