this particular passage from the a poem written by the 2nd dalai lama is particularly relevant to my own concerns. you help me to see the great inner enemy, the I-grasping habit that sees things as real, and to see its limitless harmful effects. you also showed me how to destory it; so now everything manifest in the the sphere of perception effortlessly arises within the path of the void. yet you did not let me fall into nihilism, but pointed out to me the relevance of how all the things that appear, though mere labels, nonetheless […]

i think the lesson of the moment is repetition of mistakes. this is the 4 time i’ve tried to start this entry and i know there is a meaning this action. but i am not going to get into that at this time because it would be boring as what am i am about to write. certainly, i can describe how i feel after having spent 8 days and saying less than 200 words. but i don’t think people will understand the nature of the experience. it’s want of those, you have to a “direct experience” and […]