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I am a semi-retired psychotherapist/psychiatric social worker and certified hypnotherapist. Originally a practicing attorney, I changed careers during the 1980's. My interests include history, constitutional law, Hindustani classical music, yoga, meditation and spirituality.

Monday, March 07, 2011

Dzogchen Verse


In total presence, the nature of mind is like the sky,
where there is no duality, no distinction, no gradation,
there is no view nor meditation nor commitment to observe,
no diligent ideal conduct, no pristine awareness to unveil,
no training in stages and no path to tread,
no subtle realization, and no final union.
In the absence of judgment nothing is "sacred" or "profane,"
only a one-taste matrix, like the Golden Isle;
the self-sprung nature of mind is like the clear sky,
its nature an absence beyond all expression.
( Longchenpa, The Treasury of Natural Perfection )