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“I”     “I” is being something.         . Tony     .

  Recognising the death process. This is a Tibetan Bardo supplication by Kunga Paljor. Translated by Gerardo Abboud.  This is a short prayer, describing the process of so-called death, the intermediate state and reincarnation. It is basically is a reminder … Continue reading →

Feeling jaded?  There are time when we feel that meditation does not work, or we are getting a little bored with it. That’s OK. Some days are good and some days aren’t so good. Some times we just feel flat … Continue reading →

The double edged sword of reality. We are born with tools, and these may be used in either of two ways – deception or perception. However, there is a trick to seeing perception in deception, and deception in perception. The … Continue reading →

Recognising, deciding and confidence: these are known as the three steps to liberation. Recognise your true empty nature….free of thoughts. Decide on this point….that there is nothing other. Build confidence in liberation…be confident and know freedom.  Because of being able … Continue reading →

We are the jewel in the mud. The mud is conceptual thinking. The mud just needs washing off. The mud clings because we (our consciousness) have got used to holding on to concepts about ourselves, and phenomena in the universe. Yes, … Continue reading →

This is a very special prayer. By now you may have a better understanding of what it might mean. Form is emptiness and emptiness is form, meaning the unity of the two truths. THE HEART SUTRA Om Homage to the … Continue reading →

Consciousness and Awareness. Some cultures and traditions use the same word differently, and this can add to our confusion…it certainly did to mine! The words ‘consciousness’ and ‘awareness’ can be used to mean the same thing, or something different. Just … Continue reading →

Nothing ever happens. I meditated and nothing happened. I meditated some more and nothing happened I meditated for many years, still nothing happened. Then I realised that nothing happens.  In this dream-like passing world, nothing truly happens. Dream-like phenomena is … Continue reading →

The more we recognise our true nature, the less we want to forget it. “Do you mean to say, I should be aware of my true essence all the time?! This is mind control! Monks and nuns yes, but I … Continue reading →

Awareness seeks itself…and finds nothing. Finding nothing is Emptiness. Merely rest, neither modifying nor looking for anything else. That ‘is’ our pure nature. We are, what we seek. Be at peace. Tony

Beyond death. This is from the Tibetan Book of the Dead…it’s quite colourful! Facing death and beyond is really a psychological event – it is as natural as birth, so that’s ok. This is just a brief outline, as I … Continue reading →

Esoteric secrets. The body and mind are very delicate instruments. Most of the time we, as ordinary sentient beings, live in a coarse, comical world of caricatures: we write the script, acquire the part, and then act it out. To be … Continue reading →

Never lose your passion.  It’s important to recognise the wisdom in the emotions, and not to be afraid of our reactions to the emotions. Emotions are not bad, if they are viewed correctly! It’s easy for others to stir up … Continue reading →

We have too much ‘interest’ in the karmic bank! From time to time ego-fixation has to be challenged. If we do not do this, we will not see the ego at work, and we won’t see the need to change … Continue reading →

The dumbing down of the population. We are very intelligent sentient beings who have been dumbed down. We are wisdom holders who are unaware of our true essential nature. Some of you will have heard this before, and assumed it … Continue reading →

The true nature of desire, aversion and ignorance. Desire = Emptiness. Aversion = Awareness. Ignorance= Compassion. Our ‘being’ is Empty, meaning pure sacred space. Desire fills that sacred space with concepts. Our ‘being’ is also Awareness, meaning has a knowing quality. … Continue reading →

There is no such thing as an ego.  I’ve always had a real tussle with this, mainly because I thought that if Awareness is present, I assumed that ego is as well. Well it is…and it isn’t!  Ego is Awareness … Continue reading →

Spirituality is the psychology of recognising our true nature, and destroys ego Spirituality is a belief system of our true nature, and does not destroy ego. Fast track or slow track, we always have a choice. Tony .

Awareness is seeking itself. Tony .

Don’t wobble.  We all fall into doubt or lack confidence in ‘knowing’. We may think it is too high and mighty to claim that we know pure awareness. It’s our natural state – it is just there! It is not … Continue reading →

Techniques and Practices. There are lots of them!  If you go to a Dharma centre you will acquire a whole plethora of chants, mantras, pujas, prayers…things to do. All of them are ways to remembering Pure Awareness.  I have lots … Continue reading →

The surgical knife of wisdom.  As we progress, the surgical knife of wisdom gets sharper: the world and the mind are brighter and more meaningful. We realise that the only person we should be critical of is ourselves. Great care … Continue reading →

Thought and thinking. Taking every thing apart simplifies every thing!  On first observation, thoughts and thinking seem the same. There are thoughts in the mind, due to experience and subliminal programming: these thoughts are stored in our memory bank. This … Continue reading →

Ignorance is not a firm foundation.  I used to fence foil in the Olympic squad, and a friend said, “Why do you have to have all those set moves? Just fight!” He obviously didn’t like being told what to do … Continue reading →

The secret life of emotions. You see a wonky picture on the wall. In that very first instance, that is ‘pure perception’- unfabricated pure awareness. The next moment, a judgement comes up: “It should be straight!” Then anger arises: “It … Continue reading →

How can you make a choices if you are not informed? We can either chase UFOs, chase governments and corporations, or chase the mind. Either way it is all a distraction. First know thy self, then you will know that … Continue reading →

A view on Depression.  We have every right to feel depressed, the world is upside down, not you. There is no need to take pills, you are not pill deficient! However, long periods of sadness can make one feel exhausted … Continue reading →

“All they do is meditate!” There is much going on in this world that creates suffering – power crazed governments, greedy corporation, people in back rooms inventing new ways to control the population and put us into debt. We read … Continue reading →

Judging and staying happy.  Let’s be honest, we make judgements all the time. Judging, discriminating, discerning, valuing are all part of learning and evolving. But we make the mistake of confusing conventional reality with ultimate reality. On the ultimate level … Continue reading →

In the ‘normal’ run of life we get involved in this and that: we get exhausted, we seek entertainment…we switch off. In the ‘normal’ run of life this is ok – it’s to be expected…we do all this and then … Continue reading →

The activities of Wisdom and Demons. One could see this as Buddhist psychology.   All sentient beings are BUDDHAS but do not notice it. 1.Our essence is emptiness/pure/Dharmakaya. 2.Our nature is cognisance/consciousness/aware. 3.Our expression is compassionate energy. These if gone … Continue reading →

The illusion. Every thing in the universe is in an impermanent state. Matter is constantly changing. So, everything in the universe has no permanent reality. Only a seemingly real reality.  If a thing is real If a thing truly exists … Continue reading →

The strong serve the weak. The strong learn from life’s challenges, and respond with compassion.   The weak find fault with life, and blame others.   Tony .

You have come this far, so now it is time for the Secret of Secrets! First, we must look at the toilet door for instruction… Does it say “Occupied” or “Vacant”? When viewing ourself – and others – we notice … Continue reading →

Why I became a Buddhist. I was looking for something that could answer all my questions – something complete, and something I could prove from every angle. Buddhism is not a belief system. It is an analysis of truth. I’ve … Continue reading →

Religion and Spirituality: a personal observation.  All humans have different capacities and understandings. Why? Because of work done in previous incarnations. As every sentient being is evolving at their own speed, we cannot judge others, but we can understand where … Continue reading →

Human potential is total enlightenment…so what are we doing? It is possible to become a Buddha or at least a Bodhisattva – one with the universe and beyond! So what are we doing? Arguing, feeling proud, eating too much, staring … Continue reading →

Nobody ever became enlightened by not meditating. Nobody ever became enlightened by meditating.   The practice of meditation, is becoming familiar with just being. The practice of non-meditation, is being.   The practice of meditation is the method to the … Continue reading →

Being critical without criticising.  Evolving means noting, discriminating and evaluating all that appears. One lets be one’s usual reactions to that, then something fresh maybe seen.  Only accepting and rejecting because of our biased habitual opinions, leads us into deeper … Continue reading →

 Noticing suffering is not as easy as we think. The word suffering, is a word for ‘being’ not happy. We tend to think, “Well, I’m not unhappy all the time, so I’m not suffering all the time.”  Maybe we just do … Continue reading →

We live in two pyramids – deception and perception –  because within us are both darkness and light. The pyramid of deception deals with the past and future of people, places, events, and with not knowing. The pyramid of perception … Continue reading →