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we live in a very toxic world..... mentally and physically.... both need to be detoxed... to detox physically we need a high fiber diet and plenty of citrus juices.... to detox mentally we need to focus on the present.... and regulate the things we feed our minds..... in gnosticism it is recommended to stay way from negative impressions since they pollute the mind.... i.e. violence in films and t.v., things that exicte the senses, etc. eventually when a person begins to regulate their mental and physical food.... a slow change comes about....calm abiding begins to settle into the person... drugs will only put you into a stupor....and damage your health in the long run.... daily meditation practice is very good also.....it helps establish patterns of peace and tranquility..... anxiety is conquered by living in the moment.....whenever a negative thought emerges...let it pass.... do not cling to it..... it takes practice...just like playing a piano.... but with practice results come....sooner or later.

O my fortunate sons listen! Even though that which is usually called "mind" is widely esteemed and much discussed, still it is not understood or it is wrongly understood or it is understood in a one-sided manner only. Since it is not understood correctly just as it is in itself, there come into existence inconceivable numbers of philosophical ideas and assertions. Furthermore, since ordinary individuals do not understand it, they do not recognize their own nature, and so they continue to wander among the six destinies (of rebirth) within the three worlds and thus experience suffering. Therefore, not understanding your own mind is a very grievous fault.-quote. padmasambavha. Also there exist others who, being attached to their own personal ideas and interpretations, Become fettered by these attachments and so do not perceive the Clear Light.-quote.padmasambavha. Thoughts in the past are clear and empty and leave no traces behind. Thoughts in the future are fresh and unconditioned by anything. And in the present moment, when (your mind) remains in its own condition without constructing anything, This inherent self-awareness does not derive from anything outside itself. This is the real introduction to the actual condition of things.-quote padmasambavha. When you are introduced in this way through this exceedingly powerful method for entering into the practice, (You discover directly) that your own immediate self-awareness is just this (and nothing else), and that it has an inherent self-clarity, which is entirely un-fabricated. The mind is just that which is thinking: Since merely allowing (thoughts) to settle into their own condition, without trying to modify them in any way, is sufficient, It is certain that the nature of the mind is empty and without any foundation whatsoever. Your own mind is insubstantial like the empty sky. You should look at your own mind to see whether it is like that or not. There exist no phenomena other than what arises from the mind. When you look upward into the space of the sky outside yourself, If there are no thoughts occurring that are emanations being projected, And when you look inward at your own mind inside yourself, If there exists no projectionist who projects thoughts by thinking them, Then your own subtle mind will become lucidly clear without anything being projected. This self-originated Clear Light, which from the very beginning was in no way produced by something antecedent to it, is the child of awareness, and yet it is itself without any parents--amazing! How wonderful! This immediate intrinsic awareness is insubstantial and lucidly clear: Just this is the highest pinnacle of all views. It is all encompassing, free of everything, and without any conceptions whatsoever: Just this is the highest pinnacle among all meditations. It is un-fabricated and inexpressible in worldly terms: Just this is the highest pinnacle among all courses of conduct. Without being sought after, it is spontaneously self-perfected from the very beginning: Just this is the highest pinnacle among all fruits.

hello....i`m new here... I study gnosticism and am currently studying the teachings of padmasambavha.... it`s nice to meet you all....

Then, as for the secret instruction, which teaches that the three times are one: You should relinquish all notions of the past and abandon all precedents. You should cut off all plans and expectations with respect to the future. And in the present, you should not grasp (at thoughts that arise) but allow (the mind) to remain in a state like the sky.-quote. padmasambavha. You should look into what is self-arising and self-originated. With respect to these appearances, in the beginning they must arise from somewhere, In between they must remain somewhere, and at the end they must go somewhere. Yet when you look (into this matter), it is, for example, like a crow gazing into a well. When he flies away from the well, (his reflection) also departs from the well and does not return. In the same way, appearances arise from the mind; they arise from the mind and are liberated into the mind. The nature of the mind which (has the capacity) to know everything and be aware of everything is empty and clear; As is the case with the sky above, its emptiness and its clarity have been inseparable from the very beginning. Self-originated primal awareness becomes manifest, And becoming systematically established as luminous clarity, just this is the Dharmata, the nature of reality.-quote.padmasambavha. So all sentient beings, even though they possess the actual essence of Buddhahood, Will not realize Buddhahood without engaging in practice. If he practices, then even a cowherd can realize liberation. Even though he does not know the explanation, he can systematically establish himself in the experience of it. (For example) when one has had the experience of actually tasting sugar in one's own mouth, one does not need to have that taste explained by someone else.-quote.padmasambavha. How wonderful! As for this "Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness" which is a direct introduction to one's own intrinsic awareness, It is for the benefit of those sentient beings belonging to the later generations of those future degenerate times-quote. padmasambavha.