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In the beginning, meditative awareness is like a small flame,
which can easily be extinguished and needs to be protected and nurtured.
Later, it is more like a huge bonfire, which consumes whatever falls into it.
Then, the more thoughts arise, the more awareness blazes up,
like adding logs to an ever-growing fire.
Emaho! Everything within us and around us, absolutely everything,
then becomes fuel for enlightened awareness!
Jigme Lingpa
Dzogchen Master 1729–1798