Belief And Awareness
Belief and awareness are not the same.
Belief is an idea in the mind that we accept without empirical experience.
Pure awareness is empirical experience.
Belief is an idea, a fantasy that gives rise to many opinions.
Pure awareness is pure perception, pure consciousness. It’s what we are in common, before ideas and beliefs.
Awareness can easily be mistaken for “I am aware”, which reveals that awareness has already been confused. This is why the term ‘pure’ is used as awareness isn’t contaminated with an I-identity. It is just awareness without any additions.
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. 