Schizophrenia and Breaking From Reality

http://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/tsultrim-zangpo/torch-illuminate-crucial-points-path-meditation

>The ultimate, natural state of phenomena is nothing other than the naturally arising wisdom of mind-as-such. When this is actualised the natural state of both saṃsāra and nirvāṇa is also actualised, because [the nature of mind] is nothing other than the actual nature of things.

>In character, this is the nature of the phenomena of the universal creator,[1] the emptiness that is freedom from limiting concepts. In its ultimate form, this emptiness is the empty quality, which, together with the essence of awareness, is the nature of mind. As long as you are cut off from this nature, there can be no realisation. Yet when the practitioner rests in meditation within mind-as-such, the phenomena of both saṃsāra and nirvāṇa arise as the display of this emptiness-wisdom.

>If there were an additional dharmatā nature, somehow independent from the nature of mind, any phenomena which had that nature would also be independent and distinct from mind-as-such. And this, in turn, would mean that they were truly existent. As their nature would not therefore be empty of true reality, this would make true existence the nature of things.

>Therefore, since all expressive appearances are nothing other than the manifestation of pure awareness, whatever objects appear ‘out there’ do so within the mirror of awareness. It is not that there is some independent basis underlying their appearance. Pure and impure phenomena, therefore, arise through the power and strength of awareness. This means that if you settle in meditation on the wisdom that is empty of mind and realise that, all phenomena will arise as empty forms—appearing while lacking true existence.

i wish you all the best, anon

>Well then, you might wonder, what about the method for settling in the nature of mind?

>Even the very state of mind that you have right now—in which thoughts unfold with clinging and conceptual references—has awareness as its essence, free from the sullying effects of grasping and never straying from a state that is all-penetrating. This is what you must actualize and settle in. Within the essence of this experience there is an empty quality, which is the absence of thoughts, and there is a stillness aspect, which is the absence of movement. There is also a quality of bliss to the experience, and an aspect of clarity, or discerning intelligence. These various qualities are present spontaneously, and have always been perfect, from the very beginning. And this means that when you actualize pure awareness it is impossible for these qualities not to manifest automatically at the same time. Whichever quality arises, therefore—whether bliss, clarity or whatever it might be—do not focus on it deliberately, and do not remain in the experience. Instead, settle naturally without contrivance, simply ensuring that you do not forget or lose the experience of the so-called “awareness quality”, the aspect of wisdom that is mere awareness, free from thoughts. To sustain the continuity of the experience in this way, by simply maintaining recognition, or not forgetting it, is the original, natural meditation that is unspoilt by any further, deliberate meditation. Continually abiding by this experience, without becoming distracted and without any deliberate focus, is “genuine, intrinsic mindfulness.” This is to be undistracted and not lose mere awareness (or mere ‘non-forgetfulness’), and, whenever you are distracted, to drop the distraction simply through recognising its essential nature.

>>19333203
It requires grasping and apprehending the thing in question, and question you must, in a way that isn't just words spoken but a state of questioning that continues to question despite superficial answering of the question that is merely rote reaction like a machine.

Read some fucking philosophy you schizoid. Don't read one fucking author or one paragraph and think about it for a week when your "thinking about it" is just a sort of mulling over the idea of thinking about questioning the meaning of the paragraph which may or may not really be in any sort of question.

Read 1 book a week, and make sure your brain feels like it's straining and burning, because it's actually trying to dig into what you're reading.
Fiction can be read as philosophy as well, or are just extremely philosophical, like the Dune series by Frank Herbert.

Force your fist (mind) through the face (perception) of reality, and never accept the first, second or hundredth unique (non-repeating) answer you come up with...

Start with math so you don't fall for the numerology meme, if you are stuck with "Fibonacci" meme and think of it as the peak of math you are lost.

>>19333203
tread carefully whilst you're here, /x/'s go to shill word is schizo, your feelings may get hurt.

>>19334135
Fuck off, schizo.