Thu, 03 Sep 2009
Leave It Alone
The next verse of Ganges Mahamudra is:
Leave the polluted water of conceptual thoughts in its [natural] clarity. Without affirming or denying appearances, leave them as they are. When there is neither acceptance nor rejection, [mind] is liberated into mahamudra.
Usually we are busy judging and evaluating our meditation while it is happening. If there are a lot of thoughts and emotions, we think our meditation is going poorly and we are displeased. If thoughts are absent, we think our meditation is going well and we are pleased. Not only that, but we try to alter our thoughts to make our meditation better. We act as if we have two minds, one which is judging and correcting the other. All this dualistic thinking is obviously delusional. We don't have a scond mind and we should treat all such judgements and corrections the same as any other thoughts and simply observe them.
