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The Unity Of Emptiness And Illusions As long as we’re aware, we can discern the nuances of perception. If we look quickly to the left or right – and before identifying with whatever is seen – there is just empty … Continue reading →

The Truth Will Hit Us Hard One day, we’ll read some words, and the truth will hit us hard because the truth is uncomfortable. When the truth sets us free, it’s known in Latin as Magna Vacillatio, or in Sanskrit … Continue reading →

Being Kind To Our Self Self is a misunderstanding in the mind, something that consciousness picked up. When we think that we’re thinking, we are actually observing thinking taking place. We can see this clearly in meditation. Thinking is consciousness … Continue reading →

We Are The Purpose Of Life The purpose of life is to realise personally what we are, rather than having some philosopher tell us what we are. No book, teacher, or external authority can hand us this understanding because realisation … Continue reading →

Evolving Instead Of Revolving Evolving is breaking free from repeating negative cycles to achieve genuine positive maturity, having the ability to adapt. It is a mind shifting from repetitive patterns to direct realisation of our reality that is ever-present. If … Continue reading →

This Blog Should Be Secret The problem with blogs like this is that if people don’t practise the words and merely acquire information, it can work against them. They can become arrogant and competitive; this is why the blog isn’t … Continue reading →

Why The Obsession With The Past? Life just repeats itself. People repeat themselves too, so we all go round in circles. It’s just a programme which is the automated predictable nature of the human mind; we talk constantly about the … Continue reading →

The Mud Is Just A Dirty Lens When we seek the truth of phenomena, we ignore that which is seeking. As we continue to look for something more interesting, our lens becomes dirtier and dirtier, and so we cease to … Continue reading →

Starving The Monster The establishment can only exploit whatever we give it access to. Like Mara, it feeds on our desires, aversions and ignorances; us becoming content starves it. Practising compassion destroys its leverage. Developing mindful awareness cuts through its … Continue reading →

The Novelty Trap Our minds possess an inherent bias toward novelty, constantly demanding something more interesting to maintain engagement. This restless searching produces a steady stream of concepts, expectations and spiritual consumerism. Every time we chase a flashier philosophy, a … Continue reading →

Reality Is Contentment Paradoxically, hitting absolute rock bottom brings a strange, quiet sense of relief. The exhausting struggle to keep up appearances, protect the husk, play the game and force life to fit concepts is finally over. We no longer … Continue reading →

The Danger Of Adopting Stories When we adopt stories created for us, we live in a borrowed version of reality. Stories are just gossip – the architecture of human civilisation, functioning both as a tool for mass conformity and a … Continue reading →

What Are We A Produce Of? Family, environment, media, religion, books, the internet, God … ? As long as our minds are full of something, we are influenced, and we become the product. In the ordinary run of things, we … Continue reading →

Thinking There Must Be More To Life Thinking there must be more to life is what’s causing us problems. There’s actually less to life. 🙂 Life is pure consciousness; it’s all we need to know. That is our purpose. Life … Continue reading →

Our Greatest Personal Achievement Our greatest personal achievement is having the ability to change, not through knowing about lots of things, but by understanding, which goes much deeper. Profound understanding transforms our being, while mere information only fills our memory. … Continue reading →

Pride Stops Us Evolving Pride is a major barrier to both personal and collective growth. When pride turns into stubbornness or arrogance, it closes the mind to feedback, learning, and necessary change. All because we ‘think’ we know … To … Continue reading →

The Buddha Said, “I See You Mara” The problem with all institutions is an exaggeration of form over essence. Humans are clever creatures who turn essential nature into a form which becomes more important than the essence – with the … Continue reading →

Testing Mara and Guru Both use the same teachings. If we’re guided by Mara, we feel superior, depend on a name, lack empathy, and have an inflated ego. If we’re guided by a Guru, ego diminishes and empathy increases; we’re … Continue reading →

The Buddha, Jesus, Socrates And Others Were Rebels These beings completely upended the religious, social and political orthodoxies of their eras. Rather than leading armed political revolutions, these figures rebelled by rejecting rigid dogmas, dismantling strict social hierarchies and advocating … Continue reading →

Finding What We’re Looking For It’s always been there. It’s not polished or well-to-do. It’s not proper, not the acceptable face of social conformity as there is nothing to conform to, and no one to impress. It recognises the foolishness … Continue reading →

We All Live In Different Echo Chambers Echo chambers are an inevitable part of how society is structured. Humans seek comfort by gravitating towards groups that confirm what they already believe. Because everyone’s digital feed is entirely unique, two people … Continue reading →

A Hard Lesson To Learn People believe in words, rather than experiencing their meaning. Even if they’re good words, we argue about their interpretation. Words are not reality. There are lots of words, but only one constant truth, which is … Continue reading →

Buddhist Forums Create Conflict Buddhist online forums frequently experience intense conflict because of human ego and external attachments; sectarian differences don’t disappear just because someone joins a spiritual community. Far from it – forums are cesspits of emotions, despite their … Continue reading →