Image Over Substance
Image is concerned with how we appear.
In that, there is no substance.
Substance is being meaningful.
Substance: from Latin substantia ‘being, essence’.
When we realise substance,
it doesn’t matter how we appear.
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- A TALENT FOR DEPENDENCY March 22, 2023
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- CORRUPTING CONSCIOUSNESS March 20, 2023
- DON’T FOLLOW A NAME March 20, 2023
- ARE WE CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS? March 20, 2023
- SIMPLY BEYOND THE MIND March 20, 2023
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS SO ORDINARY March 19, 2023
- DON’T BE A ‘PERFECT MEDITATOR’ March 18, 2023
- EVERYTHING TRANSFORMS, SO NOTHING IS WASTED March 16, 2023
- BUYER BEWARE March 15, 2023
- GOD? OR NO GOD? March 14, 2023
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- IF YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY March 13, 2023
- THERE IS NOTHING MORE March 13, 2023
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- LIFE IS EXASPERATING March 10, 2023
- WHAT WE ARE NOW March 10, 2023
- DOGMA March 9, 2023
- EXPOSING YOUR SELF March 9, 2023
- FINDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR PATH March 8, 2023
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- TRUTH BEYOND BELIEF March 7, 2023
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BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. In this way, Dzogchen is practical - no bells and whistles required. 