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HÜMÜH teaches that all conditions are contained in the mind, or in other words, we are the creators of everything in our lives, which also is a thread found in the Mahayana and Vajrayana schools.  All circumstances come about as a result of where we have placed our attention and the feelings we have infused with our attention, in this life and previous lives. The resultant situations and inclinations from this are called karma. All karma, both limiting/unfavorable and non-limiting/favorable, is manifested and expanded upon through the continued focus of our attention.

Therefore, if we don’t want something in our lives, we must become disinterested in it and shift our attention off of it. It is disinterest, not resistance, that dissolves unwanted situations. This is an important distinction. We can never truly let go of anything unless we stop dwelling on it. In light of this, we learn that in order to make our lives what we truly want, we must not see ourselves as victims of some external, controlling force. Instead, we must accept total responsibility for everything we think, feel, and do. 

In order to accept that we are the creators of our lives, we need to recognize the full extent of our responsibility. That is why the Teachings of HÜMÜH are focused on overlapping awareness, being aware that we are aware, which brings us knowledge of how we create our lives. Through developing this non-thinking but all-pervasive awareness of the inherent divinity that animates all sentient life, the student learns to become aware of limiting ego-karma (likes, dislikes, attitudes, opinions, fears) which manifests first, as unconscious images passing through mind, and then is expressed outwardly as unwanted life situations. Recognition of this principle is what allows the student to transcend the illusionary obstacles that stem from living as ego. This opens the door to experiencing life from the divine overview, which is a stance of pure logic that views life with unattached clarity and can respond naturally to all situations for the good of the whole, rather than unconsciously acting self-centeredly from habitual mindsets.

HÜMÜH teaches that one of the first methods for developing awareness of how we shape our lives is to recognize the body feelings and emotions that we carry with us. Many times, we are so used to them that we are completely unaware of how they affect our perception and choices. In the Theravada school of Buddhism, this is called vipassana (vih-PAH-suh-nah), the meditative discipline of the Eightfold Path. It can be described as the development of the body as an environment, whereby we learn to discern the connection between ourselves and our environment through detached observation of our body senses. It is as if our body is a radar unit picking up information from our surroundings. If we maintain our awareness as the detached observer and do not get lost in the body sensations and emotions, then we can use the information the body gives us to make clearer choices in the moment.

However, the purpose of the Path of HÜMÜH, or any true Buddhist path, is to awaken to the fact that we are all divinity wearing a body. So even though HÜMÜH incorporates karmic refinement and the development of awareness of our body senses, which are aspects especially reverenced by the Theravada school, HÜMÜH’s main focus is on viewing life from the overview of divinity, which is non-dual and beyond karma, so that limiting karma is negated entirely.  This direct path is a thread of the Vajrayana school, which means diamond vehicle, because of its focus on the indestructible, pure nature of true reality. Continued...

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