{"id":261,"date":"2021-09-26T07:38:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T07:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2022-10-15T01:23:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T01:23:19","slug":"reflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261","title":{"rendered":"Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">The Pure or Original Mind<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>From my study, reflection, and meditation, I have listed the following different aspects of the pure or original mind (sometimes referred to as the<em> alaya<\/em>): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OPENNESS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Awareness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Openness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) Emptiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>CLARITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Knowing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5) Clarity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6) Wisdom <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7) Perfection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>SENSITIVITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8) Love and Compassion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(9) Sensitivity (Responsiveness)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10) Spontaneity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Alexander Peck, October 15, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Five Wisdoms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In relation to the <em>nature of mind<\/em>, there are five aspects of&nbsp;primordial wisdom, described as the five wisdoms, which are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Wisdom of all-encompassing space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Mirror-like wisdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) Wisdom of equality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4) Wisdom of discernment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5) All-accomplishing wisdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One can think of the&nbsp;<em>nature of mind<\/em>&nbsp;like a mirror, with five different powers or \u2018wisdoms\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its openness and vastness is the&nbsp;<em>wisdom of all-encompassing space<\/em>&nbsp;[or <em>dharmadhatu<\/em>], the womb of compassion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its capacity to reflect in precise detail whatever comes before it is the&nbsp;<em>mirror-like wisdom<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its fundamental lack of any bias toward any impression is the&nbsp;<em>equalising wisdom<\/em>&nbsp;[or wisdom of equality]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its ability to distinguish clearly, without confusing in any way the various different phenomena that arise, is the&nbsp;<em>wisdom of discernment<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its potential of having everything already accomplished, perfected, and spontaneously present is the&nbsp;<em>all-accomplishing wisdom<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: Sogyal Rinpoche. <em>The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying<\/em>. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2002.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pure or Original Mind From my study, reflection, and meditation, I have listed the following different aspects of the pure or original mind (sometimes referred to as the alaya): OPENNESS (1) Awareness (2) Openness (3) Emptiness CLARITY (4) Knowing (5) Clarity (6) Wisdom (7) Perfection SENSITIVITY (8) Love and Compassion (9) Sensitivity (Responsiveness) (10) Spontaneity (Alexander Peck, October 15, 2021) Five Wisdoms In relation to the nature of mind, there are five aspects of&nbsp;primordial wisdom, described as the five wisdoms, which are as <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reflections - Mind: Now and Beyond<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reflections - Mind: Now and Beyond\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pure or Original Mind From my study, reflection, and meditation, I have listed the following different aspects of the pure or original mind (sometimes referred to as the alaya): OPENNESS (1) Awareness (2) Openness (3) Emptiness CLARITY (4) Knowing (5) Clarity (6) Wisdom (7) Perfection SENSITIVITY (8) Love and Compassion (9) Sensitivity (Responsiveness) (10) Spontaneity (Alexander Peck, October 15, 2021) Five Wisdoms In relation to the nature of mind, there are five aspects of&nbsp;primordial wisdom, described as the five wisdoms, which are as &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mind: Now and Beyond\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-15T01:23:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/?page_id=261\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/?page_id=261\",\"name\":\"Reflections - Mind: Now and Beyond\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-26T07:38:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-15T01:23:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/?page_id=261#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/?page_id=261\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/?page_id=261#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reflections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mind: Now and Beyond\",\"description\":\"The All-Important Mind\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reflections - Mind: Now and Beyond","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reflections - Mind: Now and Beyond","og_description":"The Pure or Original Mind From my study, reflection, and meditation, I have listed the following different aspects of the pure or original mind (sometimes referred to as the alaya): OPENNESS (1) Awareness (2) Openness (3) Emptiness CLARITY (4) Knowing (5) Clarity (6) Wisdom (7) Perfection SENSITIVITY (8) Love and Compassion (9) Sensitivity (Responsiveness) (10) Spontaneity (Alexander Peck, October 15, 2021) Five Wisdoms In relation to the nature of mind, there are five aspects of&nbsp;primordial wisdom, described as the five wisdoms, which are as &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261","og_site_name":"Mind: Now and Beyond","article_modified_time":"2022-10-15T01:23:19+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261","url":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261","name":"Reflections - Mind: Now and Beyond","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-09-26T07:38:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-15T01:23:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?page_id=261#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reflections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/","name":"Mind: Now and Beyond","description":"The All-Important Mind","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mind-here-and-hereafter.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}