## Why this book? The beauty of buddhist poetry translated from an ancient master Dzogchen transmissions - pure empty awareness ## Notes *"In order to reach the plane where there is no ladder of spirituality to climb and no pyramid of meditational accomplishment to hold us in awe, we need to be free off the notion that we can fall to a lower level of existential cognizance or rise to any higher state. Only then can we relax into the all-embracing matrix of the now."* - *Keith Dowman* --- ### Invariable Spontaneity In *Dzogchen*, *invariable spontaneity* refers to the natural, effortless _unfolding_ of awareness and experience — without manipulation, without obstruction, and without interruption. Everything arises naturally and effortlessly from the ground of awareness, and this spontaneity never stops. --- ### **Rigpa** is the Tibetan word for the mind’s **natural, awake awareness** — the pure knowing quality that’s always present beneath thoughts, emotions, and sensations. If ordinary mind is the _clouds_, **rigpa is the clear, open, aware sky.** --- ### Triptikaya In classical Buddhist teaching, there are three *gateways* through which you can taste freedom: 1. **Emptiness (śūnyatā)** — nothing has a fixed, independent self. 2. **Signlessness (animitta)** — nothing has a solid, graspable _appearance_. 3. **Wishlessness / Aimlessness (apraṇihita)** — nothing needs to be desired, chased, or resisted. Each door is a way to _see through_ what normally traps us. --- **Signlessness is the practice of seeing things without the signs we stick onto them.** --- ## Signlessness in Creativity - you stop labeling your work as “good” or “bad” - you stop labeling moments as “inspired” or “blocked” - you stop boxing ideas into categories - you stop judging the creative impulse before it manifests - you let perception be open so imagination can move freely It’s the doorway to **pure seeing** — perception without commentary. In your vertical integration framework, this is: > [!warning] Dropping the horizontal noise so the vertical signal comes through. > Now this is how the body text looks >