Is there Mind to mind transmission ?

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Teaching nonduality—sharing the ultimate medicine

 

 

Nondual awareness—what is also called " buddhamind, " " suchness, " " just

this, " " original wisdom " and many other names—is the most precious

space that a person can realize. To rest and live in this space is the

ultimate medicine because here there is no sense of lack or

deficiency. No matter how things are; no matter what sensations are

arising in the body, no matter what is being thought, or where we are

in terms of health or material resources, nothing more is needed . We

live from a space that can't be enhanced or improved because " here " no

one needs anything.

 

 

Nondual awareness is the most precious resource available to every

human being and for humanity at large; especially as we negotiate our

way through this critical phase of human history. There's no question

that the most efficient way to demand less from our delicate

environment is to discover the space of authentic self-sufficiency,

and live more thoroughly from a place where we're nourished and

fulfilled by awareness itself.

 

 

Every day, some people awake in a selfless recognition of their

fundamental nature — a sphere of awareness through which life

moves—without this being shown to them by a teacher. There are

innumerable cases of spontaneous realization throughout human history.

But in the majority of cases people come to this recognition through a

connection with an Advaita master, Zen practice, the instructions of a

Dzogchen lama, working with Western non-aligned teachers, nondual

therapists, or timeless texts that directly point to awareness itself.

 

 

But don't I need to be realized before sharing nondual awareness?

 

 

Some people feel that it's impossible to learn how to cultivate and

transmit nondual awareness. They hold that it arises without any

causes. At one level this is true. Nothing can bring " this " into

being, because " nothing " is being created. " This " is always, already

here. Still, the wisdom of the " pristine self-sufficient purity of

this moment " has also been consciously transmitted, at least from the

time when the Buddha held up a flower and the great Kashyapa received

a direct transmission of a contentless wisdom revealing the nature of

consciousness itself.

 

 

Nondual awareness has been consciously revealed in the minds of

hundreds of thousands of people through self inquiry, koans, clear

seeing or vipashyana, and pointing out events. These methods first

entered the West 50 years or so ago. Today, half a century later, a

significant number of Westerners are maturing as authentic agents for

nondual transmission.

 

 

While the mind-to-mind transmission of pure awareness goes beyond all

agency and contrivance, it's possible to see how transmission happens,

and use a broad palette of tools and sensitivities to awaken this in

others. If someone has a clear recognition of the centerless space of

nondual awareness and are naturally gifted to share at this level,

it's definitely possible to refine the capacity for nondual

transmission and extend the reach of the field in which this happens.

 

 

Many forms of nondual inquiry

 

 

There are many forms of nondual inquiry. Indian Mahayana, Zen, Advaita

and Dzogchen all have their preferred methods. Some approaches are

confrontational, others are gentle. Some are incremental, others are

sudden. Some methods lend themselves to group entrainment, others are

more suited to a one-on-one, dokusan-type of exchange. Some approaches

build on a foundation of contemplative serenity, others cut through

intellectualization in swift, robust dialogues.

 

from NDS http://www.nondualtraining.com