Hindsight is a wonderful thing even if it is only a few weeks.
Sogyal Rinpoche :
As the Ground Luminosity dawns at Death, an experienced practitioner will maintain full awareness and merge with it, thereby attaining liberation. But if we fail to recognize the Ground Luminosity, then we encounter the next bardo, the luminous bardo of dharmata.
The end of the dissolution process and dawning of the Ground Luminosity has opened up an entirely new dimension which now begins to unfold. As the sun rises in that clear and empty sky, the luminous appearances of the bardo of dharmata will all arise from the all pervading space of the Ground Luminosity. The name we give to this display of sound, light and colour is ‘spontaneous presence for it is always and inherently present within the expanse of ‘primordial purity’ which is its ground.
What is actually taking place here is a process of unfoldment in which mind and its fundamental nature are gradually becoming more and more manifest. The bardo of dharmata is one stage in that process. For it is through this dimension of light and energy that mind unfolds from its purest state, the Ground Luminosity towards its manifestation as form in the next bardo, the bardo of becoming.
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