Integrating the Natural State into the Play of Life

April 19, 2026

Integrating knowledge of the natural state in all aspects of life.

This is the true path of Dzogchen. Why?

Because your natural state is the only thing permanent, its aware presence remains in everything beyond life and death, day and night, shadow and light.

One of the most difficult aspects of integration, meaning remaining undistracted from your true nature in daily life, is when you're living a Pawo Kandro relationship, or a spiritual love relationship.

In this type of relationship you are challenged at all moments of life. Those challenges are a great opportunity for you to see where you stand as a Dzogchen practitioner.

Are you able to recognize, to be aware of your primordial condition (natural state), in the most difficult conditions?

Like emotional crisis, going down in deep shadows of your being, extreme bliss, joy, all of those experiences.

If not then to have the awareness of when you are becoming distracted.

At this point we have two main levels that go from concentration to contemplation.

The first one is easy, just focus more into whatever you are doing, come back to the present and relax.

The second one, apply the methods that suit you best to reestablish the recognition of your natural state.

Once the recognition is present all the diverse energies, experiences that have been creating tensions, suffering will dissolve by themselves.

They become like a big play where you are feeling every thing that is happening in the moment without being distracted by being stuck into them.

Your awake love presence shines without flickering.

The display of emotions, sensations, visions are just a reflection of the light of the five elements that form your physical matter.

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