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The Light That Dispels Darkness Light: the clarity of pure consciousness; the empty essence of mind.Dispel: make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear.Darkness: the mental furniture, fixtures and fittings, memories, programming in the mind that constructs a self-image. Our reality is … Continue reading →

Internet AI Mode Definition… continued and continued This AI text creates questions: “The ‘Witness’: It is often described as the silent observer or ‘that which knows’ that persists through all experiences. “Non-Dual Reality: It is Advaita Vedanta, non-dual, infinite awareness … Continue reading →

Internet AI Mode Definition continued A illustration of a mistaken view. From the AI text: “The ‘Witness’: It is often described as the silent observer or ‘that which knows’ that persists through all experiences. “Non-Dual Reality: It is Advaita Vedanta, … Continue reading →

Internet AI Mode Definition We do not know, until we practise knowing, and realise the truth beyond the words. Be aware that words can be omitted or addedand the meaning changed– something that has happened throughout history. The following is … Continue reading →

It’s Creepy – Literally Creep: move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.Creepy: causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease. Ever wondered why you feel ill-at-ease with life, society, and people sleep walking into disaster after disaster, both politically … Continue reading →

Compassion Is Honouring Another’s Journey Compassion is honouring another’s journey. This calls for insight into another person’s true beingand their struggles to be what they are. We are all pure consciousness. If Gurus and Lamas – precious ones – cannot … Continue reading →

Beings Put To Sleep When we become dependent,we are bound to others’ ideas, and put to sleep. We can function, but it’s really sleep walking and sleep talking about how we aren’t functioning properly. When we find that we can’t … Continue reading →

Knowingness And Awareness These two words can be synonymous, and they can also be seen as different. Just being aware, we can fall into vacancy, forgetting that knowingness is present. This is why we sometimes say ‘awareness of awareness’; it … Continue reading →

Creating Artificial People Artificial intelligence repeats words it has learnt.If we just repeat words we’ve learnt, we are artificial people.This is a bit of a shock. The only difference between AI and AP is speed.However, functioning in an artificial world … Continue reading →

Belief Is The Weapon Of Evil Belief is acceptance without proof.This is so insidious that we even say, “Seeing is believing”.We are befuddled by illogic. Proof is realised by testing through practice, and then we actually know. The Buddha said, … Continue reading →

Peaceful And Wrathful There are two paths – peaceful and wrathful, positive and negative, attraction and repulsion. The universe is complete in opposites, and the way of looking we gravitate towards is dictated by the attitude we hold. We may … Continue reading →

Empathy Is Not A Weakness Empathy is not sympathy. Empathy is the ability to recognise and understand the thoughts and feelings of others, because we’ve experienced the same feelings and situations. This is unlike sympathy that involves a feeling of … Continue reading →

A Two-Tier System Is Meant To Divide Consciousness is divided. When we ignore whatever is happening in the world, we’re doing ourselves no favours. It must be obvious that a two-tier system is meant to divide a society, and divides … Continue reading →

Dependent Arising Everything arises dependent on a previous cause. Ideas have a cause, an instigator(s). When consciousness claims these ideas as its own, this gives rise to a self image, which affects whatever we do or say. Unless we realise … Continue reading →

Does It Depend On Who Says It? Does it depend on who says it? It seems that it does. 🙂 Our problem is that if the speaker is charismatic, this conveys that extraordinary features are required when the absolute truth … Continue reading →

The Promotion Of The Unintelligible There is an idiom, “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, which has the the same effect as saying, “See no truth, hear no truth, speak no truth”. The universe is complete in … Continue reading →

Stop Carrying The Past All the things that we regard as failures or distortions by ourself and others are what brought us to this present moment. There is nothing to forgive, because that requires judgement. We’re all deluded because of … Continue reading →

Gurus Aren’t Real The outer guru is only a reminder of the inner guru – or it should be. Adoration of a guru is counter-productive as it creates a duality – me and my guru. Worldly gurus cannot be with … Continue reading →

Our Reality Is Beyond Teachings It’s not the teaching that will set us free; it is the experience of the teaching that liberates. For millennia, there have been forces dedicated to deceive us so that we remain a ‘product’. Through … Continue reading →

Human Conditioning The things we can’t say. Through tradition, we follow the crowd and stay ‘mum’, not speaking out about what really matters. We only speak out what we are told to speak out about. We vote for fools: we … Continue reading →

Words Can Be Twisted Direct experience of pure consciousness cannot be twisted, but our perception can be clouded by biased words. We don’t see that we just see – that we are not seeing with clarity – as we are … Continue reading →

Diversity Divides Diversity has the illusion of inclusion and harmony, but in reality, it is meant to divide and conquer, to maintain tension in a society. Confused people are easier to keep occupied, and therefore to control. This confusion divides … Continue reading →

Dealing With The Abuse, Not The Abuser The greatest method in reducing karma is non-reaction, seeing the abuse as our teacher, which shows us our state of mind. This has nothing to do with the abuser or whatever they say; … Continue reading →

A False I Is A Reactive I The sadness of human conditioning stems from the three poisons – attachment, aversion and ignorance – which foster a cycle of suffering and a false sense of self. A false I is a … Continue reading →

Realisation Shrinks The Need For Many Words Examples: Not two. The unity of appearance and recognition. Pure consciousness. These each contain the complete Dharma. Beginners like collecting words, but the truth is never in words.

The Beginners And The Advanced Beginners adore complexity. The advanced realise simplicity. Beginners collect words and names. The advanced see everything as one taste.

Why Do We Cut Ourselves Off From Others? Why do we resist reaching out? ‘Reaching out’ means to initiate contact to offer help, seek connection, or communicate. When we join a group, become a type, hold a belief, we adhere … Continue reading →