Everything as Natural Perfection
(nothing needs correction)
Longchenpa explains:
"Atiyoga is the great perfection—that is, naturally occurring timeless awareness, free of elaboration, not subject to restrictions or extremes— and the pinnacle of all spiritual approaches, in that it is the total perfection of all that is meaningful in them.
The All-Creating Monarch states:
Perfection in one, perfection in two, perfection in awakened mind: there is ease in the abundance of fresh possibilities. There is perfection in one—perfection in what is created by ordinary (karmic) mind. There is perfection in two—perfection in abundance. There is perfection in everything—perfection in awakened mind.’"
"In these lines, the phrase “created by ordinary mind” refers to the phenomena of the impure states of samsara—phenomena that constitute what is perceived to be the universe of appearances and possibilities and are subsumed within the mind-body aggregates, fields of experience, and components of perception. It also refers to view, meditation, and con- duct—that is, all that is classified as the ground, path, and fruition of spiritual approaches."
"These phenomena pertain to a state of confusion— a state driven by the habit patterns of ordinary mind—because they are adventitiously created by the architect that is ordinary mind. They are experienced as appearances that manifest and are perceived out of confusion, and so at present seem absolutely real. But ultimately they cannot be found to have any finite essence, and so, because they do not stray outside the scope of naturally occurring timeless awareness, they are perfect."
"The phrase “perfection in abundance” refers to utterly lucid and naturally occurring timeless awareness: its empty essence as dharmakaya, its lucid nature as sambhogakaya, and its aware responsiveness as nirmana- kaya. So there is perfection in that the three kayas, which are timelessly and completely present as natural attributes, do not need to be achieved through effort in some other context."
"Perfection in awakened mind” refers to the fact that all phenomena— all appearances and possibilities—regardless of’ how they manifest, whether perceived as pure or impure, are fundamentally subsumed within the scope of naturally occurring timeless awareness, arise within that scope, and abide within that scope."
"The situation is similar to the way in which a person’s state of sleep, and the various dream images that manifest therein, are subsumed with in the scope of that person’s aware- ness, arise within that scope, and are dependent on that scope. And so there is perfection in mind itself, awakened mind."
From Longchenpa's "Philosophical Systems", Padma Publications