Our Being Is Nothing Exotic

‘Exotic’ is another’s culture.

Exotic: originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country. Late 16th centuryvia Latin from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’.

Pure consciousness is nothing foreign. All appearances are merely a reminder that this moment is empty cognisance. Once this is understood, experienced and realised, compassion automatically arises for those who are in ignorance of their true reality, seeking something more exotic and interesting.

Rather than mystifying, captivating and exciting the mind, our conduct needs to be commensurate with any situation. We are exactly where we need to be to realise our enlightened state, right here, right now.

Realisation can be displaced by our fascination with the exotic, when we follow but don’t know why. Conscience is the morality of knowing right from wrong, while not letting our personal likes and dislikes – which are due to previous experiences – take the place of conscience.

Karma is simply ‘conscience’. This may seem confusing as, in the moment now, there is no right and wrong, but here, we are dealing with the attitude that we carry around with us.

As there are levels of understanding, we have to remember that something which seems negative to one person is wisdom to another, and vice versa. What is called ‘crazy wisdom’ is a sudden moment of no man’s land – pure consciousness – but that has nothing to do with taking advantage of others. 🙂

Just following exotic customs and mannerisms in spiritual set-ups without having them explained can be confusing, and detrimental to our progress.

Exotic words can be mesmerising, and excite the mind
when, in essence:
trekcho is making effort – cutting through thoughts.
togyal is effortless – direct, clear perception.

My personal experience when receiving the instruction into the direct nature of consciousness was …
“Is that all?”
“So what was all that other stuff about?”
Oh … culture.
😀