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- FRUSTRATION CAN TURN TO ANGER February 7, 2023
- LIVING WITH REALISATION February 6, 2023
- IS THE FOUNDATION AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END? February 6, 2023
- THEY DON’T WANT US TO THINK FOR OURSELVES February 6, 2023
- DOES THE DEVIL WARN US? February 6, 2023
- PAINTING OUR OWN FUTURE February 5, 2023
- THE AGE OF MY OPINION February 5, 2023
- CORRUPT MINDS, CORRUPT WORLD February 5, 2023
- HUMANITY’S DISORIENTATION February 4, 2023
- TRAUMAS ARE MEMORIES February 3, 2023
- GETTING USED TO BOREDOM February 3, 2023
- ONE VIEW, MANY EXPRESSIONS February 3, 2023
- WHERE DOES CONFLICT COME FROM? February 2, 2023
- SPIRITUALITY IS BEING GROUNDED February 2, 2023
- LISTENING TO OTHERS AND LISTENING TO OURSELF February 1, 2023
- REJECTING THE EVIDENCE February 1, 2023
- PROFOUND TIBETAN BUDDHISM January 31, 2023
- YOU ARE THE SECRET January 31, 2023
- FINDING YOUR DIFFERENCE January 30, 2023
- WHAT IS GOOD & WHAT IS EVIL? January 30, 2023
- COURAGE IS THE FIRST STEP TO REALISING CONSCIOUSNESS January 30, 2023
- THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY January 30, 2023
- WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS DECEIVED … January 30, 2023
- ARE WE A GAIN-OF-FUNCTION? January 30, 2023
- BLOGS ARE LIVING BOOKS January 28, 2023
- WHERE IS THE MIDDLE WAY? January 28, 2023
- WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE WE? January 28, 2023
- WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS? January 28, 2023
- DON’T GUESS. KNOW. January 27, 2023
- THE PROBLEM WITH RELIGION IS … January 27, 2023
- FEAR ENGENDERERS, FEAR MONGERS AND FEAR BELIEVERS January 26, 2023
- I FEEL GOOD – OR IT FEELS RIGHT January 26, 2023
- GRASPING AT STRAWS January 25, 2023
- SOME DAYS, I FEEL EXTREMELY ANGRY January 24, 2023
- WE CAN LAUGH WHEN THINGS ARE OBVIOUS January 23, 2023
- THE COLLAPSE IN OUR MORALS January 23, 2023
- GODS AND FOOLS January 23, 2023
- HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR JOURNEY YET? January 23, 2023
- THE BUDDHA WAS AN EXPERT BUT … January 22, 2023
- HACKABLE YOU January 21, 2023
- LIFE IS MAINTENANCE January 20, 2023
- GENERATING COMPLEXITY TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE January 20, 2023
- COMPLEXITY BREEDS CONFUSION January 20, 2023
- ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE January 19, 2023
- FREE SPEECH January 18, 2023
- “SUFFERING & SADNESS UNITE US” January 18, 2023
- NEARLY TRUE January 17, 2023
- COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING January 17, 2023
- MINDFULNESS January 17, 2023
- SUFFERING FROM GLORIOUS, OVERWHELMING, COMMON SENSE January 17, 2023
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FRUSTRATION CAN TURN TO ANGER
Frustration Can Turn To Anger There are two types of frustration that can turn to anger: Type 1 – Not knowing enough – and not knowing the right words – causes confusion and conflict. Type 2 – Knowing the truth … Continue reading
LIVING WITH REALISATION
Living With Realisation Living with realisation of ultimate truth is precarious in a relative world. Those who relate to everything and pride themselves on having opinions are unstable and dangerous people who constantly feel threatened. This is why realisation has … Continue reading
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IS THE FOUNDATION AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END?
Is The Foundation At The Beginning Or The End? Is the foundation the ground or the golden roof? There is a choice. Most spiritual traditions start at the beginning of the ‘book of wisdom’, creating the atmosphere for the realisation … Continue reading
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THEY DON’T WANT US TO THINK FOR OURSELVES
They Don’t Want Us To Think For Ourselves They don’t want us to think for ourselves. The evidence for this is that most cannot. “Toe the line, and follow the queue.” When did you last think of something original? It’s … Continue reading
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DOES THE DEVIL WARN US?
Does The Devil Warn Us? Evil is the act of preparing and owning. Evil pre-empts, disarming us by posing a threat, and pointing a finger at a plausible outcome so that we do not notice that the intention is our … Continue reading
PAINTING OUR OWN FUTURE
Painting Our Own Future Every time we think a thought or speak, we are painting our own future.
THE AGE OF MY OPINION
The Age Of My Opinion Opinions are beliefs – something we accept without proof that creates conflict. As our opinions are important to us, others’ opinions are important them = conflict. As long as we cling to our opinions, we … Continue reading
CORRUPT MINDS, CORRUPT WORLD
Corrupt Minds, Corrupt World Corrupt: from Latin corruptus,‘mar, bribe, destroy’. We enjoy being corrupted: music, art, films, complicated coffees, technology, computers, politics, religion, media, marketing, status, celebrities, clever words … toys, toys, toys to entertain us. Govern: from Latin gubernare, ‘to steer, rule: to steer policies’. Policies steer … Continue reading
HUMANITY’S DISORIENTATION
Humanity’s Disorientation Disorientated: having lost one’s sense of direction; confused, and unable to think clearly. Two and a half thousand years ago, humans probably knew more about absolute reality than we do now. We have become reliant on what our ‘betters’ tell us: we went their way, … Continue reading
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TRAUMAS ARE MEMORIES
Traumas Are Memories Traumas are memories: this is how we live our lives. We all have memories, whether pleasant or unpleasant. Even a look or a word can stay with us for life. It’s a sticky residue. 🙂 Traumas can … Continue reading
GETTING USED TO BOREDOM
Getting Used To Boredom Bored: feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one’s current activity. ‘Boredom’ is a misnomer. Merely being unoccupied or lacking interest does not equate with boredom. It is just coming to rest within inner peace. Bored? Then go … Continue reading
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ONE VIEW, MANY EXPRESSIONS
One View, Many Expressions The one view is pure consciousness. We are all pure consciousness, but individual. If we were all ‘one’ then, when one person became enlightened, we would all become enlightened 🙂 This does not happen. We each … Continue reading
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WHERE DOES CONFLICT COME FROM?
Where Does Conflict Come From? Where does conflict come from? Fear. Where does fear come from? Not knowing; only believing. When we know the nature of reality, rather than merely acquiring an emotional intellectualisation, we find genuine confidence in experience, … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY IS BEING GROUNDED
Spirituality Is Being Grounded Truly. Spirituality is consciousness being aware – purely aware – when we give our ‘self’ up to whatever occurs. If we are not grounded, this ‘self’ flies off the handle. 🙂 The feeling of ‘self’ is … Continue reading
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REJECTING THE EVIDENCE
Rejecting The Evidence Rejecting the evidence of our own inner eye makes us … misguided? … stupid? … ignorant? We ignore that which sees. The eyes are only a sense organ, where messages or images enter and connect to the … Continue reading
PROFOUND TIBETAN BUDDHISM
Profound Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism is full of colour, symbolism, deities and elaborations, and can steer us to the ultimate truth of our reality, and that of all phenomena. If one is fortunate, one can receive direct instruction into the … Continue reading
YOU ARE THE SECRET
You Are The Secret All esoteric teachings are about your true reality. They are not about someone else’s reality, not even a Buddha’s. Stories are exoteric, and meant for the many. We are told to look on lamas as Buddhas, … Continue reading
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FINDING YOUR DIFFERENCE
Finding Your Difference Finding our difference helps us to realise the unity of everyone. Crazy, but true. If we just follow the crowd on a level of relative truth – ‘relative’ meaning that we are busy relating to everything – … Continue reading
WHAT IS GOOD & WHAT IS EVIL?
What Is Good & What Is Evil? Do we know? Do we not know? This isn’t fantasy. Good is what is beneficial to all. Evil is what is beneficial to me and mine. “But I’m not evil!” Our idea of … Continue reading
COURAGE IS THE FIRST STEP TO REALISING CONSCIOUSNESS
Courage Is The First Step To Realising Consciousness The moment when we admit that we are not satisfied and are therefore suffering, we take our first step to the ultimate realisation of reality. If not, we remain in ignorance, believing … Continue reading
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THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY
The Science Of Spirituality Oh yes, spirituality is science – pure science. Science: the intellectual and practical study of the physical world through observation and experiment. From Latin scientia;‘know’. What is the point of the intellectual and practical study of the physical world through observation and experiment, when we don’t … Continue reading
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WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS DECEIVED …
When Consciousness Is Deceived … When consciousness is deceived, we are deceived. Deception is everywhere. This is why the view of enlightenment is uncommon. Who talks about realisation of the nature of reality? We are so distracted that it never … Continue reading
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ARE WE A GAIN-OF-FUNCTION?
Are We A Gain-Of-Function? Genetically engineered code in living cells. Gain-of-function means to experiment. It is the manipulation of nature. The danger lies in lacking a moral compass, where the best business model controls nature before nature controls itself – and … Continue reading
BLOGS ARE LIVING BOOKS
Blogs Are Living Books Just read one or two pages a day. There is only one truth, but many approaches and many refinements, adapting to ever-changing situations. There is only one answer: look, see and drop whatever is seen. That … Continue reading
WHERE IS THE MIDDLE WAY?
Where Is The Middle Way? We may imagine the middle way to be the centre between two opposite extremes. This is an incomplete picture. The middle way is a perpendicular line, up from the centre as if to the top … Continue reading
WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE WE?
What Type Of Person Are We? We all have a social I, one that others identify, and we can only get a glimpse of our persona by the reaction of others. We could be the type who thinks others are … Continue reading
WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS?
What If Our ‘Normal’ Is Madness? Madness: The state of having a serious mental illness … we don’t know what we are. Extremely foolish behaviour … we think we know. A state of wild or chaotic activity … we follow the crowd. We are brain-washed to function at a very basic … Continue reading
DON’T GUESS. KNOW.
Don’t Guess. Know. Don’t assume. Don’t pretend. Don’t believe. Don’t have an opinion. Know. There are actually people who say we cannot know … crazy 🙂 The nature of our reality is pure consciousness. It’s what we are. The intelligentsia, … Continue reading
FEAR ENGENDERERS, FEAR MONGERS AND FEAR BELIEVERS
Fear Engenderers, Fear Mongers and Fear Believers In every nuance of life, evil is present, spreading fear among the ignorant, and offering false hope that they will make it better. But it never does get better, does it? It is … Continue reading
I FEEL GOOD – OR IT FEELS RIGHT
I Feel Good – Or It Feels Right On completion of re-plumbing a toilet, do I feel good, or does it feel right? Being in a beautiful cathedral/temple*, do I feel good, or does it feel right? When meditating, do … Continue reading
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GRASPING AT STRAWS
Grasping At Straws A drowning person will grab at any flimsy reed, or idea. If we don’t know what life is about, we will cling to beliefs. Ignorant of our true reality, we hold on to a flimsy idea of … Continue reading
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SOME DAYS, I FEEL EXTREMELY ANGRY
Some Days, I Feel Extremely Angry If we are not outraged about the response to global dictatorship by unelected plutocrats, then we are merely part of a confused, insecure herd. Historically, this dictatorship has always been a war on consciousness … Continue reading
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WE CAN LAUGH WHEN THINGS ARE OBVIOUS
We Can Laugh When Things Are Obvious If things aren’t transparent and obvious to us, we don’t laugh because we take things – and ourselves – seriously. The world is being managed by fear, and this should be obvious to … Continue reading
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THE COLLAPSE IN OUR MORALS
The Collapse In Our Morals Moral: knowing right from wrong. Whatever is beneficial to our collective mental & physical well-being, and whatever is harmful to our collective mental & physical well-being. The Buddha saw suffering, though he was not suffering. … Continue reading
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GODS AND FOOLS
Gods And Fools “Might is right”? Those who want to be regarded as gods are fools; they assume might is right with no understanding of the reality that you cannot fool everyone. “You can fool all of the people some … Continue reading
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HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR JOURNEY YET?
Have You Started Your Journey Yet? Our journey to realise our enlightened essence starts when we let go of where we are now, mentally speaking. It’s a metaphor for a path to where we actually are, right now. Where we … Continue reading
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THE BUDDHA WAS AN EXPERT BUT …
The Buddha Was An Expert But … The Buddha was an expert, but he said, “Don’t take my word for the truth; test it for yourself”. If he said that, then don’t take any expert’s word for it. If we … Continue reading
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HACKABLE YOU
Hackable You Hacking: the gaining of unauthorised access to data in a system or computer. Through the media and technologies, humans have been trained to believe anything. Small suggestions first, ‘for your good’, followed by slight variations to develop the idea. And voila! We are in … Continue reading
LIFE IS MAINTENANCE
Life Is Maintenance Life is either maintenance of pure consciousness – what we are – or maintenance of ignorance of pure consciousness – what we are not. One of these paths manifests skilful compassion.
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GENERATING COMPLEXITY TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE
Generating Complexity To Become Indispensable When we doubt ourselves, we feel vulnerable, and begin to look for a system to clear that doubt. Unfortunately, systems turn into organised religions with rituals and special terminology. That form can become complex and … Continue reading
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COMPLEXITY BREEDS CONFUSION
Complexity Breeds Confusion Complexity creates mystery, confusion and addiction. Once we realise our true essence, we are free from others’ complexities. Our simple essence is pure consciousness. Life is now our real teacher, enabling this realisation. Karma – the result … Continue reading
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FREE SPEECH
Free Speech The more we communicate, the more we support one another. We may think slightly differently, but our hearts, we are all the same pure consciousness. Bend a twig and it snaps. Bend bunch of twigs, and they stand … Continue reading
“SUFFERING & SADNESS UNITE US”
“Suffering & Sadness Unite Us” A commentator on this blog just wrote this phrase. It’s so true. Becoming a Buddhist, or becoming anything as part of a middle-class lifestyle, doesn’t do any good for anyone. Paying lots of money to … Continue reading
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NEARLY TRUE
Nearly True Partial truth is an opinion. When we actually experience something, that is not an opinion. Opinion: an assumption, a belief or judgement formed but not based on personal knowledge. Opinions are merely gossip. We can only believe what we … Continue reading
COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING
Communication Is Everything Communication is a meeting of minds. If we do not communicate, we have little or no empathy. The point of life is to understand and communicate. What else is there?
MINDFULNESS
Mindfulness Mindfulness isn’t a play-act, and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Mindfulness is being aware of whatever we do, say and think, rather than going through life mechanically, just reacting to everything. Being mindful is to cause no harm to … Continue reading
SUFFERING FROM GLORIOUS, OVERWHELMING, COMMON SENSE
Suffering From Glorious, Overwhelming, Common Sense Common sense is common to all of us, and is something innate: it is pure consciousness perceiving through the senses of a body. What we then do, as an individual, expresses through our individual … Continue reading