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The Great Rude Awakening Accepting the total rawness of lifeIs total relief from that suffering.And that rawness never goes away. Covering up the rawness with cleverness,we become arrogant and annoying,and cause problems for others. When we were born we weren’t … Continue reading →

Dear Demons Of The World Dear demons of the world; Here is where you keep going wrong. You constantly ignore the universal law of opposites: good-bad, dark-light, fact-fiction, true-untrue, attraction-repulsion, love-hate, selfless-selfish, pure consciousness-impure consciousness … If you push one … Continue reading →

After Meditation When we finish our meditation session, we pay close attention to our conduct. Our conduct must be the six perfections: generosity (of spirit), patience, knowing what is right, discipline, concentration, and knowledge of our true essence. These six … Continue reading →

Intelligence and Blind Faith The Buddha’s teaching cannot be followedby merely having faith in the Buddha. The teaching needs sharp intelligence and wisdom to analyse and test it.Blind faith is not the way; it is an idea about the way.

Harmony Is Active Participation We may assume that if we’re not in conflict, we’re in harmony, while we may actually just be indifferent, or in a state of not knowing. Harmony is the active participation of empathy.

If Things Are Seem To Be Worse If the outer and the inner seem to be getting worse, this means we are noticing more. The more we notice, the clearer we are. Having noticed, what do we do? We don’t … Continue reading →

May Exploitation Be Eliminated May exploitation be eliminated.May there only be selfless compassion.May negativity dawn as wisdom. The recognition that we are unhappyis actually the path to enlightenment if we stop and look,rather than looking for distraction. We misunderstand what … Continue reading →

Mistaking Memory For Intelligence Mistaking memory for intelligence. Mistaking wealth for intelligence. Mistaking charisma for intelligence. Intelligence isn’t whatever is projected. It is empathy and compassion for the projection and projector. Personal, pure seeing is natural intelligence. We all know, … Continue reading →

Questioning The Answers People have two aspects; there are times when we have answers, and times when we have questions. In the samsaric world – our vicarious life – the question should be, “Why am I doing this?” On the … Continue reading →

Success Is Making Others’ Lives Better Have a successful new year. At least, don’t make the world worse 🙂 ..Self-identity groups create divisions. Love decreases. Divided people find fault, feeling different and believing they are disconnected. They are not! Love … Continue reading →

Don’t Become ‘Spiritual’ It’s the quickest way to being the devil’s disciple 😀 How?We turn into experts who lack empathy. To become ‘spiritual’ is to deny that we are already – empathetic spirits.We moved away from empathywhen we separated from … Continue reading →

Buddhahood Is Self Assassination If you meet yourself along the roadcelebrate … and drop it.

Illusory Levels Of Limitations Why do we limit our potential? The more we accept limitation, the deeper our reliance. When we realise what we are, we realise happiness. We are Buddhas! The word ‘Buddha’ means ‘enlightened’. Enlightenment is attained through generosity, patience, … Continue reading →

The Devil Uses Contractors😀 By using contractors, you don’t get blamed when things go wrong,and the contractor blames the customer. If we only want to consume good things, the devil will provide a delightful table. (of course, there is no such … Continue reading →

Truth Reveals Untruth As Being Non-Existent That is the entire teaching of the Buddha. What is truth? That which is purely aware. Truth is never-changing. What is untruth? That which obscures truth. Untruth is changeable. So? So if obscurations are … Continue reading →