Fwd: Watching the clowds again. The Monkeys

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, " Era " <n0ndual@w...> wrote:

True Clarity

 

Clarity is looking from the state before confusion arises, Before

opinions or

compulsion arise. Paradoxically, clarity is being able to watch

confusion,

opinions, or compulsions, from the state before any of them arise.

 

The blue sky is independent of the billowing clouds, and this prior,

clear mind,

this Blue Sky Mind, doesn't get confused, even when clouds of

confusion are

present. Even if our logical mind has a problem with this, we still

have to

Return in order to understand.

 

Clarity. We just return over and over to this calm, unpressured Blue

Sky Mind.

 

We begin to see that it's always there even when apparently obscured

by passing

clouds. That's the way no matter what our practice might be.

 

-Maverick Sutras

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Zen teachers of all times share the common theme of attempting to

help students

realize their true nature.

Finding a true teacher today can be quite a challenge, but even in

days long ago

we find a similar situation <>there are teachers lost in their role

as teacher

and needing to teach for other reasons.

 

To develop inner clarity, wherein one sees without obstructions, is

one of our

challenges here. Whether in choosing a teacher to study with or

following a Way

that takes us in other directions, the same clarity is functioning

to help us.

 

Many people today are practicing alone and seeking a teacher. Others

are finding

a way to practice alone because finding a teacher of Yuanwu's

qualifications can

take years. Either way we all have within us Buddha nature, and

within Buddhism

we recognize that it is within everyone's ability to realize that

same inner

nature.

 

Finding the genuine pearls of wisdom to help here is where our inner

wisdom/clarity comes to the fore.

 

love, Era

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