Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Divine Wisdom Body

There are three skills that inspire, stabilize, and deepen the divine wisdom body: (1) visual attention or visualization, (2) symbolism or sacred body language, and (3) sacred pride -- being 110% identified and merged. Using these methods, we gain possession of our divine wisdom body, or as tradition says, "We steal the life-force of the buddhas."

So these methods bring about the spiritualization of the seductive, material world. Dematerialization often triggers deep-set psychological and ontological fears, such as the fear of extinction, the fear of emptiness, the fear of death, etc. It's likely at this stage that we will automatically defend and resist the process. This may manifest in the form of doubting the validity of the wisdom body, seeing it as escapist, as a pseudo-body, etc. These are the telltale signs of not knowing who we are in the moment. These are the very things that keep us trapped. Nothing is wrong with the theory of Lha sKu practice or with how we're doing it. Everything is actually working! It's just time to pay attention. Our Dharma vows obligate us to relate to these experiences so that we can find the gift and free ourselves limb by limb.

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