There are no spiritual problems | Vividness

We have a life of no problems because problems disappear into the fabric of our life, inseparably part of its warp and woof. As part of our Buddhist service we chant, “May we exist like a lotus at home in muddy water.” The lotus of enlightenment only blooms amid the nutrient mud of delusion. Yet it is so easy in our practice to become unbalanced, t

[The signs of authentic progess] are an acute feeling that life is impermanent and that there is no time to waste; that the Dharma is unfailing; that there is genuine benefit from training in samadhi; and that it is truly possible to overcome conceptual thinking.

Throughout all schools of tantric gnosticism (Hindu, Buddhist, and in the Western Esoteric tradition), there's an emphasis on learning how to stay present in high sensation. By “high sensation” I mean both intense physical feelings like pain and pleasure—and also intense emotional feelings, like anger, fear, and lust.

In reality there is no dilemma; in reality there is no problem. There never has been, there never will be. In mind there are problems, and you look at reality through the mind; thus, the reality becomes problematic. Your mind works like a prison. It divides and creates problems. And not only that, it creates solutions which become deeper problems,