A luminous reality

This week in ongoing class we looked at the illusion of believing that we are a solid unchanging "self" that moves through time and space intact. Now, sadly, sometimes people are frightened by that realization as if it means that they are annihilated. It does not mean that at all but rather that we are dynamic energy systems - changing all the time and therefore having the potential for becoming unstuck at any moment. Then we can have an awareness of who and what we really are. Here's what Rob Nairn says about our true nature in Tranquil Mind*:

In reality, each one of us exists, always has existed, and always will exist as an enlightened being. Enlightenment is a state beyond human understanding and words can give only a hint of what it means - it is the state free from negative or conflicting emotions, free from any sense of duality, free from any form of negativity or ignorance. In that state, every positive or perfect condition is fully and naturally present - perfect love, compassion , joy, happiness and equanimity. This is the true nature of all beings; this is "reality".

*Copies of Tranquil Mind are available at the Center.