This pure mind … shines forever with the radiance of its own perfection.
But most people are not aware of it, and think that mind is just the faculty that sees, hears, feels, and knows. Blinded by their own sight, hearing, feeling, and knowing, they don’t perceive the radiance of the source. If they could eliminate all conceptual thinking, this source would appear, like the sun rising …
– Huang-po
Image: Dawn over Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand
this unlit light 
Conceptualizing, instead of (just) perceiving… this is the “sin” of the West since the time of the Greeks, with few exceptions. But this too has been allowable. No one to blame. Nothing lost.
(we now have technology… not good, not bad)
“No one to blame. Nothing lost.”
A beautiful comment, thank you dear AM
~ ml
Such a beautiful, beautiful blog Miriam! I just subscribed to your blog. We need to catch up!!
Love,
Susan
Welcome back dearest Susan! Thank you for your feedback, and for subscribing.
And thank you for alerting me to your wonderful new blog – (welcome to the delights of WordPress :-)) – which I will add to the blogamigos list, pronto.
Love and gratitude
~ miriam louisa
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