"While the substrate consciousness is aware of the substrate — the relative inner space of the mind — primordial consciousness is indivisibly aware of the absolute space of phenomena (dharmadhātu), which transcends the duality of external and internal space." 1/
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"All the phenomena that make up our intersubjective worlds of experience — appearances of external and internal space, time, matter and consciousness — emerge from this absolute space and consist of nothing other than its configurations." 2/
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"In the limited, relative vacuum of the substrate, as in the case of deep sleep, mental events specific to one individual emerge and dissolve back into that subjective space of consciousness." 3/
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"But all phenomena throughout time and space emerge from and dissolve back into the timeless, infinite vacuum of absolute space." 4/
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"While the relative vacuum of the substrate can be ascertained by means of cultivation of śamatha, the absolute space of phenomena can be realized only through the cultivation of contemplative insight (vipaśyanā)." 5/
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Alan Wallace, Dreaming Yourself Awake
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