The basis
of the Dharma is the transformation of the five poisons (ignorance, attachment,
aversion, pride, jealousy, and their habitual tendencies).
Often,
when something external attracts your attention, it immediately activates a
dormant tendency. As a result of this,
you believe that your experience is happening fully, 100% real, and everything
is exactly as you perceive it: solid,
truly “out there”. But really, the
external is simply a trigger. The
external object may contribute only 5% towards causing the disturbance. But when the habitual pattern is stimulated,
even if only briefly, it proves the remaining 95% of the experience to come
into being. At this point, you can
communicate with your habitual pattern.
Recite the following mantra: “It seems real, but it is not true. It is not me.