The sudden/gradual, immanence/distinction tensions have gone on for a long long time....explored quite brilliantly by Sam Van Schaik (and others, I'm sure). May be less conflicting if one is able to take the pointers, not as a way to be free 'instantly', but as a way of training
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Something I noticed recently - which arose in conversation with a yogi who has been letting go of some more woo aspects of practice - is that these sort of mahamudra instructions have a tremendous aesthetic quality to them. An almost epicurean way of relaxing into your humanity
That could sound heretical to many who are within a mahamudra lineage/context, and almost certainly isn’t even Buddhist - but for some that sort of view could actually be tremendously helpful and/or enjoyable. The motivation/intention isn’t the same, but that’s fine by me.