How Realisation Works

Realisation is an evolving process, while belief is static; it’s at the end before we even start. When we let go of belief, we are in no-man’s-land, and that is the beginning of realising our true potential. 

When we realise the Buddha’s words, “Do not take my words for the truth; test them for yourself”, we are in no-man’s-land, no-word-land. Words are not the actual truth; they are a simulation to give us direction, but they’re not actual experience. If we don’t let go of intellectualisation, we remain in a constant fixture in the mind, rather than in the wisdom of actual liberation, where we don’t fear contact with any situation.

Wisdom is realising that, no matter what happens, pure perception is ever-present, and therefore distractions which obscure pure perception are recognised as illusions. We can now smell Mara at work – the art of deception, with unwitting participants. 

As solitary practitioners, we do not waste time on formal texts or hearsay, as these are incomplete truth. If we want to give more power to this observation … an incomplete truth is a lie. This recognition maintains our path. 

Do we think that enlightenment is a guessing game?