I tried it over the last few days. A surprising effect is the almost "Ctulhu" awe / grandure / alienness vibe that experience acquires. All meaning is outside, it is grand and unknowable, internal skies are just a play of light in a crystal cought up in a tornado. Enjoyed it a lot!
Thanks for this wonderful poetic portrayal of non-duality - I love the inversion of skies. It really spoke to me, and the practice of "selfing" and "spaciousness" let the illusion of separation dance into the sunset.
As an aside, if you haven't, I recommend reading Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara
"There is a quiet bliss in this union, a bliss of freedom from existential concern about what is happening, combined with the power of complete, clear, engagement with what is happening."
This is very beautifully expressed! I'd perhaps add that the quiet bliss is not only the result of the lack of grasping and resulting freedom of engagement (to paraphrase the above). It's also the expression of the empty luminosity that is our groundless ground. Resting in this ground there is this love/bliss as a natural radiance. It neither needs creating, nor does it come or go.
I tried it over the last few days. A surprising effect is the almost "Ctulhu" awe / grandure / alienness vibe that experience acquires. All meaning is outside, it is grand and unknowable, internal skies are just a play of light in a crystal cought up in a tornado. Enjoyed it a lot!
That is a beautiful poetic description I can absolutely relate to!
Thanks for this wonderful poetic portrayal of non-duality - I love the inversion of skies. It really spoke to me, and the practice of "selfing" and "spaciousness" let the illusion of separation dance into the sunset.
As an aside, if you haven't, I recommend reading Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara
"There is a quiet bliss in this union, a bliss of freedom from existential concern about what is happening, combined with the power of complete, clear, engagement with what is happening."
This is very beautifully expressed! I'd perhaps add that the quiet bliss is not only the result of the lack of grasping and resulting freedom of engagement (to paraphrase the above). It's also the expression of the empty luminosity that is our groundless ground. Resting in this ground there is this love/bliss as a natural radiance. It neither needs creating, nor does it come or go.
Thanks again.