TheThingofEverything:EmptyingReificationbyInclusionByTomYesheForAlanWallace,withgratitude[T]heentirespectrumofBuddhistphilosophyandpracticecanbeexplainedbymeansofthisfamousquotationbytheBuddha:Themindisdevoidofmind,Forthenatureofmindisclearlight.HisHolinesstheDalaiLama,

Dzogchen:TheHeartEssenceoftheGreatPerfection

Beingandnonbeingcannotbeseparated,butareclearlyseentobemindandhencethetrue,originalwakefulness.Also,thingsaremindwhilemindisthings,andthereforeindivisibleandnodifferent.Padmasambhava,

TreasuresfromJuniperRidge

TheinstantfieldofthepresentisatalltimeswhatIcallthe‘pure’experience.Itisonlyvirtuallyorpotentiallyeitherobjectorsubjectasyet.Forthetimebeing,itisplain,unqualifiedactuality,orexistence,asimple

that

.…Ifyouaskwhatanyonebitofpureexperienceismadeof,theanswerisalwaysthesame:“Itismadeof

that

,ofjustwhatappears,ofspace,ofintensity,offlatness,brownness,heaviness,orwhatnot.”…Experienceisonlyacollectivenameforallthesesensiblenatures,andsavefortimeandspace(and,ifyoulike,for‘being’)thereappearsnouniversalelementofwhichallthingsaremade.…[T]houghtsintheconcretearefullyreal.Butthoughtsintheconcretearemadeofthesamestuffasthingsare.WilliamJames,“Does‘Consciousness’Exist?”Theexperientialrealizationofabsolutespacebyprimordialconsciousnessissaidtotranscendalldistinctionsofsubjectandobject,mindandmatter,indeed,allwordsandconcepts.Suchinsightdoesnotentailthemeetingofasubjectivemodeofconsciousnesswithanobjectivespace,butratherthenondualrealizationoftheinnateunityofabsolutespaceandprimordialconsciousness.ThisunityistheGreatPerfection,oftenreferredtoasthe“onetaste”ofallphenomenaandthe“purityandequality”ofabsolutespaceandallthephenomenathatemergefromit.B.AlanWallace,“External,Internal,andNondualSpace”