~The Five Principles of Realization and Liberation~

The first principle is becoming aware of our thoughts and the nature of
thought. By taking the position of just being an observer of the thoughts and
images that come and go we discover all thoughts are the same: they are
temporary appearances that come and go like clouds in the sky..
The second principle is recognizing our stories and emotional dramas are
structured only from thought, our empty thoughts. In continuing to observe
our thoughts we should notice how they tend to link together in chains of
meaning and particular significance. It is this linking together of thoughts
that creates our stories, beliefs and emotional drama in a convincing and
powerful way. As a result we may spend most of our time going from one
mini-daydream to another...
The third principle is recognizing that ones sense of self is also only an
empty story made of thought; a mental construction without an actual
identity as an entity that exists independently and with self-determinism..
There is no personal self present other than this make-believe me story...
The fourth principle is recognizing what exactly is the nature of that which is
observing and experiencing the empty nature of thoughts, stories and
personal selfhood. What is doing the recognizing? What is this impersonal
aware consciousness that perceives and knows? In these recognitions there
seems to be an ever increasing evolution or revelation of wisdom. As a result
ones cognitive space seems expansive, open and vividly transparent without
a center
The fifth principle is recognizing the inseparable relationship between ones
empty, aware seeing and the five senses.. Merging our attention fully with
the five senses instead of with the mental phenomena of thoughts, stories
and beliefs in personal identity, reveals a state of total nowness beyond
thought and mind.
A limitless vista of knowing transparency and Clear Light reveals itself to be
our true nature beyond any descriptions or assumptions of mind. In merging
our attention totally with the five senses, the luminous nature of
appearances reveals the empty vividness of our Aware and Knowing Space.
If one incorporates and integrates these five principles into ones daily
practice, in my opinion no other methods or practices should be considered
necessary
~Jackson Peterson~