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Details Are Meant To Obscure The Complete Picture The whole is greater than its parts. Obsessing about the details – bits of information – causes denial, disagreement and refusal to listen. In being negative, we misunderstand the positive aspects contained … Continue reading →

The True Currency Of Life The true currency of life is not wealth; it is compassion for all. Wealth is for the poor-minded. Gaining wealth, others go without. Gaining compassion, no one loses. Why make 10 commandments, when one will … Continue reading →

Can Consciousness Suffer? Consciousness is not a thing; it is not created, destroyed or hurt. Consciousness is the silent witness of mind. When we say ‘mind’, we mean the contents comprising thoughts and memories. The experience of suffering is due … Continue reading →

Our Brain Is Our Jailer Our brain is our jailer; it keeps us in our groove, and that’s why it’s difficult – if not impossible – to communicate with others. Through early experiences, the brain forms in a particular way, … Continue reading →

Magic – Or Magick – Is Just Belief Belief is, however, a powerful spell on the unwitting; a person unaware of the full facts. The unwitting are also known as useful idiots. In political jargon, a useful idiot is a term used to … Continue reading →

Don’t Be A Follower, Be An Arriver Arrive at a conclusion about reality, and never become upset if others disagree. Why The World Is Crazy Everyone follows everyone else, believing they don’t know. Dharma Bodging Use whatever is immediately at … Continue reading →

How To Feel Good About Our Self How to feel good about our self: laugh at everything it does. Be grateful that we see this. It is the culmination of all our karmic mistakes. It is our path to enlightenment, … Continue reading →

Why Is This A Crazy World? We think it’s normal. But who set that standard? How many people question the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to the media, politics, health, religion or military issues. We may complain, but realise that these all have … Continue reading →

Awareness Is Never Changed By Circumstances Awareness is never changed by circumstances and therefore, awareness is pure – pure consciousness. It is the mind of memories that reacts and changes; consciousness identifies with this, and mistakenly assumes that it is … Continue reading →

Do Not Follow The Dharma; Fly With It! The Dharma is the teaching on our true reality of pure consciousness – it’s what we are. Once we know what we are, we can live life with all its karmic abnormalities, … Continue reading →

The Difference Between Wanting And Needing Need: require something because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable.Want: have a desire to possess or do something; wish for. Life is about what we need in order to realise inner peace and understanding of our true origin, which is simply pure consciousness, our very essence. The … Continue reading →

When Humans Cannot Understand Reality, They Make It Up ‘Making it up’ is what humans do when they don’t see clearly, as in mistaking a rope lying in a dark corner for a snake. Long ago, from the area known … Continue reading →

How Did We Get Here? Consciousness is imprisoned in a mind/body concept. Prison: a place where we sentient beings are held as a result of misunderstanding our true reality of pure consciousness. It’s not a punishment; it is a teaching. It’s why we are … Continue reading →

By Definition, Magicians Lie Magician: from Latin conjurare ‘conspire’. Conjure: from Old French conjurer ‘to plot or exorcise’, from Latin conjurare ‘band together by an oath, conspire’ (in medieval Latin ‘invoke’) from con- ‘together’ + jurare ‘swear’. How do magicians work? Don’t take words as the truth. Don’t take words as the truth. Truth is silent observation. News, films, all forms of … Continue reading →

Root Guru – A Sticky Relationship A root guru is our main teacher, and our strongest connection to the Dharma; it’s sometimes translated as ‘spiritual guide’. The bond is voluntary. Common sense will show us what to rely on. We … Continue reading →

“I Don’t Belong To Groups” “I don’t belong to groups” … really? Pride says, “I am unique; I don’t need to belong to a group.” Ever heard of family, gender, town/country, music, culture, language, humanity…? We are all certain types, … Continue reading →

How Conspiracies WorK How do conspiracies work? By controlling information: Belief is accepted as truth. Coordination control = “One size fits all” = create belief en masse. In the moment now = “One size does not fit all” as the … Continue reading →

We Get Stuck Because We Copy This is a question asked by someone in a feltmaking group on Facebook,which sounds very familiar!Truth is everywhere. “How did you all move from buying wet felting kits and following someone else’s patterns to … Continue reading →

Attachment To Ancestry Is An Illusion The idea of ancestry and family keeps us bound to sentimentality and status. Ancestry is merely a genetic code patterning in our temporary bodies. As humans have been on Earth for around two million … Continue reading →

Letting Go Letting go is not at all difficult. Simply drop it … drop it! The echo may still resound, but just let that go as well. It’s not a highfalutin spiritual experience; it’s a relief. Gradually, we appreciate not … Continue reading →

Words Confuse We hear and read words differently from one another, and mistake context because of our backgrounds. This creates and maintains the different atmospheres in which we live, and is the reason why we talk at cross purposes. For … Continue reading →

There Are Other Ways It’s very important to understand that there are other ways, otherwise we can become narrow-minded. There are many paths up to the peak. The search for ultimate truth comes with the realisation of what it is … Continue reading →