TANTRIC-QUEST-Encounter-with-Absolute-Love

as soon as you've washed them down, as soon as you'vethrown the petals, you feel a great freshness - a divine,fragrant, completely open space. This is your own emptyconsciousness."Then comes the most difficult moment, much more difficulteven than abandoning your fear. When the temple isempty and resplendent, so that the light shimmers in it,the songs of the birds fill it, fragrances scent it, and moonbeamsmake it even more spacious, we congratulate ourselvesfor our wisdom and clear-sightedness, and we say toourselves, 'Now this place is absolutely pure. It's the perfectspot for storing the sublime teachings I've had accessto. In this temple, I'm going to store the most profoundproducts of wisdom to nourish my consciousness.'"At first, you feel wonderfully well. You introduce greatand beautiful notions, a pure ideal, brilliant teachings. Thewhole universe seems glad to take part in your plan. Littleby little, you build yourself a very beautiful world theory,and you perfect your knowledge. Nevertheless, thingsgradually and imperceptibly change. At first you don't notice.You cling to the idea that there is only the sublime inthe temple; nevertheless, already you don't feel completelyat ease there any longer, especially since you want to seeothers conform to this dearly won truth. Already you beginto exercise violence against others and yourselves."One night, in your sleep, you believe you hear a voice,then two, then ten or twenty, and in the morning whenyou wake up, you see that all the little gray men are backin the temple. You listen to their whispering, quiet at first,then more and more obtrusive. To gain entry they'vewatched for opportunities to attach themselves to the46