Dance In the Awakened State

Those moments when we are dancing at our most ecstatic and spontaneous best are moments without ego. These are moments of experiencing basic goodness. This is what we are cultivating while dancing.

We can begin to notice moments of open awareness on a regular basis. It is possible to remain undistracted from fresh awareness for longer and longer periods of time, more and more often.

If we find that the attempt to remain in contact with basic goodness becomes a "thing", the best approach is to forget about it for a while. Freshness will find us again all by itself. Real meditation is effortless and spontaneous. We just need to be open to it.

As time goes on we can discover that the awareness of basic goodness has its own stability and its own strength. It is possible to get used to the awakened state and remain undistractedly and keenly aware without any special effort on our part.

"In this moment, when past thought has gone and future thought has not yet come, do not reconnect to any thought... Be awake, vibrant, crystal-clear, fully present."
- Tulku Urgyen

Dance and meditation come together in the experience of absolute spontaneity! When we are completely in tune with the music, not a thought in our mind, and no idea where the next beat will take us, then we are in touch with our own spontaneous perfection. This is dance as a spiritual path to enlightenment.

The real awakened state is non-dual. There is no "us" meditating on something external. In fact there is no "meditation" per se. Just real openness. No conceptual thought. Dance in the brilliant space of nowness!

We can still walk, talk, and dance in the state of openness, but with a difference. All activities are completely spontaneous and leave no trace. This is real egolessness for as short or as long as it lasts: two seconds, two minutes, or two hours.

We may discover that we *like* the awakened state and prefer it to the claustrophobia of our habitual ego conceptualization. Vividness is its own reward! We can choose openness moment by moment.

Is complete enlightenment possible?