' Liberation '...

"Liberation is already dancing on the stage, or the platform, of our consciousness.

How can we experience that right now? Is there a method?

Actually there are many methods.

One method is expressed in this very old saying: “Rest in the natural state of mind.” This method is powerful, dynamic, and transformative.

“Rest,” of course, has many meanings, but here “rest” does not mean simply ordinary rest.

It does not mean just sitting on the sofa with our feet on the coffee table.

Not that kind of resting, but a deep resting.

Here resting means stopping all of mind’s effort, including the effort of seeking, meditating, analyzing, and trying to hold on to something.

It isn’t trying to get rid of or achieve something.

We just let go of all of mind’s effort and be in the natural state of mind and we don’t have to figure out what that is.

That’s the good news.

We are no longer the responsible agent who is going to make sure that enlightenment is going to arise on time.

That’s a big relief, isn’t it?"


-Dzogchen teacher Anam Thubten