Then, thinking that you must stop desire for samsara,
ask what is the purpose of so much attachment? You
need to ask why you have this desire. Imagine that you
are naked and born in hell, screaming and suffering as if you are actually there. Then imagine that you are born
in the realm of the hungry ghosts (pretas) with endless
hunger and want. Imagine you are born in the animal
realm, doing as animals do. Then think that you are born
as a human with servants—imagine that life; then as a
titan (asura) fighting with another—what is the purpose
of that? Finally imagine that you are born as a god (deva)
and spending life in leisure without thinking of the next
life—what is the purpose of this? Imagine that you are
circulating from one realm to the next. Do whatever
comes to your mind—in vision or imagination.
Then imagine what it is like to be a yidam (tutelary
deity); or that you are in Shambhala and are teaching the
bodhisattvas; or in the tantric realms with the siddhas as
disciples; or in Sukhavati or Olmo Lungring teaching Dzog-
pachenpo. Pretend that you are actually doing this. Finally
dissolve all visions into the natural state. What is left?
Then dissolve even your thought itself into the natural
state so there is nothing left. Then you will realise that
everything is made by your thought—everything comes
from there. You have to realise how things are created.
You must practice this seriously for at best three months,
or at least one month.
