Also See: Tara and "Manifestation"

Told a friend:

Do you remember when I told you that after awakening, fear loses its grip? I mentioned that even when I look down from a tall building, I don't feel that fear anymore.

Well, here’s what that means: This "fear" arises from a tight, contracted holding pattern. It’s like the infinite space of consciousness folding in on itself, with attention congealing into a fixed center-point that feels separate from the world. The more your attention collapses into the illusion of "I, me, mine," the more you experience suffering and fear, which in turn feeds that very pattern of contracted energy.

The key, then, is to learn how to relax and release this tight grip and the tendency to congeal into a separate self and a fixed center-point. Allow thoughts of the past and future to fade away. Let your present awareness expand into the boundless, infinite space that already includes the entire world. In reality, this is its natural state; we just fail to see it because we cling so tightly to the illusion of a separate self. When you let go, fear dissolves, because there's no longer a small, separate self inside that feels it needs protection from a dangerous outside world.

When you're eating dinner, for instance, simply release yourself into the entirety of experience. Fully enjoy the simple, direct, and brilliant colors, smells, and tastes of the food. You'll notice an intense brightness and luminosity in everything. This is the radiance of your own pristine awareness—joyful and blissful. Everything unfolds as a brilliant, marvelous display of this pristine consciousness.

I know this can sound difficult, and it does take time and practice. In the meantime, you can start with a simple practice: chanting Tara (Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha). When you chant, try not to be anxious about the past or future. Just chant with faith and confidence, trusting Tara to help you, and don't worry about anything else. Simply meditate and release your sense of a false, illusory, separate self into the pure act of chanting. Continue until only the universe is chanting and exerting itself as chanting, with no separate "you" doing the chanting.

You release your worries, your grasping, and your self-contraction, and you let Tara take over.

你还记得我曾告诉过你，开悟（开悟）之后，恐惧就失去了它的掌控力吗？我提到过，就算我从高楼往下看，也再感觉不到那种恐惧了。

这么说吧，这其中的意思是：这种“恐惧”源于一种紧绷、收缩的执着模式。它就像意识的无限空间向内自我折叠，注意力也随之凝固成一个感觉上与世界相分离的固定中心点。你的注意力越是塌缩进那个“我、我的”幻象中，你所体验到的痛苦和恐惧就越深，而这反过来又滋养了那个收缩的能量模式本身。

所以，关键就在于要学会如何放松，去释放掉这种紧抓不放的执着，以及那种固化为一个分离自我与中心点的倾向。让关于过去和未来的念头都消散。让你当下的觉知扩展开来，融入那片本已包罗整个世界的无垠空间。实际上，这才是它的自然状态；我们只是因为太紧地执着于一个虚幻的分离自我，才没能看见这个实相。当你放手时，恐惧便会消融，因为那个感觉需要保护自己、以对抗危险外界的小我已不复存在了。

比方说，当你吃晚餐时，就把自己全然地释放、融入到那份整体的体验中去。去充分享受食物那简单、直接而又鲜亮的色、香、味。你会注意到，万事万物中都有一种强烈的明亮和光芒。这就是你自己那纯净觉知的光辉——喜悦而又极乐。一切都作为这份纯净意识的、灿烂而奇妙的展现而自然地发生着。

我知道这听起来可能很难，而且确实需要时间和练习。在此期间，你可以从一个简单的修持开始：念诵度母心咒 (Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha)。当你念诵时，试着不为过去或未来而焦虑。只管带着信心去念诵，相信度母会帮助你，别的什么都别担心。纯粹地去禅修，并将你那虚假、虚幻的分离自我感，释放到纯粹的念诵行为中。继续念下去，直到唯有宇宙本身在念诵，其存在与运作即是念诵，再没有一个分离的“你”作为念诵者。

你放下你的忧虑、你的执取、你的自我收缩，然后，让度母来接管一切。