Nungali Posted yesterday at 08:33 PM everything is not perfect ..... down at Bondi beach 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve Posted yesterday at 09:19 PM 12 hours ago, cake1234566 said: I think that this post is an excellent point about incorrect practice especially as it relates to western students When "everything is perfect" is taken on faith rather than a culmination of practice, it creates a sort of deluded toxic positivity mindset where people can actually start to feel guilt from the fact that they experience suffering Realizing the ground nature of reality is inherently without flaw (eventually) is a pretty common stage in most religions, but as most intellectualized reports of stages of practice, it can super easily taken the wrong way if it gets cargo cult'd The other problem is that this deluded mindset can be a source of abusive behavior. There is a dzogchen saying that states 'the view should be as broad as the sky but the conduct as fine as barley powder.' When behavior comes from a genuine connection to the source, there is little or no possibility of abusive behavior. When it comes from the deluded mind, bad actors misbehave. These are some of the reasons why the dzogchen path was kept so secretive for so long, there is a higher potential for misunderstanding, and related abuse, than with other paths. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
