The Vehicle

In the chronology of "Buddhist" beliefs there is the notion that one needs to apply ones self to a method that brings a person to a state of realization, of enlightenment. The various sect's of Buddhism tout the advantages of there "path" as being the "true practice" toward enlightenment. But what is the state of a mind that is involved in the practice of a "method". Have you not given yourself over to an authority? That authority becomes a replacement for the authority of the self. But eventually the self creates the illusion of attachment to an ideal. The ideal of "Buddhism". Now one becomes the "idealistic Buddhist". The authority of the self is reasserted as a "Buddhist" that believes in a future accomplishment. One escapes the moment and projects the image of the ideal. So one is caught in the illusion of enlightenment as an idealistic belief. As long as one is captured by an authority that is dictating a method of accomplishment there is the illusion of a self that acquires. If you belong to a "vehicle" you are identified and entrenched whether you want to admit it or not. To belong to some form of organized effort is to deny ones self the freedom to see, to realize the truth of the moment. Essentially one is replacing one type of illusion with another. The mind is engaged in substitution so that it can continue as it always has, in the illusion of a self that is seeking.

The truth of the Buddha's message is lost in the vehicle of these various sect's which exist for there own best interest. They are organizations of confusion and contradiction. They teach freedom but freedom cannot be realized in an enclosed environment of belief and doctrine. So you are either free of all illusion or you are not free at all. One does not need a vehicle or doctrine to realize the true self. One just has to be aware. Methodical practices make one less aware and encourage a type of substitution that traps the mind into a deluded state of gratification. Many will argue that the vehicle provides necessary steps toward freedom. But why go through all that doctrinal mind control, when it is possible to realize directly? One does not need to break down the illusion of individuality and duality in order to realize. One just needs to look in the moment and see directly the mind that is deluded by its own devices. If you can bypass the allure of "Buddhist Beliefs" and see directly in the same way that Buddha did then you will realize a consciousness that is unconditioned, totally free of all meaningless doctrines. Buddha's realization came out of nothingness, out of the total negation of all save the truth of the absolute moment in which there is the dissipation of the self that knows.