Author Archives: tony

Heaven In Hell 2 Heaven is clarity – our awakened state.Hell is opinions – our dream state. Clarity: divine splendour.Opinion: thought, belief. Hell is a contaminated mind.Heaven is the pure state of mind.

Looking For Answers? Looking for answers? Look within the mind.The observation of how it works tells us everything. The truth is definitely not about adopting answers.

Being Aware In Experience Being aware in experience is a continual process of non-attachment, therefore there is nothing to let go of. This is our pure state of being.  A confused life is based on opinions about experience, creating a narrative of ‘my … Continue reading →

Distraction And Over-Reaction This is how the world is … trained. We as humans, get over-stimulated and carried away; we lose our minds to fascinations. For most of us, this is the process of life, as we’re constantly distracted and … Continue reading →

Has The Cheese Slid Off Your Cracker? Are we separated from reality? Of course, we’d all say no.But do we truly know what reality is? Asking this very question will start the process to put the cheese back.🙂

All Sentient Beings Are Scientists All sentient beings are scientists;we have to be to survive. As humans, we have more and more information available to us – in fact, too much. When we investigate we look through our mind-microscope to … Continue reading →

Bodhisattva Vow The right intention. There are nine levels of bodhisattvas, up to enlightenment. This vow to work for the benefit of others is not to be taken lightly; taking this vow means one’s life will never be the same … Continue reading →

Unless We Practise Unless we practise, we won’t know what the words mean. But what do we practise?  We practise being aware of both the habitual patterns in our mind which cause conflict, and that which observes this pattern of behaviour. … Continue reading →

We Don’t Have To Agree With Teachers To say that we don’t have to agree with teachers is not to say that they’re wrong, but that their approach may not suit us.  It all depends at what level someone is … Continue reading →

Why Are We So Ready To Believe? Why are we so ready to believe?Stimulation. Stimulation:Encouragement of something to make it develop or become more active.The action of arousing interest, enthusiasm, or excitement.The raising of levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body, or any biological system. From birth, we are over-stimulated by stories, and then news. Once we’re stimulated, we want … Continue reading →

Until We Acknowledge Suffering Until we acknowledge suffering, we will never realise the truth of suffering, or its cause. Why not? Because we are either satisfied with how things are now, or we cover up dissatisfaction with form. Form: a mould of ideas … Continue reading →

We Are Different, But Not In Essence We are all different in our understanding and confusion, but not in essence. Our problem is that we are indoctrinated with words and names, which causes conflict and division – and is meant to. “By … Continue reading →

Sharing Being When we realise what happiness is, and what life is all about,we want to share it.  This is not a theory;we are pure awareness. Others may not agree,but we still share.

Interaction Is Our Teacher Our path isn’t about what we know; that is the path of fame and gain. Our path is transforming information into wisdom – genuine experience – otherwise, we are doing Mara’s work.  It is only through … Continue reading →

The Vicious Cycle Of Boredom Boredom has two aspects:

Whatever Is Known Is The Past Whatever is known is the past.Knowing is now. Arrogance is thinking we know.Wisdom is now. It’s not what we know;it’s how we are that matters.

Surrounded By Mara Activity The news, media, people’s everyday comments … when was the last time you heard something worthwhile? Humans can create beautiful and clever things, but there comes a time in life when we have to make a … Continue reading →

What We Say Makes No Difference What we say makes no difference.How we are makes the difference.🙂

Only A Few In Heaven? What if there are only a few beings in heaven? So where are the rest?Here, swapping philosophies. 🙂 Hell is ignoring heaven, the pure state of mind.

The Path Of No Hardship Being aware is what we all do, but we are unaware of awareness itself. We are aware of things ‘out there’, and thoughts about things ‘out there’, but we’re rarely aware of awareness. This awareness … Continue reading →

Being Inspired We (consciousness) can be inspired by positivity. At a deeper level, we (consciousness) can also be inspired by negativity. It all depends on our understanding and capacity. When we’re in exoteric mode – seeker mode – we look … Continue reading →

Life Is A Test Life is a test to see if we’re working properly. The test: Do we function in clarity, or in pride and fear?

What If We See The World Differently? Is that anti-social?  The Buddha saw that life has meaning. Introverts look inwards; extroverts look out. Are introverts anti-social? We live in confused times.