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- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
- CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS March 13, 2026
- WE INHERIT MEMORIES March 13, 2026
- FINDING EGO March 13, 2026
- HOLDING ONTO ANGER March 13, 2026
- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
- THE AI LAMA March 11, 2026
- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
- GHOST IN THE MIND March 10, 2026
- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
- CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION? March 5, 2026
- REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED March 4, 2026
- NICE PEOPLE March 3, 2026
- OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE March 2, 2026
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG March 1, 2026
- WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS February 28, 2026
- THE ART OF LIVING February 27, 2026
- DISSOLVING DUALISTIC MIND February 27, 2026
- EMPATHY FOR STUPIDITY February 27, 2026
- HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED February 27, 2026
- HOW DID IT ALL START? February 27, 2026
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF EXISTENTIALISM February 27, 2026
- THE WISDOM OF FAILURE February 26, 2026
- THE MIND IS A MENTAL SOLAR SYSTEM February 25, 2026
- INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM February 24, 2026
- INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE February 24, 2026
- DANGER WAKES US UP February 23, 2026
- WHEN WE IGNORE EVIL February 23, 2026
- CONFUSION IS MEANT TO CONFUSE February 23, 2026
- A LACK OF CONTINUITY February 22, 2026
- MEMORIES SEPARATE US February 21, 2026
- THE FOUR ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITIES February 20, 2026
- LIVING A SHARED FICTION February 20, 2026
- WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED? February 20, 2026
- DOES RELIGION WAKE US UP? February 19, 2026
- MEDITATION GAZE February 18, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING CONFUSION February 18, 2026
- FRUSTRATED AT BEING FRUSTRATED February 18, 2026
- CYCLES: THE HABITUAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR February 17, 2026
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GET THE BIG PICTURE
Get The Big Picture We need to get the big picture before we get into the details. Essence before form. When we become wrapped up in rituals, we ignore what it’s all about. We are pure consciousness. That is the big picture, … Continue reading
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ONLY WANTING TO HEAR GOOD THINGS
Only Wanting To Hear Good Things This is especially so with ‘spiritual’ people. When we become dissatisfied with ordinary life, we look for something better, seeking a positive outlook, and to hear only the ‘good’ news. This is Mara activity, … Continue reading
HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE ARE AWAKE OR NOT?
How Do We Know If We Are Awake Or Not? Asking that question is a good start.🙂 When we are in repeat mode, we are living in the mind’s dogma, and function on a mechanical level, following a dream; certain people … Continue reading
BEING BOUND TO A TEACHER
Being Bound To A Teacher Being bound to a teacher not only creates and maintains a duality, a dependency, it is not the way or culture of modern life. The point of having a teacher is to show the student … Continue reading
WHICH PATH?
Which Path? We are all already on a path of self-discovery that we are not this self. Every path is unique. We do not have to join a religion or a philosophical group, or go to a temple or a … Continue reading
ONCE WE ARE AWAKE, WE ARE FOREVER AWAKE
Once We Are Awake, We Are Forever Awake Awake: knowing what we are before an identity.Asleep: believing we are an identity. This is what Plato’s (428–347 BC) allegory of shadow puppets in a cave is all about. This illustrates how we … Continue reading
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OUR PATH OR THE PATH?
Our Path Or The Path? Since humans inhabited the world, so did Mara.Mara is Sanskrit for demonic mind,and Mara likes world just the way it is, in chaos and confusion. Thinking we can put the world right is part of … Continue reading
IT MATTERS
It Matters It matters what we think, what we say and what we do. If we merely go through a routine and function on that habitual level, we are in a dream state. We need to break the pattern – … Continue reading
EVIL DISTORTS THE TRUTH
Evil Distorts The Truth There are three laws that control the universe, and every sentient being in the universe: desire, aversion and indifference – attraction, repulsion and inertia – fight, flight and freeze – hope, fear, and ignorance – like, … Continue reading
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CONFIDENCE AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE
Confidence And Lack of Confidence This is a difficult subject to read and to write about. There are two ways of looking at confidence, one from a practitioner’s point of view (someone who is aware of consciousness) and the other … Continue reading
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WORSHIPPING SOMETHING ‘HIGHER’ THAN OURSELVES
Worshipping Something ‘Higher’ Than Ourselves A hierarchy creates a misguided view and a separation.Hierarchy: from Greek hierarkhēs ‘sacred rule’. This is political positioning, keeping us in our place. Appreciating someone who has more knowledge or wisdom is beneficial to our understanding, because we already … Continue reading
HOW INTELLIGENT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE?
How Intelligent Are We Supposed To Be? If it’s material intelligence, then we need a high I.Q. If it’s social, then none at all. If it’s about consciousness, we need E.Q. E.Q. – emotional quotient or emotional intelligence – is the ability … Continue reading
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CONDUCT: BECOMING AN EMPATHETIC DIPLOMAT
Conduct: Becoming A Empathetic Diplomat A person who can deal with others in a sensitive and tactful way. Realising our ultimate essence is a piece of cake compared to watching our conduct. We actually ascend the levels – the yanas – through our conduct, knowing the … Continue reading
FEELING JADED?
Feeling Jaded? Jaded: bored and lacking enthusiasm; had too much of something. Spiritually speaking, we can feel a bit jaded after too many lectures, words and rituals where we hope that, by attending, we’d understand more, we’d note an improvement, we’d see it’s … Continue reading
“HMM – PERHAPS I’M WRONG?”
“Hmm – Perhaps I’m Wrong?” I ask this question every morning, noting that awareness still remains.That cannot be wrong. Some believe this awareness is just chemicals in the brain.Some believe we are created. We each have to decide,and live by … Continue reading
SPACE, CONSCIOUSNESS AND TIME
Space, Consciousness And Time If we wave our hand around in front of us, the space doesn’t change, does it? That which perceives this unchanging space doesn’t change either, does it? Time only relates to things in space and memories … Continue reading
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WHO DO WE TRUST?
Who Do We Trust? Trust: belief in someone or something: acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation. So trust is synonymous with belief. In this world, we accept a situation because others do, reassigning responsibility for our life to others. Even the Buddha said, … Continue reading
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AFTER REALISATION
After Realisation What should life be like after the realisation of our true being? Life is just as it is, with all its karmic load. But now, that karmic load is our undoing.😀 Our karma – our attitude – shows pure … Continue reading
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WHY KEEP GOING ON ABOUT THE MOMENT NOW?
Why Keep Going On About The Moment Now? Why keep going on about the moment now?Boring! Truth is all about the spontaneous moment now. It’s true because it’s always present! Everything else is a temporary phenomenon, a trifle (from old French trufe: ‘deceit’). … Continue reading
WANTING SOMETHING WE’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE
Wanting Something We’ve Never Heard Before Wanting to hear something we’ve never heard before means that we don’t understand what we’ve already heard. We want something exotic, something special, something that takes us away from the mundane. If we think … Continue reading
LOOK AT THE CAUSE, NOT THE EFFECT
Look At The Cause, Not The Effect Treating the effect will not change the cause. This is how we’re trapped in ignorance, and why we are in the state we’re in. We feel unhappy so we try to make ourself … Continue reading
WHY DON’T WE LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE?
Why Don’t We Like Certain People? Why don’t we like certain people?And conversely, why don’t they like – or ignore – us? We can feel uncomfortable around them, and they us. We see a person in the street, and we … Continue reading
THE GREAT DEFAULT
The Great Default We are constantly being reset to default, our manufacturers’ preselected option. 🙂 Default: a computer programme or other mechanism reverting automatically to a preselected option. From Latin fallere ‘disappoint, deceive’. You’ve heard of Build Back Better, The Great Reset, The New World Order, Heresy Laws, Non-Crime … Continue reading
DEVIATIONISM
Deviationism The action of departing from an established course. Long ago, humans knew the absolute truth of their reality, which was – and is – pure consciousness. What has happened since then? We changed course to adopt forms, words and materialism. That was the deviation – from … Continue reading
CONFUSION RULES
Confusion Rules You can manipulate all the people some of the time,and some of the people all of the time,but you cannot manipulate all the people all of the time. We can only be released from foolishnesswhen we know we … Continue reading
ENMESHED
Enmeshed Enmeshed: in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape. Just like the ‘news’.🙂 When we are entangled in the contents of the mind, we’re caught and held. Thoughts are like entertainers that keep us occupied to the … Continue reading
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ISN’T LIFE FRUSTRATING?
Isn’t Life Frustrating? 🙂 Life is frustrating because we all have different points of view due to our different background experiences (karma) and different levels of understanding (reduction of karma). We can only go so far in a conversation, and … Continue reading
FEEDING A.I.
Feeding A.I. The theft of the century is the relentless pursuit of personal information to feed artificial intelligence (A.I.) that will then be repurposed to gain greater wealth and power. Any bit of information can produce masses of information about an unsuspecting … Continue reading
BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS IS BEING AWAKE
Being Fully Conscious Is Being Awake This isn’t being religious, and there’s no assumption that we are awake. “I am awake!!”Yes, the I is activated. We’re talking about consciousness before we start thinking and talking. Wakefulness is awareness beyond body and mind, … Continue reading
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WE BECOME A TRANSCRIPT
We Become A Transcript We become a transcript– don’t be so sure that we don’t! When it comes to the mind, we either mimic others or we can know how our mind works on its own. Copying something isn’t the … Continue reading
ACTUATING REALISATION
Actuating Realisation When we realise our true reality, we have arrived at what we’ve been looking for all of our life. This realisation is the purpose of life. After decades of meditation which led nowhere and had become just a … Continue reading
WARPED CONSCIOUSNESS
Warped Consciousness Warp: to make or become bent or twisted out of shape, as a result of manipulation, corruption, perversion. We use the word ‘consciousness’ generically to describe perception, as in “I have perception”, or “I have consciousness”. That word have is the warp factor. There is a choice.If we have … Continue reading
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WE SEE WHEN WE ARE READY TO SEE
We See When We Are Ready To See We see when we are ready to see– and that can be at any moment, even right now. When we stop looking for something interesting and just see, we realise the clarity … Continue reading
ZERO TOLERANCE
Zero Tolerance Zero tolerance makes people’s lives intolerable. It is anti-compassion, demanding total compliance. This is what an A.I. digital world would look like. If people go along with this system, they will suffer under an artificial intelligence. The mantra … Continue reading
TOO SPEEDY TO NOTICE
Too Speedy To Notice We are too speedy to notice our true reality. Every moment whooshes by with something to do or talk about. Whooshing and clarity aren’t accommodating bedfellows. 🙂 The silent clarity of absolute truth goes unnoticed in … Continue reading
CONFLICT IS DHARMA
Conflict Is Dharma Dharma is looking another way. This is the age of conflict – the Kaliyuga. There are many teachings out there, but the really practical teaching is within, in our conflicts with the world and others. In practical terms, conflict … Continue reading
THE APPEARANCE OF TRUTH
The Appearance Of Truth Whatever appears to be the truth is never the truth. We live in a conflict of interests; nothing ‘out there’ or ‘in the mind’ is the truth of our reality. We make a grave mistake when … Continue reading
‘ONE UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS’ – ONE RING TO BIND THEM ALL
‘One Universal Consciousness’ – One Ring To Bind Them All It’s all about control. “…One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them,One ring to bring them all,and in the darkness, bind them…”– J.R.R. Tolkien Look at the manifestation … Continue reading
HUMOUR
Humour Humour – mental disposition of appreciation – happiness.Humourless – mental disposition of being unable to appreciate – unhappiness. When we lack humour, we are homeless and uncomfortable. Conversely, in good humour, we feel at home, and are confident with whatever arises. What is being … Continue reading
IS THERE ONE MIND, OR AN INFINITE NUMBER OF MINDS?
Is There One Mind, Or An Infinite Number Of Minds? Is there one mind, or an infinite number of minds?This is for each individual mind to decide. 😀 Whichever we choose, it’s still up to the individual mind. The decision on how … Continue reading
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WE LIVE IN STORIES
We Live In Stories We live in stories, memories, mental recordings that we replay. It’s what reincarnates at every moment, and causes us to remain fixated. Everyone wants to be ‘in the loop’ – in a circle of individuals who think … Continue reading
ABSOLUTE REALITY CANNOT FEEL INSULTED
Absolute Reality Cannot Feel Insulted Absolute reality cannot feel insulted;it is only our pride that can be insulted. Pride is excessive self-esteem; it is our weakness, and eventually, our downfall. Proverbs 16:8 – “The highway of the upright leads away from … Continue reading
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INTELLECTUALISATION ISN’T OUR REALITY
Intellectualisation Isn’t Our Reality Intellectualisation isn’t our reality.Intellectualisation is the trap. The gap between our thoughts is our reality – the cognisant space of wisdom-awareness beyond words. Intellectualisation is ‘fake it till you make it’– the trap is that we enjoy … Continue reading
WE ARE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR WORDS
We Are The Gap Between Our Words Our true reality is the gap between our words – silent, pure awareness.
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CUTTING THE STRING OF OUR YO-YO
Cutting The String Of Our Yo-Yo Our life is a constant oscillation, a yo-yoing of up and down, up and down. When we seek happiness, we are seeking a condition – a temporary event of body or mind – to … Continue reading
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HEAVEN AND HELL
Heaven And Hell Heaven and hell are states of mind: wisdom and ignorance; good and evil. Heaven is the essence of mind:the clarity of pure consciousness; that which purely sees. The contents of mind, which we hold on to, create our hell. Being … Continue reading
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WHY DO WE ACT LIKE FOUR-YEAR-OLDS?
Why Do We Act Like Four-Year-Olds? Why do we act like four-year-olds in front of gurus and lamas? It doesn’t do us any good – and it doesn’t do them any good. If a teacher knows our true reality, they … Continue reading
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I IS STUPID
I Is Stupid We all identify with a script or image in the mind that forms our perception, opinions, behaviour and an I, so that when we talk, it’s from the script we have acquired. Where does this script come … 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. 