Sky Gazing
There is a meditation practice within Tibetan Buddhism called Sky Gazing it comes from the Meditation tradition of Dzogchen – which strongly emphasises resting in a natural state free from conceptual elaborations. This natural state is wide open, clear and lucid; it neither rejects anything or clings to anything and is sometimes referred to as spontaneous awareness. It is spontaneous because nothing has manufactured or created it, like having to meditate or having to be calm. It always has been there and therefore is also called primordial awareness.
The clear blue sky is the closest
external example of what this natural state is like. The clear sky is
also a metaphor for the natural states indestructibility. Just like the
sky is not affected by the passing weather neither is our natural state
stained by thoughts or emotions no matter how strong they may be. This
is a liberating view in the field of meditation. No longer do you have
the idea that you have to purify and remove all the negative states of
mind, now there is a teaching that directly points to an aspect of
yourself which is your essential nature.
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