Ultimate Truth
Ultimate truth – the clarity of consciousness – is ignored daily. We just don’t value the fact that we are fortunate to be here to realise this. It’s not a theory to believe in; it’s the essence of all sentient beings.
This clarity is omniscience, simply because consciousness which is uncontaminated knows the fundamental laws of the infinite universe: attraction, repulsion and inertia keep everything in motion, and the mind deluded.
These laws which capture consciousness do not change in the infinite timeless universe. They’re not inherently evil; they just are. Evil is using these laws to benefit ourselves. We usually think of our self as this body and mind, but the idea of self is a temporary state and, as such, is a mental ball and chain.
The ultimate truth is that these same gross laws – attraction, repulsion and inertia – can transform our being into enlightened activity when they are realised as emptiness, consciousness and compassion.
When we are self-obsessed, we lack compassion. Compassion arises because wisdom sees that beings have turned to the gross forms of these natural laws.
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. 