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Alright, so after digging into many meditation books and reflecting on non-duality, I present to you my summary of
The Four Naljors of Aro gTér
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The Four Naljors of Aro gTér
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Shi-né
End result: state of mindful presence without mental content
Practice: sit with your eyes almost closed, maintain mindfulness, if you find yourself & #39;doing& #39; anything, let go
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End result: state of mindful presence without mental content
Practice: sit with your eyes almost closed, maintain mindfulness, if you find yourself & #39;doing& #39; anything, let go
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Lhatong
End result: state of mindful presence with mental content
Practice: sit with your eyes open, focus on space, maintain mindfulness, if you find yourself & #39;doing& #39; anything, let go
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End result: state of mindful presence with mental content
Practice: sit with your eyes open, focus on space, maintain mindfulness, if you find yourself & #39;doing& #39; anything, let go
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Nyi-méd
End result: experiential discovery of mindful presence as being the ONLY experiential component that& #39;s always present in either state
Practice: cycle between states (end results) of shi-né and lhatong
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End result: experiential discovery of mindful presence as being the ONLY experiential component that& #39;s always present in either state
Practice: cycle between states (end results) of shi-né and lhatong
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Lhundrüp
End result: off-cushion maintenance of the state of mindful, open presence
Practice: off-cushion maintenance of the state of mindful, open presence
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End result: off-cushion maintenance of the state of mindful, open presence
Practice: off-cushion maintenance of the state of mindful, open presence
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And that& #39;s all there is to it, folks!
I couldn& #39;t find a complete set of instructions, all in one place, written in clear prose, without all the spiritual and poetic metaphors, so I decided to do it myself.
All mistakes and errors are on me.
Use at your own risk.
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I couldn& #39;t find a complete set of instructions, all in one place, written in clear prose, without all the spiritual and poetic metaphors, so I decided to do it myself.
All mistakes and errors are on me.
Use at your own risk.
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You might also want to check out the notes I posted for each of the practices as replies to their respective tweets. They contain a few additional clarifications and descriptions that you will find useful (especially for lhatong!)
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You know what, my description of the end result of nyi-méd has a wrong emphasis (& #39;ONLY& #39; is more in the style of Advaita). In dzogchen the important insight would be noticing the non-duality of emptiness and form, which is what& #39;s described in the notes for nyi-méd. My bad.
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& #39;Presence is the ONLY thing that stays constant throughout experience& #39; is AFAIK one of the pointers that& #39;s used in Advaita non-dual traditions to point out your true Self as being awareness, which is stylistically and philosophically different from Buddhist ideas such as no-self.
Kinda.
