Recalling Chogyam Trungpa by Midal Fabrice

Author:Midal, Fabrice [Midal, Fabrice]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2010-09-28T03:00:00+00:00

There is a natural flow of communication from the inner to the outer sphere and vice versa. Both the flow and the space are completely neutral since they are not biased toward enlightenment or unenlightenment, or toward Self or Other. There is a natural play between the two wisdoms, the wisdom of Self and the wisdom of Other, and formless meditation enables us to participate in this play.

There is also a confused view of the process, a process based on the three kleshas (emotional poisons) of aggression, grasping, and confusion. When the outer sphere is internalized it becomes aggression, when the inner sphere is externalized it becomes grasping, and confusion arises from uncertainty about the boundary.

Buddhism may be said to consist solely in making the distinction between truth and reality on the one hand and the projections of materialism and solipsism on the other. Solipsism is the projection of the outer sphere into the inner sphere, creating a sense of an ego-centered universe where my perceptions are all that exist; the wisdom of Other is denied and the wisdom of Self transformed into ego. Usually the projection of the external sphere into the internal is incomplete, some genuine connections remaining. It is important to realize that it is our solipsistic projections of the outer into the inner sphere that produce the sense that the realities of love, wisdom, and compassion are simply private, personal, internal affairs, rather than powerful, living qualities from their own side.

There is also the projection of the inner sphere into the outer sphere to be considered. This creates the belief in externally existing egos and a graspable external world. If we were able to rely completely on the wisdom of Self, the indestructible sense of truth within the inner sphere, there would be no problem. However, the sense of truth is not apprehended clearly enough and projections occur.

The seeming irreversibility of apparent confusion is inevitable, due to the natural power of conviction, coupled with one’s own egocentricity. By means of this same power of conviction, liberation from projections also occurs. However, the conviction must be transmitted from the wisdom of Other in the form of an external wise and loving person, the guru. Enlightenment is simply allowing the projections to return to their own spheres, when of course they cease to be projections.

It is a sad thing to think that in some quarters the tantras, and in particular mahamudra and even maha ati are treated as merely one’s own mind, and that the external world is viewed as an irrelevance. This one-sided approach bodes ill for the future of Buddhism, particularly in the West.

POINTING OUT THE TRUTH

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