Releasing the
Misinterpretation "I Am" launches into Freedom!
The Blessed Buddha once
noted:
It is by clinging, friends, that the notion: 'I am' occurs, not without
clinging! And by clinging to what does the notion: 'I am' occur, not without clinging? It is by clinging to form, to feeling, to perception, to mental constructions, & to consciousness that the notion: 'I am' occurs, and not without this clinging! Suppose, friends, a young woman, or a young man, fond of fashion & jewelry,
would examine her own facial image in a mirror or in a bowl filled with pure,
clear, clean water: She would look at it with clinging, not without clinging... Even and exactly so too, it is by clinging to form, to feeling, to perception,
to mental constructions, to consciousness that the notion: 'I am' occurs, and
not without this subconscious, yet quite detrimental, deep and rigid clinging... Clinging to what is impermanent, transient and prone to vanish is very painful! What is changing & painful cannot be 'Mine' nor 'What I Am' nor 'My Self'!
Understanding this the intelligent Noble disciple is disgusted with all forms,
all feelings, all perceptions, all mental constructions, & every
consciousness.
Being disgusted creates disillusion. This very disillusion
launch
mental release!
When released the mind becomes unagitated! By being entirely imperturbable one attains Awakening right
there and then and one instantly understands:
This mind is irreversibly freed!
Rebirth is ended, the Noble Life is concluded,
done is what should be done,
there is no state of being after or beyond this...
