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EXAMINE the nature of Unborn Awareness
DIR By: Bari
Date: February 12, 2021, 9:02 am
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To Examine: inspect (someone or something) in detail to
determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
Last night after our class I stood in front of the television
and heard something that made my heart immediately grip and
begin to harden. I stood with that feeling for a moment watching
it, sensing it and finding space in it. The 'armor' that Pema
talks about so resonates with me. And she is right..... it isn't
really there even though I feel it so powerfully. I felt myself
soften, expand beyond my hardening heart. I grew bigger in some
way. For a slight moment. A smile arose.
I know I am conditioned since I was a child to be responsive in
a certain way to particular positions or points of view. It is
so much of who I am which is painfully clear the more I practice
and train. And I did see - in that tiny moment - that there was
the opportunity patiently waiting for me, if I applied myself to
it, to find something that is also present - more present at
that moment if I put my attention to it. It takes a lot to do
that. Literally putting on the brakes which takes a lot of
effort from me and courage at times. But it also seems to take
nothing at all. Just a conscious effort over and over again
which a part of me doesn't want to do.... wants to keep me from
doing.
I can't help wondering and wanting to know and experience what
would happen if I was not the person brought up to be angry at
certain information and positions? Or threatened by them? What
would happen if my heart was not so ready to harden before I
even feel it beat?
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Re: EXAMINE the nature of Unborn Awareness
DIR By: EvelynCanno
Date: February 12, 2021, 2:28 pm
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“Space is primordial; there was never a time before space came
into being. Therefore we say that space is “unborn.” In the same
way, our mind, our “awareness, is primordial. Because we can
never find our awareness, we can’t say there was ever a time
when our awareness didn’t exist and was then born. This is the
meaning of “unborn awareness.”
Excerpt From
The Intelligent Heart
Dzigar Kongtrul
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Re: EXAMINE the nature of Unborn Awareness
DIR By: Newt0322
Date: February 18, 2021, 10:42 am
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This is a very cool concept. Thank you for sharing the quote.
I am new to exploring Buddhist philosophy and meditation and
likely read things too literally or within a scientific
framework ( I am working on getting past this "hindrance').
Some might question the premise that space has always existed.
If you are a "Big Bang" proponent, then our Universe began at
that point. All existing matter and energy in the Universe had
its birth in that event
Humans and all else are truly made of
stardust. In a sense, can consciousness be considered as
similarly having its origins in this event? Unborn awareness
then becomes a contemplation (meditation) of the time before
matter existed. I like to think of things in this way because
it connects me in a fundamental manner to the Universe that
surrounds me and the continuity of time.
I recognize that my thoughts are concrete and may not be
applicable to the slogan, but wanted to share them nevertheless.
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Re: EXAMINE the nature of Unborn Awareness
DIR By: Newt0322
Date: February 18, 2021, 10:57 am
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Also, Bari. I have been trying your suggestion of contemplating
the I or ME that exists in the moment of waking. The "I" is
often the person who existed in my dream. There is also that
time when we are not quite asleep but not awake. My self concept
is then an awareness (or lack thereof) of a potential ME. A ME
that is rooted in both dream and what I consider reality.
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