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Dharma Needs No Adornment Pure consciousness needs no adornments to attract. Never allow materiality to pull the wool over your eyes. Dharma isn’t an adornment. Dharma is our realisation. Dharma is independent of structure and organisation.

Some Days Are Light, Some Heavy, Some Flat The condition is which we find ourselves on any particular day is the karmic display of the absolute truth of the universe uncovering our path for us. We are the absolute truth … Continue reading →

Beyond Knowing And Not Knowing Is Knowingness Thinking we know, we are in an occupied state. Thinking we don’t know, we are in a vacant state. We cannot deny that knowingness – which is synonymous with awareness or consciousness – … Continue reading →

Science And Religion Have The Same Effect In the early years, we seek the mythical, holy grail of life. It doesn’t matter whether we follow science or religion, we end up obsessed and fixated. Depending on the type of person … Continue reading →

We Need A Constant Reminder We need a constant reminder of our true reality, because of constant, misleading information. If we hang around with clowns, we become part of the circus. Recognise and gain certainty in the one principle that … Continue reading →

Making Our Self Feel Better … Making our self feel better, instead of feeling better about our self. This has always been the human dilemma – to cover our self in selfishness, or to understand this self. We spend our … Continue reading →

Does Anything Exist? It’s not a question we like to ask 🙂 Existence: coming into being. If something comes into being, it didn’t exist before. Does it exist now? Is it a temporary phenomena? We think we exist, but how? … Continue reading →

Can The Dharma Be Used Against Humanity? Dharma is the knowledge to enable enlightenment, pointing out whatever obscures this potential. Dharma principles are unfailing, especially regarding the obscurations of desire, aversion and ignorance that obscure our potential. If these obscurations … Continue reading →

Find Your One Point In Life Gain confidence and freedom. Garab Dorje: Recognise your essence. Decide on this one point. Gain confidence and freedom. First, recognise your true essence. Without that, you cannot decide or gain confidence beyond doubt. Decide … Continue reading →

Interfering With Nature Nature is highly adaptable. We are nature and, as such, are highly adaptable, with innate qualities of purity*, consciousness** and compassion***. This is our essential nature. When – through ignorance – we interfere with these three qualities, they … Continue reading →

Compassion Is Responsibility That Challenges Old Brain Compassion is the result of understanding our true reality, which understands our old ideas. Empathy is the measure of understanding. If we haven’t seen the effect of trauma on our life, how can … Continue reading →

Stop Looking For Enlightenment Stop looking for enlightenment: looking is facing in the opposite direction. That which is looking is already enlightened; it is pure consciousness. That is what we actually are, but this has to be uncovered through the … Continue reading →

Being On Top Of The World Being on top of the world is knowing what drives everything and everyone. We are surrounded by negative emotions of likes & dislikes, pleasant & unpleasant, hopes & fears, attraction & repulsion; these forces … Continue reading →

Fake Gurus, Real Gurus And Reliable Gurus A fake* guru tells us what we want to hear = something interesting. A real guru tells us what we already know = “Is that all?” A reliable* guru is our self-karma = … Continue reading →