7.7 The Seal of Energy: Closing the Abyss of Lust

7.7 The Seal of Energy: Closing the Abyss of Lust

【Insight】
On the path of manifesting Self‑Nature, the greatest leakage of energy is sexual desire and lust. This is not a matter of morality, but of the
most drastic fabrication of 'mind at work'---the frantic projection and fixation of awareness‑energy onto sensory illusions.

【Reality】
The projection of 'mind at work' onto lust is a bottomless abyss. When you indulge in it, the subtle energy that should be used for "awakening" is instantly drained and transformed into coarse frequencies of desire, becoming filthy waste in the physical world.

【Ancient Wisdom】
As Buddhist wisdom teaches: "If the mind of lust is not severed, one cannot escape the mundane dust. It is like steaming sand to make rice; even after hundreds of thousands of eons, it remains nothing but hot sand." Seeking enlightenment without severing the lustful mind (an extreme state of 'mind at work') is an exercise in futility.

【Practice】
Seeing Through the Illusion: Lust is fundamentally the fusion of projected "sensation" and "phantom imagery" by 'mind at work'.

Energy Reversal: When you withdraw the projection of 'mind at work' (abide in No‑Mind), that turbulent energy naturally reverses course, transforming into a pure force that nourishes both body and Awareness. By sealing this "leak," the radiance of Self‑Nature can truly and steadily shine forth.

Closing of Chapter
The body has never betrayed you; it is your focus of 'mind at work' that solidified flowing light into the shape of illness.

Cease the mind's work, and ice returns to water. Abide in No‑Mind---that is the great healing.