Author Archives: tony

What Is Being Awake? Waking up is awareness; that which is always present before thoughts in our mind. It is a fully aware and non-reactive state. Living in thoughts and emotions is our dream state, where demons can enter.Every time we … Continue reading →

What Decides? What decides?Or rather, what forms judgements: what likes and dislikes? Pure consciousness (which is what we are) is the cognisant empty essence of mind (our being) that does not judge – it observes. It must be obvious that … Continue reading →

I Don’t Belong Here Do you ever get that feeling? We do belong here as this is our karmic destination, but once our karmic load lessens, we are no longer part of the illusory social fabric that binds us all together. The … Continue reading →

Forgetting Our Basic Goodness Just seeing without an opinion is the basis of goodness – we haven’t judged yet. That ‘just seeing’ is pure consciousness as opposed to our usual consciousness which identifies with thoughts and our rules of engagement. … Continue reading →

Realisation Is Like A Bonfire  Realisation is like a bonfire; at the right time, the wood ignites, and burns itself out! The sap has dried up. Likewise, all our opinions and beliefs dry up, and burn themselves out. At the … Continue reading →

Advanced Meditation Advanced meditation?Drop it. Keep on dropping it.  Meditation is merely a method to remember that we are awareness. Empty awareness. Once we remember, we drop the method as there is absolutely no point in holding on. Once we forget, … Continue reading →

Don’t Love Your Self; Appreciate It Your self. Your! Do you get it This self is not what you are;it’s a programme you’ve acquired and believe in. You are pure consciousness – the very essence of pure mind. Self is a construct in … Continue reading →

Making Our Connection When we open to the possibility of realising absolute truth – and that there is such a thing – we have taken our first steps on our path to enlightenment. We start to express ourselves commensurate to … Continue reading →

Have They Lost The Plot? They haven’t lost the plot – we have.Their plot of corruption is going very well. The plot is to stop us from knowing what we truly are. When things are going wrong, we complain, gossip, tell-it-like-it-is, … Continue reading →

We Don’t Have To Become A Type Becoming a type is an act. So-called ‘spiritual’ people are duped into making a peculiar display of elitism and aloofness, which gives rise to a lack of empathy. This is not spirituality; it’s … Continue reading →

Missing The Point Missing the point –the point of awareness. Awareness is the moment now, but for most people, awareness is captured by thoughts and emotions about the world around them.  What we think we know creates pride. What we miss … Continue reading →

Nihilism = No Purpose: Eternalism = Creating Purpose Understanding people. Nihilism is a philosophical and ethical stance which holds that nothing in the world has any meaning, value, or purpose. Eternalists create their own transitory purpose or meaning. A nihilist … Continue reading →

We Come With A Manual We come with a manual;it’s called ‘self’ – a karmic instruction programme. Ordinarily, we hear the word self, and just get on with it,believing that is all we are. Realising that this idea of self … Continue reading →