Opaque, Transparent, Popped
Here is a slightly different take on the opaque, transparent and popped process (see previous postings).
Opaque
Here, there is an unexamined belief in the idea of "I", typically placed on any number of aspects of our human self. It may also be placed on pure awareness, but then the transparency starts coming in.
Transparency
We realize or have a glimpse of selflessness. Nothing has any inherent I in it. It all comes from a belief in the idea of I put on top of what is. There may still be a vague and habitual sense of I, placed on our human self or pure awareness, and we may still sometimes habitually act as if that is true, but when we look - we cannot find any I anywhere.
We see, or intuit to various degrees, how the groundless ground forms itself into all these forms - our human self and the rest of the world of phenomena, and there is no "I" inherent in any of it. It all just is.
So our human self is transparent to this ground. There is a vague sense of I, yet also the realization that there is no inherent I there.
Another way this may show up is to place the belief in I on pure awareness, which also gives a sense of transparency to our human self. At some point, we realize that we are still places the idea of I on an aspect of what is, and that even awareness has no inherent I in it.
Popped
Then, the groundless ground may pop. Become crystal clear. Obvious. It comes to the foreground and the world of phenomena is just the play of the ground. It is the ground forming itself into the myriad forms, always fresh and new.
And here, there is a different form of transparency. Here, all forms become transparent to the ground. Obviously transparent to the ground. They are all emptiness dancing.
Labels: ground awakening, popping, transparency