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what most people usually identify as their mind, is not Mahāmudrā. Mahāmudrā teaches that
while thoughts arise, they are not essential to primordial awareness. You do not need thoughts to
define who you are, because your true nature is beyond them. With focused awareness, you
concentrate on your own consciousness so deeply that you pass beyond your identification with
the outer displays of your mind into its inner essence.
As your troubling thoughts fall to the side, your mind’s own inner completeness and your Innate
perfection gradually arises. From the state of thought-free awareness, your mind sees its own
original nature as infinite light and wisdom. And, once you recognize the true nature of your own
mind, you recognize all appearances as having that very same true nature. Mahāmudrā is the
direct awareness of ultimate reality – the primal source of wisdom, love, and power – and at the
very same time seeing all appearances as its sacred, erotic and creative play. By seeing reality
clearly, you attain inner awakening.
Part of the greatness of Mahāmudrā is the sheer speed in which you can realize it. In the
Mahāyāna path, attaining the direct perception of reality takes eons. In Mahāmudrā, however, it
happens very quickly, arising as a result of sexual yoga. You can then cultivate this direct
perception within a single lifetime into complete enlightenment. Once you attain the view,
Mahāmudrā is also easy, and can be practiced while doing any activity. It is an exciting and
utterly life-changing practice. Saraha shares with delight, “Through mere recognition, living
beings are utterly freed.” It is the fastest solution to all your problems.
And, Mahāmudrā is juicy! As Saraha explains, Mahāmudrā is not just a dry perceptual shift in
your awareness, but an opportunity to “savor yourself fully in the Innate.” It is the most intimate
of embraces. Your troubling thought patterns are released, and the divine nectar of immortality
flows blissfully. Mahāmudrā is called the Great Consort - Saraha calls Her the “Yoginī” and the
“Lady of Erotic Play” (Vilāsinī), because She really loves you. She is waiting patiently for your
flirtatious advances. Mahāmudrā is the ecstatic embrace of the Totality, and She embraces you
lovingly and blissfully. She is the best of all lovers, the source of all eroticism. She is inner
wholeness and well being, the unity of tranquility and creative, dynamic power. In Her embrace,
you know vivaciously who you really are. She gives you the ultimate gift: you see before your
own eyes that everything is sacred, and you embrace everything.
Mahāmudrā is falling in love with reality. Reality is alive, it pulses with glory, it has nothing to
do with the unreality of suffering. Mahāmudrā returns you to the all-nurturing juiciness of what
is real. Buddhism is often regarded as a sytem for “taming” the mind. But in Mahāmudrā you
“untame” it, and release its raw and wild power. Mahāmudrā is the final step on the Tantric path
– it is the return and integration. Once you attain union with the Clear Light, you return to the
world of appearances motivated by great love and erotic passion. You enjoy the world fully, and
joyously liberate all beings.
The Hevajra Tantra is the fundamental text for Mahāmudrā, and it is upon this work that one
must rely to understand fully the original path of the Indian siddhas. These teachings are utterly
different from the teachings later created in Tibet, which were thoroughly desexualized to serve
the needs of the monastic communities. In doing so, however, the Tibetans created a method that
is so weakened that the Indian siddhas would not have recognized it as Mahāmudrā at all.
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