Author Archives: tony

There Is Nothing New We will never hear anything new about our true reality of pure consciousness; there can only be a new understanding for each individual. We all live in layers of mental fixations and confusion which have to … Continue reading →

Interaction Is The Path The real Dharma is without formalities.It is pure experience. Interaction tests our mind.Is it still reactive? No progress is made without testing.Opening up is the process of clarity. Truth is the natural wisdom of empathy.Communication is … Continue reading →

Dismissing, Or Even Hating The Truth “No one is more hated than those who speak the truth.-Plato People hate an absolute truth as there is no getting away from it because it cuts through all assumptions. We dismiss the truth of … Continue reading →

Continued From Yesterday …  All people and cultures have their own temperaments. Some are laid back, some are more devotional, and others are wound up. A spiritual practice has to work for the individual to bring them back to balance; … Continue reading →

Whatever Happened To Me? ‘Me’ is an idea held in the mind, a conglomeration of adopted concepts and traumas that consciousness believes it is, and which clouds pure perception. This is our guiding darkness. 🙂 Our guiding light, however, is … Continue reading →

We Judge By Our Own Standards When we judge by our own standards, we reveal our state of mind.

Know Waffle ‘Spiritual waffle’ refers to speaking or writing in a vague, nonsensical manner without getting to the point. It’s cultural intellectualisation rather than direct teaching, and can provide temporary comfort, but that’s all. As waffle never gets to the point, we keep … Continue reading →

Are Gurus Actors With Good Scripts?🙂 In all walks of life, we get carried away by words and names. Once these are learnt, we act out our part, constantly referring to the script. Are gurus and students actors with good … Continue reading →

Are There Levels Of Consciousness? Are there levels of consciousness?No.There are levels of obscuration. Consciousness is clarity. The unenlightened see obscurations in others.A Buddha sees Buddha nature. (Obscuration: fixating and holding on to ideas and obsessions that have been inserted … Continue reading →

Recognising The Inability To Comprehend Recognising the inability to comprehend is wisdom in action:“What do I say?”In that gap, reflection and insight can arise. That recognition is the beginning of true compassion for self (our mind’s construct) and others (mind constructs). Recognition is … Continue reading →

The Creation Of Our Brain Architecture The creation of our brain architectureis the pathway to heaven or hell. The brain is our hard drive; our mind is the software, or memories.Delete the software, and reboot the hard drive to repair … Continue reading →

Ultimate Truth Ultimate truth – the clarity of consciousness – is ignored daily. We just don’t value the fact that we are fortunate to be here to realise this. It’s not a theory to believe in; it’s the essence of … Continue reading →

Reinventing Reality To say that reality is like this or like that obscures the direct vision of pure consciousness which is the only provable reality that never changes. Seeing must obviously come first. As pure consciousness is non-dual, it does … Continue reading →

Why Write? So much is pointing us in an opposite direction. By becoming caught up in the form of life – conforming by performing – we may doubt what we are and what we’re supposed to be doing. I’ve always … Continue reading →

Evil Doesn’t Know It’s Evil Evil doesn’t know it’s evil;it thinks it’s righteous. Confusion obscures clarity.Clarity is insight.

Pickpockets Pick The Mind, Not The Pocket Pickpockets pick the mind, not the pocket.It’s all about misdirection. As long as we are following words, we forget what’s within, looking out.

Ordinary Realisation For Ordinary People We don’t have to be special to recognise our true reality. Realising the truth – our original state – isn’t beingclever, intellectual, or devotional. It’s a simple mind. A simple mind just sees, does whatever is necessary,and … Continue reading →

Suffering: Stuck In An Idea When we cling to an idea, we become stubborn and hostile through pride, creating suffering not only for us, but for those around us. We treat our ideas with great personal affection. Omniscience is seeing … Continue reading →

The Exoteric And The Esoteric The exoteric follow the exotic.The esoteric realise the essence. The exoteric: words intended for the public.The esoteric: beyond words, and realised by the few. Chasing after ‘secrets’ is Mara’s game.Realising we are the secret is … Continue reading →

Our Natural State Is Order The natural state of mind is calm, still clarity.Anything else is a disorder … a mental disorder.  Our natural state is compassionate, empathetic and patient. Patient: from Latin patient -‘suffering’.Able to accept or tolerate problems or suffering without becoming annoyed … Continue reading →

Word Salad Word salad: Tossing words from a dictionary into a salad bowl, and then pulling them out randomly to make a sentence. Spiritual jargon is like that – people use words without experience to impress. A word salad is the tactical … Continue reading →

Being Impressionists  Communicating with others is a precarious business which collapses easily because we usually try to impress. However, we can only impress others with similar fixations in the same circle of existence. The more we understand, the smaller the circle becomes.  … Continue reading →

Homo Sapiens – Clever But Not Wise Humans can learn to do such clever things, and boast about them,but how many know their true reality? 🙂

Empathy (continued) Empathy is understanding how our ideas and feelings come about through mental osmosis. None of us have an original thought; thoughts are placed in our minds through social interaction – or rather, social engineering – which we adopt, … Continue reading →

We Don’t Need To Believe We don’t need to believe.We can know. If we can know, why would we want to believe?Why are so many more ready to believe than to know?Doubt. Why do we doubt?We’re so used to believing. … Continue reading →

We Exaggerate The Truth When we exaggerate the truth, we become desensitised,and exaggerate everything. Humanity exaggerates, causing confusion and conflict, and more exaggeration. This is Mara’s vicious cycle of existence, denying people contentment.  “How can we be content with all … Continue reading →

The Dharma Brings Out The Worst In Us 😀It’s ego.  Ego is consciousness clinging to ideas, which creates a hostile self.When we (consciousness) drop clinging to ideas, we are able to constantly adjust to situations to clarify them.