Unobstructed View

When one is awake it provides an unobstructed view of your actions and the associated mind state. With this unobstructed view you become aware if the affect of your actions are truly beneficial…

Having an unobstructed view is being able to decipher the immediate affect of your actions and the current mind state. An unobstructed view doesn’t mean greed, hate, and delusional won’t be one of the mind states that arise, it’s seeing the affects of these for what they are and their controlling characteristic. If this isn’t seen these characteristics will continue their control as if you were a puppet on a string.

Some mind states to observe would be greed, hate and delusion and their polar opposites, generosity, love, and wisdom. These are the mind states most people fluctuate between. But with an unobstructed view you see how your actions and the associated mind states are linked. What happens first is one can decipher what mind state is associated with one’s action, and second it’s seen if the action is beneficial. It’s very easy to see anger and its association with the mind state of hate. It doesn’t take much intelligence to see how this action isn’t beneficial to anyone. Without awareness of this one remains entrapped to the mind state of hate and hence the associated actions. Intelligence has no bearing on this whatsoever.

It also works this way with the action of giving. Giving with no attached expectations is an action associated with the mind state of generosity. You can definitely see how this action benefits everyone; to me this is what an awakening is. One isn’t rendered white as snow because of becoming awake. No one among us can cast the first stone. But by the mind settling, your view becomes unobstructed and you become aware of your actions and the associated mind state of those actions. It can then be seen if how you’re acting is truly a benefit not only to yourself, but to all beings…