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Effortless and Gapless Luminosity

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J: http://actualfreedom.com.au/…/ar…/thismomentofbeingalive.htm

Me: Focus on the insight of anatta in the two stanzas*. The rest will follow. The pce (pure consciousness experience) is an effortless everyday experience for me. Even now sitting at a food court waiting for food everything is experienced as vivid luminous aliveness - sights-sounds-smells, without self/Self.

Even after a tiring day at work, the gapless vivid luminosity simply does not “turn off”. It is not the result of effort but a natural ongoing actualising of insight.

By over-emphasising on the experience, the AF fail to bring out the key that makes PCE effortless.

J: Effortlessness is a key element in my practice. Thank you for confirming.

Me: It’s really about letting insight sink in. When the insight sinks in you cannot “turn it off” even if you want to. Until then, effort cannot help but arise. Contemplating to let insight arise is important.

There has to be realization that the stuff of transience is the very radiance of Awareness and the very radiance of Awareness is none other than the stuff of transience.

(There are some good articles in the AFT website, but it's not necessary to become a hardcore follower of their doctrines or dogmas)

* two stanzas of anatta: https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2009/03/on-anatta-emptiness-and-spontaneous.html

Comments

Aditya said…
I find it interesting when authors emphasize biology. It reads to me like a view of physical inherency.
Soh said…
Yes and that is the danger due to not comprehending dependent origination and emptiness.

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