Day 48 of 365: Free from Distinctions

Such is the fifth defining quality of the precise nature of reality.  Somehow, when you pull the thread, each of the defining characteristics all come back to the same point.  Yet, they all seem to highlight a little way in which we are trying to scheme and get an angle on emptiness or the precise nature.  This quality, in particular, invites us to take a look at distinctions and labeling.  Throughout the day, we constantly ask ourselves, immediately and in a habituated way, is it like this or like this?  Is this person rich or poor, tall or short, fat or skinny, nice or mean?  Am I happy or not happy?  The precise nature is the equality of these distinctions because it is beyond them all.  When we can't label in this way, we feel that things get dicey and we become afraid.  The same is true in our meditation practice in increasingly subtle ways.  Perhaps the words on our ticker tape become softer or more about meditation practice, but often they are there, lingering.  Once we become aware of our constant labeling and either/or game, it is no longer as powerful and we spark further curiosity for what exactly seems to be happening.  When we notice and let go, settling into the dicey and fearful moments of ambiguity, we begin to crack open the door to the precise nature.  This seems to be the journey we are invited to take.