There are companions along with you

Just as the teacher is important, your companions on the path are equally important for your spiritual practice.

In tantric practice, self-transcendence doesn’t mean disappearing into nothingness. You go through a dissolution—yes—but then you rise. You arise from that emptiness, not as the self you were… but as your future enlightened self.

Feel that you are loved. Feel grateful. And in that gratitude, love all beings—not because they will thank you, but because they exist. Let the shining, calm, blissful light come from you.

This is the Jewel Tree. Not the snow-peaked mountains. Those are merely the lotus petals.

At the center of it all— A radiant, wish-fulfilling gem tree. A home away from home."

*transcribed from Jinpa-la