Nature, Reality, & Buddhism

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Kamma-vipāka

Certain individuals are more susceptible to the “kamma-vipāka” factors, while others are not.  This begs the question, “Why do bad people prosper in life?”  The concept of fairness is deeply embedded in human behaviour, which is why people strive to act fairly.  However, the reality is that the world is not fair.  In Buddhism, kamma refers to volitional action, but by definition, it means action.  To comprehend kamma and its effects (kamma-vipāka), it is necessary to comprehend the laws of movement.  Let us consider Newton’s laws of motion as shown below: -

 

1st Law Of Motion

Every object in a coherent state of motion tends to remain in this state of movement unless an external force is applied.

 

2nd Law Of Motion

It has to do with the relationship between the mass of an object, its acceleration, and the applied force.  Under this law, the direction of the force vector is identical to the direction of the acceleration vector.

 

3rd Law Of Motion

Every action leads to an equal and opposing reaction.

 

In a nutshell, Newton’s third law of motion would fall into constant motion. This means that we can assume that the acting factor is the same as the reacting factor.  However, the opposing forces would indicate a single harmonising mechanism under a variable motion, as shown below: -

 

Scenario 1 - Acceleration

When the acting factor accelerates, the relative reacting factor decelerates: -

 

Force A acting ↑    Force A reacting ↓

 

For example, a twin flies off in a spaceship travelling near the speed of light, and comes back to find out her twin is a lot older.  That’s because the twin inside the spaceship would meet the deceleration process of becoming. It describes time dilation based on Einstein’s special theory of relativity.

 

Scenario 2 - Deceleration

When the acting factor decelerates, the relative reacting factor accelerates: -

 

Force A acting ↓    Force A reacting ↑

 

For example, if the speed of the car drops, it is decelerating; mathematically, it is an acceleration in the opposite direction to that of motion and vice versa.  This scenario also explains why the process of recovering people would accelerate after taking a cool vacation.

 

Generally speaking, human thoughts are cosmic waves of energy that pervade all time and space, and it is the most powerful vibration that can attract what is desired or wished for.  This means we attract what we send (like draws like) but the timeline for the result always depends on the performer’s skills. 

 

In the present dynamism, a higher vibration frequency would slow down the process of becoming and a lower vibration frequency would accelerate the process of becoming.  In light of this, individuals with higher mental frequencies tend to broadcast a kamma at a slower pace than those with lower mental frequencies.  This scenario sheds light on why the payback time differs between individuals. To sum up, if you're more sensitive to the “kamma-vipāka” factors, that means you were born with higher mental frequencies, which is a quicker path to spiritual liberation.

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Enlightenment

Enlightenment is a technical term used to describe realisation, graduation, and liberation.  The essence of enlightenment can be described as follows: -

·  Inherent nature would not involve change.  It is an immutable, indestructible, and everlasting nature.

·  Dependent nature describes the iterations of fluctuating activities that are affected by conditional phenomena.  In this process of becoming, change is a constant.

·  Mother Nature is both inherent and dependent, resulting in its universal and infinite nature.  It operates through the principles of absence, balance, and constancy.

·  Kamma-vipāka does not involve punishment by nature.  It is based on the principles of absence, balance, and constancy.

·  Everything is a matrix of all things and matters, with duality and multiplicity of circumstances always present in the realm of something.

·  The mind is the precursor of all states.  To observe, the object or matter must be in the range of the mental frequency horizon; otherwise, observation is not possible.

·   Something will always come out of something.  The realm of something does not allow for the elements of nothing to exist.

·  Absence is not a synonym for nothing, it is a synonym for perfect equilibrium.

·  Phenomenal existence is the product of the right combination of causes and conditions. 

·  Each existence consists of three basic elements, namely energy, matter, and space.  These elements would be subject to the cyclical influence of equilibrium and imbalances. 

·  Everything exists simultaneously under the present dynamism.  The projectile time movement discerned by our mental consciousness is purely due to relativity, owing to the varying vibrational frequencies.

·  Without the mind, the multiplicity of circumstances does not exist.  All things seem to be the deepest facts of their own, that is, no label, no limit, no name, no activity, no form, no description, etc.

·  All subjects and objects are created, but they are always empty.  Emptiness is the primary source of perceptible realities. 

·  Although it is not illusory, the appearance is deceptive because it doesn't exist intrinsically and varies based on conditional phenomena. The notion of emptiness in all things is what this is, i.e. the lacking any inherent existence.

·  The emptiness of phenomena is the cause and consequence of the dependent nature of phenomena.

·  Absoluteness is a property of relativity, and relativity is a property of absoluteness.

·  Seeing things as they truly are, from a variety of perspectives, is what it means to have wholesome contemplation.

·  There are variations and conditioned relations in the consciousness between beings; it is not identical or completely separate.

·  There is suffering (dukkha) because of conditional phenomena that would require individuals or things to persevere or undertake indefinitely.

·  To alleviate suffering, the middle path is the perfect approach to life.  The main idea is to pay attention to the core, neutrality, equilibrium, and righteousness. 

·  A cause is never sufficient to produce an effect.  A cause must, at the same time, be an effect, and each effect must be the cause of something else as well.

·  Conventional reality is subjective-cum-relative, i.e. the final conclusion varies from one observer to another.    

·  Our mental consciousness can be altered and transformed into a powerful black hole that strongly attracts and magnetises the vibrational frequencies; the psychic powers discovered in individuals. 

·  Rebirth is not reincarnation or transmigration.  It refers to the evolution of an individual’s consciousness or stream of consciousness.  This means that the new consciousness that appears in the same person (in the new person after death) is neither identical nor wholly different from the old consciousness, but it is part of a continuum of causation or streams with it.

·  Without memory, the law of kamma would not exist because there would be no process of becoming into all beings or things.

·  Energy can never be stationary at any point in time, but it may seem to freeze due to the presence of homologous forces, as does a black hole.

·  There is an imperious black hole in the innate mind of all individuals which is also known as the Clear Light in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. 

·  In an enlightened mind, the dominant mental consciousness would lead observation without identifying with the thoughts that flow through the subtle mental consciousness.

·  The nibbāna is completely non-existent.  When there is no mind that can generate descriptions, perceptions, names, shapes, and so on, it will manifest.

 

Ultimately, enlightenment is not a distant prospect that can only be attained by the privileged, chosen, or qualified individuals who sit in ivory towers.  We may not realise it, but we have actually learned, graduated, and been liberated from something somehow and somewhere.  In other words, each of us has had a moment of awakening in some way or another.  Anyone who has the right attitude or determination can achieve this profound realisation.

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2024-03-19

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Mental Consciousness

In the dependent nature, there is no way to escape the presence of subject and object.  To put it bluntly, subject and object are just two sides of the same coin.  The subject and object can be reversed depending on the angle of observation.  By the way, who observes and interprets?  To answer this question, it is necessary to look at the observer's mind, which is not physical, and it combines with the five physical faculties: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body.

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In general, the beholder's mind is the key to being able to describe, define, recognise, or evaluate the other side of an object or matter, thus generating conditional phenomena.  As a consequence, phenomena do not have their own quality but rather depend on several variables, such as a consciousness that conceptualises them.  In other words, our mind is the primary designer of discrimination in all of creation.  Brian G. Dyson (former CEO of Coca-Cola) once said that “Value has a value only if its value is valued”. 

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At this moment, someone might wonder why the mind is so powerful and what its structure is.  In Buddhism, the mind is the originator of the state known as samsāra.  The definition of samsāra is a continuous stream, specifically the cycles of birth, life, death, and rebirth.  To put it more succinctly, there is a range of fluctuating activities that ultimately lead to conventional phenomena, as depicted below:

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Equanimity (E0) leads to stability.  Stability leads to aggregation.  Aggregation leads to agitation.  Agitation leads to information.  Information leads to knowledge.  Knowledge leads to representation.  Representation leads to memory.  Memory leads to compulsion.  Compulsion leads to ignorance.  Ignorance leads to blindness.  Blindness leads to disorientation.  Disorientation leads to confusion.  Confusion leads to irrationality.  Irrationality leads to impulse.  Impulse leads to sparkling.  Sparkling leads to inkling.  Inkling leads to volition.  Volition leads to awareness.  Awareness leads to consciousness.  Consciousness leads to manas.  Manas leads to mind and body.  Mind and body lead to sensation.  Sensation leads to six sense bases.  Six sense bases lead to conductivity.  Conductivity leads to contact.  Contact leads to stimulation.  Stimulation leads to feeling.  Feeling leads to experience.  Experience leads to craving.  Craving leads to grasping.  Grasping leads to clinging.  Clinging leads to unsettling.  Unsettling leads to becoming.  Becoming leads to creation.  Creation leads to birth.  Birth leads to energising.  Energising leads to mobility.  Mobility leads to hauling.  Hauling leads to aging.  Aging leads to draining.  Draining leads to death.  Death leads to fragility.  Fragility leads to segregation.  Segregation leads to diffusion.  Diffusion leads to discomposure.  Discomposure leads to adjustment.  Adjustment leads to alignment.  Alignment leads to Equanimity (E1).

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The explanation above indicates that awareness is the origin of mental consciousness.  It is a ground state that sustains consciousness.  The nature of awareness is effulgence and it is in an unconscious condition before the objects appear.  When awareness interacts with objects, consciousness arises.  Consciousness, in turn, is the appearance of objects in the mind, naturally looking outwards and flitting around all the time. 

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The mind, on the other hand, is a consciousness pattern that comes from awareness and is referred to as individual consciousness.  To put it another way, the origin of individuality is the same as the origin of the mind, which is a more objective process that involves clear discrimination.  In this context, the mind differentiates and comprehends the characteristics of objects, which is utilised to comprehend things as it comprehends the manipulation of consciousness.

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There is a visual representation depicting the relationships between awareness, consciousness, and mind: -

For the general understanding, the mind is a cosmic wave of energy that reaches throughout time and space.  Because of the presence of memory elements, it is the most powerful vibration that other similar frequencies continuously resonate with.  The memory elements are responsible for two basic functions, which are information deposits and retrievals.  These are the tasks that involve preserving and recalling the facts.  For instance, the appearance of ice, water, and steam can vary depending on the orientation of the H2O properties.  It would not be possible to create variations of ice, water, and steam without a subtle recollection of their respective shapes. 

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Furthermore, memory elements play a significant role in sustaining the kamma seeds and fruits.  The process of becoming within all beings or things would not be possible without memory, resulting in the absence of the law of kamma.  Subsequently, everything would appear under the most profound facts, which means without labels, limits, names, activities, forms, descriptions, and so on.  In the end, without memory and mind, the fluctuations of dependent activities would be impossible to iterate because everything or event is interdependent and co-appearing ad infinitum.

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2024-03-20

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