Author Archives: tony

An Open Heart Needs An Open Mind An open heart is caring. An open mind is the ability to carry out caring. Unfortunately, just caring is sentimentality, while just having an open mind without caring is coldness. Heart and mind need … Continue reading →

The Buddha’s Teaching Is Psychology The nature of mind. It’s not a religion. It’s not about being holy. It’s not trying to convince people.It’s just revealing that we are, first and foremost, consciousness. We may call it ‘spiritual’, but that … Continue reading →

Having An Attitude Attitude: anything a person holds in mind. It’s obvious that negative thoughts give us a bad attitude which fixes our mind. Positive thoughts, which are just a temporary fix, still bind us. In the first instant of seeing or listening, there is no attitude as … Continue reading →

There Are Other People There are other people who feel the same way as you, not being one of the crowd.  They are rare, and we probably will never meet them, but it’s good to know that they’re there.  You know what I … Continue reading →

Reincarnation – A Recording We encode ourselves because we allow ourselves to be influenced by others, never realising that, in this way, a code can be slipped in, fashioning behaviour. Whether reincarnation is a reality or not, it is still … Continue reading →

Why Meditate? Proper meditation brings a calm spacious mind, where we’re able to cope with anything that appears; we are never panicked, disturbed or alarmed. We are not subject to emotions.  Meditation isn’t adopting a particular lifestyle, typically an unconventional one. It’s a practical … Continue reading →

Letting Go Of The Past It’s obvious that the past no longer exists, but its effects are still felt. This moment that we live in now will, in the future, be the past, and so won’t exist, but its effects … Continue reading →

Clarity Can’t Be A Bad Thing The definition of the word ‘clarity’ is divine splendour; it is that powerful. It’s well worth appreciating. Clarity is being open-minded, willing to consider everything in an unprejudiced way. We don’t have clarity; we are clarity – which is pure consciousness – but … Continue reading →

Writing A Blog Writing a blog is like drawing in a sketch book; through practice and realisation,  realisation evolves. You look back and see what you held on to. Realisation is an ongoing experience. It’s why I cannot write a … Continue reading →

Don’t Try To Understand You cannot think the Dharma. Dharma is pure experience.

Don’t Make A Meal Of The Dharma Don’t make a meal of the Dharma.It will give you indigestion. ‘Make a meal out of it’ is to spend more time or energy doing something that isn’t necessary. Dharma is not a … Continue reading →

What If There Was No Enlightenment Or Reincarnation? If there was no enlightenment or reincarnation, would it make any difference to the Buddha’s teaching? No. The reality that pure awareness is present in an ever-changing world of deception still holds … Continue reading →

We Do Not Have To Learn Dharma Learning terminology and symbols doesn’t mean that we realise the Dharma. It is through realising that we are the Dharma that the Dharma manifests.

When We’re Thinking, We’re Actually Listening! 🙂 Listening to what? Memories. Memories placed in the mind. Placed? Everything in our mind is socially engineered.| By whom? By those who don’t want us to think for ourselves. If you think you’re … Continue reading →