What is the Momentous Leap to Turquoise (SD 8)?

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What is the Momentous Leap to Turquoise (SD 8)?

Although very few ever realize the Great Juncture of Spiritual Awareness,...or the goal of Turquoise,..."to surrender to the spiritual dimension underlying all Form,"...it's a  subject which should be fused with all others, so that at least there's a mental recognition of Who's Who in Duality.  

Spirit,...the in-breath/out-breath, particle/wave of duality,...is the primal energy manifested at the moment of perceived separation whose sole motive is to regain unity, which it can never do, because the separation never occurred,...except for the beliefs that Dreamers cloak themselves in.

A circa 48 CE Gnostic text says,..."when you can disrobe without being ashamed and take up your garments (beliefs) and place them under your feet like little child and tread on them, then you will no longer be afraid".

Unfortunately, "People don't like their version of reality fucked with."  Jed McKenna.  Very few will welcome the letting go of their beliefs, their mental inertia, their paradigm fixations.  

Visualize a keyhole for a moment, one of those slotted holes that can be peeped through, as in old Colonial and Victorian houses.  Now, describe that hole.  Some may say that it has the shape of a circle with a rectangle whose width is smaller than the diameter of the circle aligned on the bottom; others could respond that the hole is surrounded by a brass plate that is attached to the door, which is connected to the wall, etc.  Perhaps the hole could be looked through, so one could remark about what is seen on the other side.  However, none of that actually describes the hole; all of the preceding descriptions are narratives about what is around or can be seen through the hole.  Nevertheless, that is how most persons, especially Westerners and scientists, perceive their own wholeness: by what is around it.

The Great Leap to Turquoise (SD 8) includes the realization of emptiness.

 

"Without a  direct realization of emptiness, the true practice of compassion is impossible." Shantideva

"Buddhist teachings on compassion are grounded in the direct realization of emptiness; without which, compassion is impossible." HH Dalai Lama

"The root of your spirituality is rotten without compassion."  Padmasambhava.
 
"The only compassion is that which destroys the illusion of separation." Tony Parsons

"Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive, to allow others to abuse us, to smile and let anyone do what they want with us. Yet this is not what is meant by compassion. Quite the contrary. Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of  the world."  - Sharon Salzberg

"Everybody thinks that compassion is important, and everyone has compassion. True enough, but the Buddha gave uncommon quintessential instructions when he taught the methods for cultivating compassion, and the differences are extraordinarily important."  Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche.

Religion cannot teach emptiness, thus it cannot recognize compassion.  

"As man unfolds from sensed man to spiritual man he gradually becomes aware of the two-way motion of all effect" - Walter Russell.  

"Both the wisdom of emptiness (prajna) and compassion (karuna) are very important, like two wings of a [butterfly]; their integration is indispensable for inner awakening."  Anam Thubten, Fragrance of Emptiness.

"The realization of emptiness and compassion arise simultaneously.'  Padmasambhava

 

 

Edited December 19, 2019 by V-8