The bardo of becoming

Spending too much time trying to 
maintain a serene mind and heart, 
release oneself from one's self-effort. 

The purpose of the Dharma is not to 
study the Dharma but to naturally 
allow one's Bodhi-Mind to guide 
one when one is and is not striving for perfection. 

Having no place to go either within oneself 
or without oneself, radiate with the awareness 
of what lies between the Great Void. 



Becoming a human, one dreams that one is a Buddha. 
Becoming a Buddha, one dreams that one is a human. 

Dreams are manifest in the enlightened state 
and in the samsaric state. The only difference 
between enlightened dreams and samsaric 
dreaming is that one knows that one 
is more than that which dreams. 

Dreaming of enlightenment, 
one misses the point of enlightenment. 



One need not dream of anything, 
for the spell-binding pull of the Great Void 
draws one's Bodhi-Mind 
one step closer to the emptiness of thought. 

Realizing all auspicious and inauspicious 
phenomena as being projections 
of a shallow psyche, 
renounce one's desire to clear one's mind, 
for the Great Void does not consider 
whether something or someone is realized or not. 

Filled with compassion, 
be not afraid of what lies beyond 
the borders of thoughtful and thoughtless living. 



Speeding through the bardo of countless lives, 
be certain of who one is 
before one even entered into any bardo. 

Being neither a Buddha or a human, 
one naturally transcends all of the distinctions 
that are made between oneself and others 
in relation to who is who and what is what. 

Seeing no difference between one bardo 
and the next and between one mind and the next, 
freedom is appreciated for what is. 

The Great Void thus teaches of the necessity 
of seeing the Buddha walk within 
the shadows of the psyche 
and within the brightest point of infinity. 

Everything is an emanation of the Bodhi-Mind, 
even the Great Void.