@sssfCommunity @RichardRohrOFM 7/ This ‘fruit of liberation while alive’ amounts to a 'non-altered state' so intimate, immediate and present, that no buffers or praetorian guard, psychic or otherwise, sit between us and the Real stuff. Pure, natural, spontaneous experience, without alteration or intervention.
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The title of the Hsin Hsin Ming, the enigmatic 6th Century text from the Chan tradition, is typically translated as: Verses on Absolute Trust; Engraving Trust in the Heart; Verses on the Faith-Mind, along with other variations. The meaning of “trust” or “faith” here is not intended as belief in a religious conception of some kind — belief or faith in God, Allah, Buddha, or any religious narrative — it is a faith so intimate that there is no intervention of a storyline or icon upon which to have faith. Similarly, the word “mind” in the title refers not to our rational mind but to awareness itself, the immediate heart-presence of our nature. The fundamental nature of faith-mind doesn’t imply that outer forms of religious faith are false. In our not-so-easy immersion into human being-ness, religious faith can be a profound support as we seek to release our fears, self-preoccupation, and sense of separation. But finally, awakening from the dream of separation, All naming ceases. It must