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y directly perceiving its essential nature as primordial wisdom and bliss. As you perceive this,
all appearances take on their true qualities of wisdom and bliss. Each of the levels of Mahāmudrā
give you some degree of ability to self-liberate obscurations. But at the fouth and highest level
this ability becomes intensely strong, continuous, and effortless.
Thoughts and emotions no longer vex you - they are seen themselves as possessing the pure
nature of your own mind. You discover that everything is pure and perfect just as it is. Emotions
and thoughts are welcome arisings that you warmly delight in. You use them to see the power of
the Clear Light within them - not to abandon them as mere delusion, but to embrace them as
primordially pure and perfect. While clouds covering the sun is a common metaphor for
suffering in the philosophy of Buddha Essence, the Tantric view is that the clouds themselves are
pure. Ānandavajra shares wisely, “In the pure expanse of sky, pure clouds arise and dissolve.”
The clouds are already pure - just see them as so.
When you see into the true nature of whatever emotions or thoughts you suffer from, they
naturally self-liberate. In this way, all bondage (bandhana) is its own release (nivṛiti). The
poisons become their own remedy.” Every emotion and thought that rises is seen as a buddha,
and this very act liberates it into its own perfection. In the Mahāyāna, poison is purified by its
antidote. In the Vajrayāna, poison, seen in its true nature as bliss and wisdom, is the antidote.
The Universality of Nondual Yoga
Nondual yoga is by no means exclusive to Tantric Buddhism. In Hinduism, it is found in the
Vedas, the Upaniṣads, Vedānta and Kashmir Śaivism. In Buddhism, the teachings of the Middle
Way, Mind Only, Buddha Essence, and Zen are all nondual yogas. In Taoism, the essence of the
path is nondual yoga. The Western mystical systems are often the same, as the writings of the
Christian Gnostics, Meister Eckhart, Al-Hallaj, and Jewish Kabbalah teach nondual yoga.
Nonduality is a universal path and goal.
Dance in the Great Bliss
Seeing reality clearly, you spontaneously act as primordial wisdom arises through you.
Everything you do is pure and perfect. The Great Bliss burns away your remaining karmic
obscurations, which never had any substantive reality anyway as they arose purely from
ignorance and illusion. You realize that you are both unchanging ultimate reality and a
miraculous display of its creative power. The bliss of your mind’s true nature greatly intensifies
the enjoyment of appearances. The final step is to meditate while remaining in the Great Bliss.
The master Saraha advises, “Purify in utmost Great Bliss, and perfection will follow.” His
disciple Śabara spent twelve years maintaining a blissful, thought-free state before he fully
accomplished Mahāmudrā and attained complete enlightenment. You bathe your awareness in
the vast expanse of pure appearances as they arise from pure primordial wisdom. Seeing
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