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Second Interlude
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The Text Itself Is The Method ! The text itself does something to the awareness. In a mysterious way it somehow enlivens what is dormant and hidden deep within.
So, - read the text. - And read again. - There's more depth to this scripture than is revealed at first glance.
Allow it to rouse, to awaken you to a fantastic, exhilarating perception that was yours all along, yet which noone ever told you about.
Skip the words in italics and enclosed in brackets to get a feeling for the rhythm, for the original intensity. I included these comments only to assist comprehension during first reading.
Get a feeling for the original impact of the text, get stirred by its pace, become entranced by its grand theme.
And talk to others who also show the signs. Connect with those who you sense also long to experience more than TV and money and shallow fun. Expressing this to others shifts this hidden dimension to the foreground of your mind, opening access to deeper parts of the message.
Inspire others, - as others inspire you.
Two Curious Distortions While transferring The Tibetan Book Of The Great Liberation into contemporary language, I noticed two bizarre distortions of the original text in the translation by Evans-Wenz and the two lamas. The mangled parts deal
