There’s A Danger When Talking About Truth

There’s a danger when talking about truth 
– and that includes this blog.

When we talk about ultimate truth, this isn’t the truth. The truth is personal discovery, uncovering our actual reality through experience. When talking about the Dharma, people may adhere to the theory that their true self is an eternal soul beyond the mind. This isn’t the empirical truth, but it leaves the viewer with an idea about which they can salivate.

We cannot watch a video or read a book and get it.

This is how Mara works; it finds our weaknesses – our desire to want to know (a mental activity) rather than applying the raw discipline of letting go, where we realise our true reality. Reality is not a polished, well-informed presentation. Practice is knowing the presence of reality, in both pleasant and unpleasant situations, seeing when we have fallen into a dream state and using that experience. Behind the scenes is Mara, which doesn’t want to be identified but wants us to identify with ‘actors’ or A.I. 

We have to know the difference between the imitation and the real thing.

The truth is pure knowingness without a knower.
Even the idea of a self and a Self is an illusion.

The ultimate truth is an extremely subtle event.
We cannot watch a video or read a book and get it.

This is why, 2,500 years ago, the Buddha said, 
“Don’t take my word for the truth; test it for yourself.”