The Hypnosis of Perception

The fact is we are enlightened already! There is nothing nothing we need to learn or aquire that is not already there.  So what are we doing in the process of awakening?  We are unlearning and clearing that which blocks our ability to be what we are.

That which blocks this ability has been call by many names in many mystical orders:

• In Buddhism they are the Three Poisons: Attachment, Averson, Delusion
• In Yoga they are the 5 Kleshas: Ignorance (avidya), Ego (asmita), Attachment to Pleasure (raga), Aversion to Pain (dvesa), Fear of Death (abhinivesah).
• My teacher Amin simply said that we have been hypnotized or conditioned into believeing we are something we are not.

How do we break the hypnosis?  By connecting with that part of ourselves that is free of these poisions. The contact must be direct, not intellectual. By making this connection eventually the real in us overcomes the unreal and we remember once again who and what we are!

Yes, this is a lifetime practice because awakening really never stops but as Ram Das once said, ultimately its the only dance there is.  This is the power and purpose of  Spiritual Practice, Meditation, Prayer, Zikr, Zazen, Yoga.