Continue in the view

 

We have described some false meditations where we are actually not in the natural state. What is it that we can do? Just staying in a bright sense of presence continuously, without grasping for anything, brings us a feeling of unspeakable bliss.

 

We will continue to see all the mountains, lakes, trees, houses, people and so on that exist in the world, but we will not be distracted by anything we see or hear. We stay in a sense of presence (rig-pa) that is bright and clear, like a mirror reflecting all these same things in the world, but not affected by or changing what it reflects. We become like this mirror.

 

It will be the same whether we reflect something in the human world, as we do now, or the hell realms reflecting the «Pretaloka», the «Asuraloka», the «Devaloka» or whatever. All of them are just reflections and they make no changes or modifications to our natural state.

 

No matter what circumstances or worlds we find ourselves in, we are without expectation or changes. We are what we are, the natural state that is like a mirror. It is clear and empty and yet it reflects everything, all possible existences and all possible lifetimes.

 

But it never changes and it doesn't depend on anything else. It's just itself and nothing special. Even if the mind finds itself dull, sleepy, or restless, the natural state is in no way disturbed or altered by it. So there is nothing here that needs to be removed and nothing that needs to be cleaned in a special way.

 

This is, for example, like the sun in the sky. She appears natural; no special work or effort is required. She is like a lamp illuminating a dark room; she does that effortlessly. It is simply the nature of the sun or lamp to illuminate. There is nothing special to do to remove the darkness. This is the pure view of Dzogchen.