QUESTION:
what is meant by “luminosity and emptiness?”
ANSWER:
It is a tragic mistake to confuse a metaphor…
with a literal statement.
But sadly, that is what has happened
throughout the ages.
Folks have confused the visualizations
of the Completion-stage meditations
with the Great completion stage’s
spontaneous exploration of both awareness {or “Rigpa” as they say in Tibet}
and it’s ultimate, non-graspable nature.
So no, in this context the great Tibetan saint { Karma Chagme } was NOT referring to
the Completion stage’s practice
of contriving a visualization depicting:
the universe Impermanently dissolving into rainbow light…
that interdependently absorbs into this world and it’s denizens;
which, then too, Impermanently dissolves into more rainbow light
that then interdependently absorbs into “my” body of light
in the aspect of four armed Chenrezig…
and the denizens of his body mandala;
which also Impermanently dissolves into rainbow light
that interdependently absorbs into “my” crown center
in the aspect of a white, mustard seed sized, letter “H”;
that also Impermanently melts into light
that interdependently absorbs into the limitless expanse
of vast space’s infinite openness.
Nope, although that visualization is a fun tool
that reconciles both causality with impermanence,
it is still a contrivance.
Whereas the exploration of “Luminosity and Emptiness”
{or the practice of Lucidity and Letting-go that could also known as
Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Zen or even Vipassana}
is an exercise in spontaneity.
You see during the IN-breath we are passively noticing
whatever is piercing our sphere of awareness in the moment and then…
during the OUT-breath
we simply let-go of that observation.
This is NOT an intellectual process as much as a visceral one,
and while Awareness and Letting-go could be profoundly beneficial
it is NO substitute for:
• Devotion and letting-go,
• Compassion and letting-go or even
• Love and letting-go.
So let us practice each of Buddha’s yogas of: Devotion, Awareness, Love and Letting-go; in the easiest, most productive manner!
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May you and yours be
happy and healthy!
Om Mani Padme Hum,
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