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- 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
- QUESTIONING TRUTH April 4, 2026
- BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT April 4, 2026
- THE WONDER OF BEING A LATE DEVELOPER April 4, 2026
- WOUND MEANS SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- PREDICTABLE SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- NATURE (BUDDHA-NATURE) VERSUS NURTURE (MARA-NATURE) April 3, 2026
- BEING BUDDHIST IS BEING ORDINARY April 2, 2026
- A LUCKY ESCAPE April 1, 2026
- SUDDENLY NOT FEELING WRONG April 1, 2026
- REALISATION COMES FROM DROPPING THE MEDITATION March 31, 2026
- WE CANNOT NOT COMMUNICATE March 30, 2026
- WE’VE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED March 30, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
- OUR COLLECTIVE PROBLEM March 28, 2026
- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD March 27, 2026
- WHEN NEWS IS PROPAGANDA March 27, 2026
- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
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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
WE DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH OTHERS
We Don’t Have To Agree With Others We don’t have to agree with others,but we don’t have to be disagreeable either. 🙂 Disagreement is about the use of words. We aren’t saying others are wrong, it’s just that we are on … Continue reading
BE UNDERWHELMED
Be Underwhelmed Being underwhelmed, we’re not so easily impressed. When we enter a spiritual set-up which is a mixture of the religious and the academic, it feels overwhelming with its huge amount of words, beliefs and rituals … and it’s … Continue reading
BEING THE SECRET
Being The Secret We don’t see it, because we are it. There is a secret that’s talked about – the essence of being – but it’s hardly ever recognised because our minds are hermetically sealed with words, and nothing can … Continue reading
WHAT IS BEING AWAKE?
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
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GOOD AND EVIL = WISDOM AND IGNORANCE
Good And Evil = Wisdom And Ignorance It’s that simple. The essence of all sentient beings is pure consciousness: we’re naturally wise, but ignorant of this fact. At any moment, ignorance can dawn as wisdom, depending on the thickness of … Continue reading
INSIDE OUT OR OUTSIDE IN
Inside Out Or Outside In There are two approaches to realising our reality; learn about it from a book – outside in or through experience – inside out. Reading and collecting others’ words is interesting,and we become repeaters. Experiencing without words is … Continue reading
WHAT DECIDES?
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
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GENUINE SEEKERS ARE NON-CONFORMISTS
Genuine Seekers Are Non-Conformists We have to be! Genuine seekers of ultimate truth find that they are non-conformists. They don’t choose to be so, but find conforming to social mores limiting (as any sane person would 🙂 ). Mores: manners, customs, … Continue reading
THAT FARAWAY LOOK
That Faraway Look If someone has a faraway look, it’s as if they are not with us, or aware of what’s happening around them. They are distant, remote, dreamy, absent-minded, living through their memories. This faraway look has ramifications. When we … Continue reading
IS RELIGION THE OPPOSITE TO TRUTH?
Is Religion The Opposite To Truth? Without knowing it, is religion the antithesis of what it purports to be – the arbiter of truth? Thinking the unthinkable … A person may have realised the absolute truth, but the words that person … Continue reading
WHO KNOWS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH?
Who Knows The Ultimate Truth? The Buddha! Jesus! Plato! Confucius! My Guru! My Lama!How do you know they know the truth? The only person who can know the truth is you.You authenticate whether their words are the truth.Don’t rely on them.🙂 If … Continue reading
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THINKING WE KNOW THE TRUTH IS CORRUPTION
Thinking We Know the Truth Is Corruption The ultimate truth cannot be comprehended or grasped mentally. Whenever we do this, we corrupt the pure experience. Comprehend: Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.Corrupt: Latin corrumpere ‘to mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor-‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’. Pure consciousness is beyond words, definitions, and long, … Continue reading
TEACHINGS ARE EVERYWHERE
Teachings Are Everywhere Inner peace in contrast to inner reaction. Every time anyone speaks, it’s a teaching.How?People reflect the misinformation taught to them. Every time we react to someone speaking, it’s a teaching.How?We lose our inner peace. Everywhere, we see … Continue reading
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WHAT’S THE BEST FEELING?
What’s The Best Feeling? Finding out! … Realisation! … Clarification! … Validation! … Verification!😀 It’s not about being told something, it’s about realising it. That is totally satisfying. Finding out doesn’t mean we have to then do something with it by adorning … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM: SEEKING VALIDATION
Our Problem: Seeking Validation Validation: recognition or affirmation that our feelings or opinions are valid. This state of mind keeps us needy, insecure, defensive and aggressive. It’s our Achilles Heel, our weak spot. In the ordinary run of things, this is the way in which we conform. Someone says, … Continue reading
WE CAN’T STOP THE WORLD
We Can’t Stop The World We can’t stop the world (people believing what they believe) and we can only get off at death, but we can be slightly out of synch. We don’t want to be totally at odds with … Continue reading
WORSHIPPING A.I.
Worshipping A.I. If we think A.I. (artificial intelligence) is nothing to do with us, then we’re already in its domain. “Don’t be daft! I know the difference between what’s real and what’s not real.” Books have done the same thing for … Continue reading
I DON’T BELONG HERE
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
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FORGETTING OUR BASIC GOODNESS
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
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REALISATION IS LIKE A BONFIRE
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
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MEDITATION DOESN’T MAKE US NICE PEOPLE
Meditation Doesn’t Make Us Nice People In fact, we can become cold. Even though we meditate, we still have to deal with our attitude – that aspect of our mind that thinks it’s special, and has to protect itself. That … Continue reading
THE ONLY MYSTERY
The Only Mystery The only mystery is that people want to believe there’s a mystery. People like intrigue; we comment on it, claim it, and believe it. Why?We cannot handle the simple truth. Intrigue: early 17th century -‘deceive’, ‘cheat’ from French‘to tangle, to plot’, from Latin intricare which was influenced by a later French sense … Continue reading
WE’LL NEVER GET THE ULTIMATE ANSWER FROM THE INTERNET
We’ll Never Get The Ultimate Answer From The Internet Why not?It’s not enlightened. It’s all a simulation.Even the Buddha’s words are a simulation and cannot enlighten. The ultimate answer is our reality of empty awareness.Suck it and see. The only … Continue reading
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TWEAKING REALITY BY GASLIGHT
Tweaking Reality By Gaslight We are constantly being tweaked – change slightly – in order to comply with being made more correct, effective or suitable. But for whom, and for what purpose? We are tweaked to ignore that which is … Continue reading
ADVANCED MEDITATION
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
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