A dharma teacher friend explains it like this: we can be mindful of a Ferrari in a way that increases craving and suffering. We pay attention to its red paint, to the status it confers. But if we clearly comprehend the Ferrari, we begin to see its impermanent, impersonal nature.
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Dream objects no longer hold any power over awareness. They cease to dictate its narrowing and contraction. By training these lucid qualities, I can then navigate the dream with expansive brightness evenly illuminating every corner. May we skillfully navigate awakening.
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I'm also reminded of the raft analogy for relating to digital devices and the broad utility of technology. A raft's function is to ferry beings to shore, but having arrived, there's no use in carrying it any further.
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It is not just our digital devices without effort it is every sense object that enters into our world. We are possessed by the things we know the things we do not know nearly every object we come into contact with. Doors is all about seeing this slavery.
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