The Dark Ignorance Of Mind
Why ‘dark ignorance’? Thoughts contaminate and obscure the essence of mind, which is the light, the clarity of pure consciousness. This contamination of mind dulls us, and we—consciousness—then function in a mundane and predictable way.
When we are in this dark state, we are controlled by our emotions of likes and dislikes through ignoring our reality. Our likes and dislikes become more important to us than what we are.
The essence of mind is pure consciousness. It is the light that illumines the darkness. This why the term ‘enlightenment’ is used; the light in the mind is pure consciousness.
May confusion awaken as wisdom.
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. 
All well and good and I’ve heard myself saying much the same thing over the years. Try ‘not having a preference or aversion’ during the flu… or when one spends a week with one’s family. Lol
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Tony