Some talk as if awakening is somehow “permanent”.
I understand why.
When the noticing is here and stable, it seems obvious and unmissable. It seems it will never go away.
Time happens within and as what we are, so how could this go away?
Also, some may go into the thought that it’s permanent to find comfort. They want it to stay, so they tell themselves it will.
And yet, is it true?
Permanence is the story of a future.
I cannot know.
So for me, it’s more peaceful to hold it lightly and keep it open.
Also, I know that there is often an awakening shift, then it goes away (which can be experienced as one kind of dark night), and then it’s refound in a different and more thorough way.
IS AWAKENING “PERMANENT”?
Some talk as if awakening is somehow “permanent”.
I understand why.
When the noticing is here and stable, it seems obvious and unmissable. It seems it will never go away.
Time happens within and as what we are, so how could this go away?
Also, some may go into the thought that it’s permanent to find comfort. They want it to stay, so they tell themselves it will.
And yet, is it true?
Permanence is the story of a future.
I cannot know.
So for me, it’s more peaceful to hold it lightly and keep it open.
Also, I know that there is often an awakening shift, then it goes away (which can be experienced as one kind of dark night), and then it’s refound in a different and more thorough way.