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- WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG? April 30, 2026
- OUR MORAL LANDSCAPE April 29, 2026
- FOR COMPASSION, WE NEED EMPATHY April 29, 2026
- COMPOS MENTIS – NON-COMPOS MENTIS April 29, 2026
- CONQUERING THE UNIVERSE April 28, 2026
- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT April 26, 2026
- WE FEAR COMMUNICATION April 25, 2026
- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
- THE ASPECTS OF SELF April 24, 2026
- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
- OUR FABULOUS TEACHER April 21, 2026
- THE NON-PERSON MOMENTS April 21, 2026
- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE ACT OF REBELLION April 15, 2026
- AN ALIENS VIEW April 15, 2026
- PRAYER IS HOPE April 14, 2026
- COMPASSION DOESN’T MEAN WE LIKE SOMEONE April 13, 2026
- DEPRESSION SUDDENLY LIFTS April 13, 2026
- THE JOY OF MEETING IDIOTS April 13, 2026
- IT’S AMAZING April 12, 2026
- UNIFIED DIVISION – AND THE CONSEQUENCES April 11, 2026
- WE SELF CENSOR … WHY? April 10, 2026
- THE DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING WHAT IS REAL April 9, 2026
- WHY DO WE DOUBT? April 9, 2026
- IT’S A MASSIVE SHOCK April 8, 2026
- TRY NOT GETTING BACK TO ‘NORMAL’ April 8, 2026
- THE TACTIC HASN’T AGED April 7, 2026
- INTERCONNECTEDNESS – UNISON OR HARMONY? April 7, 2026
- THE CURSE OF THE MESSENGER April 6, 2026
- FIBONACCI: THE LAWS OF SURVIVAL April 5, 2026
- THE FIBONACCI EFFECT – THE GOLDEN RATIO April 5, 2026
- THE POWER OF FIBONACCI April 5, 2026
- THE FIBONACCI EFFECT April 5, 2026
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HALF THE TEACHING
Half the Teaching Have you experienced being instructed in meditation, and told to focus on an object…a stone, a flower, an image, a dot, the breath…and nothing else? This happened to me when I first became a Buddhist practitioner, but … Continue reading
HAVE YOU FOUND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR?
Have you found what you are looking for? Can’t find anything? Excellent! . Just to be clear, and not play word games. In not finding anything, means that the intelligence that is looking for something, realises that it is the … Continue reading
DOMINANCE IN THE MIND
Dominance in the Mind There is a battle for dominance in the mind between our natural clarity and thought invaders. Either clarity is dominant or thoughts are dominant…and usually it is thoughts! The battle is won the moment clarity recognises … Continue reading
EXPERIENCE AND STILLNESS IS AWARENESS AND EMPTINESS
Experience and Stillness is Awareness and Emptiness “Two birds sat in the self-same tree:one pecked of the fruitwhile the other sat and watched.”(the two truths) From the highest point of view, we (as empty essence) use experience/awareness, to enjoy and … Continue reading
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ORDINARY PEOPLE CANNOT DEAL WITH ORDINARINESS
Ordinary people cannot deal with ordinariness Ordinary people are those who do not recognise their spiritual nature, which is ordinariness without embellishments. Ordinary people are totally involved with things, people, places and sometimes ideas. Rarely do they talk about … Continue reading
WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THE DHARMA
We are not supposed to do the Dharma We are the Dharma! The Buddha didn’t teach us to follow his teachings: he taught us to recognise our true nature. We may become very learned and scholarly in the Dharma, but … Continue reading
A SYMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING
A Sympathetic Understanding When we have a sympathetic understandingof causes and effects (karma),we becomethe lord of compassion. Since beginningless timebeings have endured unbearable sufferingdue to mis-understanding. When we have a sympathetic understandingof causes and effects (karma),we evolve,never to return to … Continue reading
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TIMELY TEACHING
Timely Teaching There are certain teachings that happen at precisely the right moment. On a blog, one cannot create that sort of atmosphere as it is a matter of tuning in, so this may not have the same effect! Once, … Continue reading
THE DIFFICULTY IN MEETING OF MINDS
The difficulty in meeting of minds This is best done in silence! Words are not the experience. When we use words, we have to use a little ego to communicate. An ego (awareness clinging to concepts) will be around until … Continue reading
THE INDISTINGUISHABILITY OF THE TWO TRUTHS
The Indistinguishability of the Two Truths This is the essence of Dharma.The two truths are Nirvana and Samsara:Absolute truth and Relative truth… heaven and hell! If we think that hell is a nasty placeand heaven is a lovely place,we will … Continue reading
WITH CLARITY COMES RESPONSIBILITY
With clarity comes responsibility With meditation comes clarity.With clarity comes responsibility.Through meditation, we are now able to focus,feel confident and have less doubt, and areless given to acting out our emotions. Here comes the challenging dilemma:we recognise that others do … Continue reading
THE SIX REALMS
The six realms. In Tibetan Buddhism there are six psychological profiles of sentient beings. Because of our karma (our propensities), we drift – or are driven – into these states throughout the day. Our whole lives may be dominated by … Continue reading
KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE
Knowledge of the Universe The Knowledge of the universe is within us all.That’s how wonderful we are. We may not know every alien manifestationbut we can know their nature of enlightened potentiality,while recognising that all appearanceslack any permanent reality. How … Continue reading
DEALING WITH GOOD KARMA
Dealing with good karma We normally think of karma as something bad; as a debt to be repaid, as a store room of reactions to be exhausted. This is true, as karma is the mud that is covering the ‘Jewel’. … Continue reading
EQUANIMITY
Equanimity We need to realise that everything that appears in the mind – good or bad – is, in the first instance, merely an appearance of one taste. Before we get caught up in whether we like it or not, … Continue reading
WE NEED TO PRACTISE
We need to practise Practice is re-minding. Once we remember, we no longer have to practise! We have arrived. We spend most of our time either occupied, or in a state of vacancy. We get caught up in the sense … Continue reading
“KNOW THY SELF”…BOTH OF THEM!
“Know thy self”…both of them! There are two aspect to all of us, relative and absolute. Our absolute being is our true nature. Our relative being obscures the recognition of our absolute nature. Our absolute nature never changes. But what … Continue reading
THERE IS NO BAD MEDITATION
There is no bad meditation. Somedays the mind is wild, sleepy, worried, clear, stuffed up with a cold.Whatever appears essence is always present, just aware.Meditation is about awareness, and the awareness of awareness. Essence has no time for an “I”.
THOUGHTS ‘R’ US
Thoughts ‘r’ Us Where do they come from? Is it mind or essence?We all have thoughts.Maybe we think we shouldn’t …wrong!We merely have to distinguish between clinging reactionary thoughts, and thoughts that translate experience without clinging. One set comes from … Continue reading
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YOUR PATH
Your Path. This is a tricky subject. It is said that, in absolute terms, the path does not exist, and nor does meditation or a meditator. However, we are not enlightened yet and so, relatively, they do exist. Once we … Continue reading
SELF-CONTROLLED?
Self-controlled? Our-self is controlling us. Our-self is an academic acquisition that is programmed to react. Compassion is not an academic subject.
DOING BETTER IS IMPOSSIBLE
Doing Better is Impossible Doing better is impossible. Doing better is judgemental, and is therefore driven by desire and aversion. In that driven state of mind there is no end to bettering. “I must improve myself, I must improve others.” … Continue reading
MEDITATION PRACTICE
Meditation Practice Meditation is merely recognising and maintaining one’s true nature,so you don’t actually have to meditate.But let’s be honest,we forget most of the time,and so a little effortless discipline is handy! Before we can meditate, we have to know … Continue reading
MEDITATION CONTINUED
Meditation continued. Meditation has no characteristics or special culture. We merely tame the mind, and recognises our true nature. We can learn the basics of meditation to help calm the mind, and then we have a choice to make. Do … Continue reading
MEDITATION
Meditation (As it’s the new year we might as well start from scratch.) Meditation is being ordinary. If we look at the mind, we find it runs all over the place. The ordinary observer – the awareness – gets distracted, … Continue reading
THE IMPORTANCE OF IGNORANCE
The Importance of Ignorance Ignorance may be seen in two ways: ignorance and ignore-ance.When we say ignorance (nescience), we mean ‘lacking knowing’.When we say ignore-ance, we mean ‘knowing, but ignoring’. Ignorance is not knowing and ignore-ance is knowing…sounds a bit … Continue reading
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WHEN THOUGHTS BECOME AN ECHO
When Thoughts Become an Echo When we (pure essence) cling to ideas, this clinging is known as ego – ego-clinging. The pure essence of light has turned into darkness. This ego-centric activity clouds pure essence which forgets its true nature, … Continue reading
FED UP WITH HEARING ABOUT COMPASSION?
Fed up with hearing about compassion? If we find ourselves fed up with hearing about compassion, compassion, compassion, then our motivation, motivation, motivation is not pure, and is still ego-dominated. If we are fed up with hearing about ego, ego, … Continue reading
We know
We know. Our essence is clear, and our mind is clear. If our mind was not clear, we couldn’t function as a human being! So we have the potential of perfect (subtle) body, speech and mind (many of our feelings … Continue reading
THE ENLIGHTENED EGO
The Enlightened Ego It’s easy to forget that a stick has two ends… An enlightened ego is a scholarly mind that has learnt the right words and definitions, but is still caught up in a ‘me’. In Tibetan Buddhism there … Continue reading
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ACADEMIC TO KNOW
You don’t have to be academic to know Realising the nature of mind is merely recognising that which recognises the reflections. The mind comes in all shapes, sizes and has its own special needs, and so there is a need … Continue reading
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR, BIRTH OF THE NEW
Death of the old year, birth of the new We are coming up to the end of the year. How are you? Is there a looseness in the ego? Is the ego clinging less to fixated ideas.Do you feel more … Continue reading
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TALKING AND WALKING WITH DEMONS
Talking and Walking with Demons This is a tricky subject, and much will depend on our experience and capacity. It is to do with noticing (as they say in the film Star Wars) a “disturbance in the force”! The force … Continue reading
NOTICING THE DIFFERENCE IN MEDITATION
Noticing the difference in meditation When sitting in meditation…do it and don’t do it, and notice the difference. When doing meditation, notice the subtle tensions in the body and mind. When being the meditation, notice how relaxed and natural it … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS NOT SOMETHING YOU DO
Meditation is not something you do.Meditation is something you are. If meditation is something we do, it will remain a mystery, like the higher self, soul, god, atman, brahman…it is something ‘out there’. We want to know the mystery of … Continue reading
Self obsessed…who me?
Self obsessed…who me? As long as we are obsessed with our self we will remain in a duality of mistaken reality- that which essence is aware of. (‘)> <(‘) The fun we can have is equal to how … Continue reading
THE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS
The source of happiness The source of happiness is recognising our true nature, and the relief in recognising that there is nothing else. Whatever we do, this true nature is always there. In our relative complexity, it is the ultimate … Continue reading
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WE ARE EXPERTS AT NEGATIVITY
We are experts at negativity Or rather…the mind is an expert at negativity. We know this. How do we know this? Conscience! We actually feel uncomfortable when the mind expresses negativity. We know this. Why? Because conscience is none other than … Continue reading
HOW TO RECOGNISE OUR PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS
How to recognise our previous incarnations It’s quite simple and logical: all we need to do is read our own tendencies.We don’t need to feel guilty, as we have been everything, and we have been around for ever! If we … Continue reading
THE SHORTCOMINGS OF NOT TRAINING
The Shortcomings of Not Training. The whole point of meditation is to train in becoming familiar with our true nature, which is pure uncontaminated empty essence, cognisant nature and unconfined compassion. When we (this pure uncontaminated empty essence, cognisant nature … Continue reading
I DON’T HAVE TO PRACTISE THE DHARMA
I don’t have to practise the Dharma Statement:I don’t have to practice the Dharma.I can make up my own mind. Question:What do you think the Dharma is? Reply: The Dharma is religious dogma. Question:What makes up your mind? Reply: I do. Question:What … Continue reading
WHY WE MEDITATE
Why we meditate Meditation is a method to break out of this dream world of concepts, by letting be…letting be …letting be. It’s the first step to recognising the confusion and thought patterns in the mind, by creating … Continue reading
MY TEACHER SAID,
My teacher said, “Simply allow experiences to take place very freely,so that your open heart is suffused with thetenderness of true compassion. Tsoknyi Rinpoche 111 On first hearing this, it doesn’t sound like important advice. But on reflection, experiences … Continue reading
THE BUDDHA’S GRADUAL TEACHINGS IN THREE STEPS
The Buddha’s gradual teachings in three steps The first is impermanence and suffering. We have to acknowledge this initially. The second is emptiness.When we recognise impermanence, emptiness is understood. The third is wisdom. All phenomena including the mind reflects our … Continue reading
SUBTLE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLARITY OF MIND AND CLARITY OF ESSENCE
Subtle distinctions between clarity of mind and clarity of essence There is meditation with effort, and there is effortless non-meditation. We use meditation techniques to arrive at clarity: having arrived, the techniques are dropped. This is a very subtle matter, … Continue reading
HOW ARE WE DOING?
How are we doing? Have there been any changes?Are we more able to free ourselves from the emotions?Do we no longer fear our emotions?Do we feel more confident? Or… Have we not changed?Are we still controlled by our emotions?Do we … Continue reading
STOPPING THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING
Stopping the cause of suffering. Ignorance is the cause of suffering.Ignorance of our own pure awareness. Pure awareness gets caught up in what it sees. This started when desire aroseand pure awareness createda mental image of itself…..me!
TECHNIQUE, NO TECHNIQUE
Technique, No Technique The technique is used to arrive at a result.Once we arrive the technique is no longer needed.Meditation techniques are to calm the mind, to see clearly.Once the mind has clarity, we merely rest in clarity.We drop … Continue reading
LOSS OF FAITH AND INCREASE IN DOUBT
Loss of faith and Increase in Doubt. These are common feelings with which Buddhism deals. Faith and doubt are observable; they are just other names for hope and fear created in the mind. They aren’t you! They are temporary appearances … Continue reading
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 