Contentment

“Once you have the view, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and when the clouds appear, it’s not particularly disappointed either.

There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the facade of samsara and nirvana; the view will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time.”

~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Self

CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

You who slept, are also now awake. There was no unhappiness in your sleep, whereas it is present now.

What is it that has happened now, that this difference is experienced?

There was no ‘I’-thought in your sleep whereas it is present now. The true 'I' is not apparent and the false 'I' is parading. This false I'
is the obstacle to your right knowledge. Find out from where
this false 'I' arises. It will disappear. You will be only what you
are — i.e. absolute Being.

Search for the source of the ‘I’-thought.
That is all one has to do. The Universe is on account of the 'I'-thought. If that ends, misery will also end.

Q: Can the soul remain without a body?

M: It will do so during the next deep sleep. The Self is then bodiless. But even now it is so.

In deep sleep you exist without ego; then you are free of doubts. Only now, in the waking state, ego rises and you have doubts.
ln deep sleep you are happy, in the waking state you are unhappy. Find out what that state of deep sleep is, from which you have come.

- p. 102