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Mahayana
So, let us consider further the Liberation in Mahayana. In Mahayana practice, we usually ignore for a long time the experience that we experience in meditation in the Astral World, and the emphasis is on the experience experienced in real life. Indeed, in order to achieve essential Liberation, there is no other way than to fill with love and gratitude every moment of its existence and already in this state to experience all the sensations, the whole experience of this world, to surpass them and come to Liberation. This method is the best.
But there is one "but" here. People easily forget that it was even a while ago. Almost completely do not remember what happened to them in childhood. And if some vivid memories are preserved, this does not mean that they are able to give them a correct interpretation according to the Dharma.
In other words, if for every specific Mahayana experience there is no initial elimination of ignorance as such, there is little sense in this experience. And if, in the process of acquiring new experience, everything that has been experienced before, everything is forgotten in succession, then this experience as such will certainly be completely useless and in no way affect spiritual development.
Now, why is a different mystical experience ignored for a long time if it appears? Firstly, it is very useful for eliminating pride - an obstacle on which almost all practitioners stumble. Secondly, it is difficult for novice practitioners to distinguish the mystical experience of other dimensions from the play of the inflamed imagination. And, thirdly, the mystical experience is in fact little different from the experience of this world: it is forgotten as quickly and does not at all affect the spirituality of the person, unless the person has learned to perceive it correctly, as we talked about above.
But when the spiritual practice is progressing and the practitioner is already close to perfection and Liberation, a rich experience of astral travel or experience of the Supernatural Ability of Knowledge of Past Lives comes, and such a rich experience is not forgotten. The reason is that in time it passes very intensively in a short space. And again: this very experience of experience due to the light of Sattva allows you to simultaneously experience the experience of the past and the experience of even earlier rebirths, or the experience of future lives, or the experience of worlds different from what is experienced now. Then the person will really be convinced that everything is impermanent, that everything is without exception subject to change, that the underside of pleasure is suffering or that even if now he is happy, there can be a misfortune or, even if he is rich now, he could drag out a miserable existence in the past. He will see the reality of the universe. In other words, he knows the perfect and complete Samadhi, through which he can wisely assess reality - such as it is. Now he knows everything. And then, thanks to this knowledge, a state is created, when in relation to any phenomenon - even if it does any actions - in relation to this phenomenon, its consciousness is unaffected, it does not take part in it. This is called Distancing from This World. And again: the thirst for this action, attachment to this action, disappears. This is called Distancing from Attachments. And if there comes a state of Distancing from This World and Removing from Attachments, the essence of the soul will be cut off and remote from each and every phenomenon and Liberation will come.
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