Dzogchen meditation uses the term "the View" to describe awakened perception. S.R. uses an analogy of living in a house atop the highest mountain in the world, towering above all else, and suddenly the walls and roof disappear: the View manifests! It was there all along. I would only add that viewer and view dissolve into viewing alone. Perhaps the body-mind drops through a trapdoor and rolls down the mountain, never to be seen again?
"The masters stress that to stabilize the View in meditation, it is essential, first of all, to accomplish this practice in a special environment of retreat, where all the favorable conditions are present; midst the distractions and busyness of the world, however much you meditate, true experience will not be born in your mind....If you are unable to continue that flow at all times and in all situations, mixing your practice with everyday life, it will not serve as a remedy when unfavorable circumstances arise, and you will be led astray into delusion by thoughts and emotions." S.R.
This bears out my own experience in retirement. The View has quickened and now exerts a subtle magnetism, ever drawing me back to it (except when the Market crashes, like today...hmmm...work to be done yet). However, had I not imposed a daily discipline of meditation and study, even a modicum of it, I would not be as ripe for progress as I find myself today. And I had a few glimpses of the View during those years of tumult, despite adverse conditions. The carrot appeared for just a few moments before it, too, faded away--long enough to shore up my faith. No matter what conditions you find yourself, at all cost start the ball rolling, now.
"The masters stress that to stabilize the View in meditation, it is essential, first of all, to accomplish this practice in a special environment of retreat, where all the favorable conditions are present; midst the distractions and busyness of the world, however much you meditate, true experience will not be born in your mind....If you are unable to continue that flow at all times and in all situations, mixing your practice with everyday life, it will not serve as a remedy when unfavorable circumstances arise, and you will be led astray into delusion by thoughts and emotions." S.R.
This bears out my own experience in retirement. The View has quickened and now exerts a subtle magnetism, ever drawing me back to it (except when the Market crashes, like today...hmmm...work to be done yet). However, had I not imposed a daily discipline of meditation and study, even a modicum of it, I would not be as ripe for progress as I find myself today. And I had a few glimpses of the View during those years of tumult, despite adverse conditions. The carrot appeared for just a few moments before it, too, faded away--long enough to shore up my faith. No matter what conditions you find yourself, at all cost start the ball rolling, now.
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