The Dzogchen tradition likes to use metaphors for non-grasping – effortless – awareness to help us recognize the “vast expanse” of our “natural mind”

Rest loosely,

like a bundle of straw untied.

No tightness, no goal

– just this.

Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje, Natural Great Perfection: Dzogchen Teachings and Vajra Songs