[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The First Wakefulness

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

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December 7, 2007

THE FIRST WAKEFULNESS

Lha in Tibetan literally means "divine" or "god," but here lha refers 
to the highest points on earth, rather than a celestial realm. The 
realm of lha is the peaks of snow mountains, where glaciers and bare 
rock are found. Lha is the highest point, the point that catches the 
light of the rising sun first of all. It is the places on earth that 
reach into the heavens above, into the clouds, so lha is as close to 
the heavens as the earth can reach. Psychologically, lha represents 
the first wakefulness. It is the experience of tremendous freshness 
and freedom from pollution in your state of mind. Lha is what 
reflects the Great Eastern Sun [the vision of wakefulness] for the 
first time in your being and it is also the sense of shining out, 
projecting tremendous goodness. In the body, lha is the head, 
especially the eyes and forehead, so it represents physical 
upliftedness and projecting out as well.

 From "Natural Hierarchy," in Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the 
Warrior, pages 108 to 109.
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All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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