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Affirming Faith in Mind – a paraphrase – Clues

1 – The Great Way is clear when facts are not interpreted by using our thoughts acting as intermediaries, laying interpretive facades over the facts. The Great Way IS the naked facts.

2 – We overlay faces on things, because we choose to prefer one thing over another. In Unity, there is nothing to compare to other things.

3 – Even with the slightest foray into the the world of preferences and distinctions the Great Way is hidden from view.

4 – So we either hide the Great Way by overlaying preferences and distinctions over facts, or we expose the Great Way by dropping our opinions. Seeing directly.

5 – The disease of the human mind is to get entangled in like and dislike and comparisons.

6 – By blocking the Great Way with our ruminative mind, we lose connection to our minds innate peace.

7 – The Way is perfect like vast space, there there is no lacking nor is there any excess.

8 – By blocking the Great Way with our ruminative mind, we lose our minds innate peace.

9 – Digging deep into the truth of the duality of nature will only serve to entangle us.

10 – Just calmly see that all is One and by themselves false views will go.

11 – Seeking a quiet mind by trying to stop the minds activity, will only make it be more active. (Nine Headed Hydra… chop one head off and two will grow back)

12 – Living in the duality of the ruminating mind precludes you from experiencing unity.

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13 – If you are not experiencing unity, the mental conflict will lead you further astray.

14 – When you assert that things are real, you miss their true reality.
15 – When you assert that things are empty, you also miss their true reality.

16 – The more you talk and think on this the further from the truth you’ll be.

17 – Staying in here and now, attention in the sense world, that is the end of all teaching and is direct experiencing.

18 – Returning to the One Source itself, the meaning of all things is clear.

19 – The appearances of everything acts as a cover to their Unified Source.

20 – It isn’t a process of searching for truth, just drop off those fond opinions and its all clear.

21 – Don’t live in the ruminative facade building mind, just let go of it.

22 – As long as the ruminative mind is in gear, The Great Mind is hidden and you will be confused, distraught, and experience lostness.

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23 – This world of faces rises from the One Source, but don’t be confused by this.

24 – When we rest in the One Source, then faces lose their confusing nature.

25 – And when the world of faces loses its confusing nature, then all our mental obstructions fall off.

26 – And if all our mental obstructions fall away, the “thinking subject, me” drops away.

27 – Because things are things because of mind, as mind is mind because of things.

28 – These two arise and fall away together as if they weren’t there.

29 – In this way, mind and things are both empty of true substance. They are simply unity pulled apart temporarily.

30 – So when all opposites are merged, there is nothing to argue about anymore.

31 – The Great Way is limitless, beyond opposites:opposites merged.

32 – But folks who refuse to see this live in fear and are irresolute, and their anxiety just confuses all their actions.

33 – If you are attached to the world of faces and opposites, you will live without clarity.

34 – Again, the answer is to let go of the mind that clings to the world of opposites, and everything is just as it is, there is no need to mentally manipulate things.

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35 – Breath and watch reality, and that is to be in step with the Great Way, walking freely and undisturbed.
36 – But to live in bondage to your dissecting thoughts, and you will be confused unclear.
37 – This heavy burden weighs you down, so why cling to an incorrect sense of reality.

38 – If you would walk the highest Way, do not reject the sense domain
39 – For as it is whole and complete, this sense world IS the Great Way.

40 – The wise do not strive after things, but fools imprison themselves.
41 – The One Mind knows no differences, but the foolish cling to “This and That”.

42 – To try to see Great Mind with the “thinking” mind is a grave error in judgement.

43 – Small Mind brings opposites like rest and unrest, but Great Mind transcends both rest and unrest.

44 – The confusion and delusion of Small Mind spawns the dreams of the Face World, which are like flowers made of air, oh how we tire trying to grab those flowers.

45 – So all those dreams, opposites and comparisons, just let go of them.

46 – It will be like waking up for the first time, and all those dreams will vaporize into thin air.

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47 – If your mind lets go of discriminating by focusing on the breath going in and out of your nose, Unity comes immediately: the discriminating mind was covering it up.

48 – To return to this mysterious Source drops off all entanglements.
49 – When all is seen with this direct single eye, our original nature reveals itself.
50 – This Single Mind goes right beyond all reasoning and comparisons.

51 – Stop movement and there’s No movement, Stop rest and No rest comes instead.
52 – But when rest and no rest disappear, then the sense of Unity envelopes our sense of individuality.
53 – There is no solitary “me” apart from Unity, this is beyond expressions.
54 – Here doubts and confusion disappear, and True Faith pervades our life.
55 – There is nothing that clings to us and nothing that is left behind.
56 – All reality is naked to this mind, no effort is necessary.
57 – Thought is simply flowing reality, feelings are superfluous.
58 – In this true world of emptiness, self and other are no more.

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59 – This gateless gate is the affirmation of “not two”.
60 – Unity encompasses all.
61 – The wise in all times and places awaken to this Primal Truth.

62 – The Way is beyond all space and time: Unity only uses Space and Time in the physical world’s structure.

63 – In Unity all is here and now, and naked reality is directly part of your eyes.
64 – Distinctions such as large and small are not even relevant. There are no limitations here.

65 – Is and Is not are joined in one, if this isn’t clear, it will become clear if you are diligent.

66 – One thing is all, all things are one, know this and everything is whole and complete.

When Here and Now and Mind are not separate, this is beyond words and thoughts.

Because this has no yesterday, no tomorrow, no today.

https://realityisdharma.com/2018/12/08/xin-xin-ming-a-way-to-see-the-world/

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