Author Archives: tony

What Woke Me Up? The pretence of goodness. After following gurus, lamas and students for decades, I realised that there wasn’t much – if any – compassion around. No real lasting connection, but just competitive ‘goodness’. Everyone is caught up … Continue reading →

The Dharma Is A Generalisation The Dharma is a generalisation. Realisation of the Dharma is personal. Neither life nor the Dharma are about learning facts; that is a sleepy view. Personal experience is alive, awake and constantly refreshing. If anyone … Continue reading →

Waking Up To Foolishness We only wake up when we realise how foolish we’ve been to believe what others say. Realising our ultimate truth isn’t easy, either in the secular or non-secular world. The secular world is only interested in … Continue reading →

The Light That Eliminates Darkness It’s possible that, while meditating, we fall into a state of vacancy where there is no thought, but no wisdom of knowingness of our true essence of pure consciousness either. If there is no wisdom, … Continue reading →

What Alternative Facts Would Wake You Up? We all know the facts of life: we’re born, educated, work, breed, eat, play games, holiday, worry, die. What if there is a caste of people unknown to the public who saw themselves … Continue reading →

‘As Above, So Below’ Is The Great Illusion ‘As above, so below’ is a common chant among the proletariat, but this is the great illusion. We may think there is a higher self – something above – because it’s portrayed … Continue reading →

Dharma Draughtsman Or Doodler? Draughtsman: creating precise and accurate drawings, adjusting and revising based on feedback or changes, and ensuring the consistency and accuracy of technical drawings and documentation. Doodle: to draw or scribble idly, to waste time in aimless … Continue reading →

Finding Our Dharma Feet Standing on our own two feet is being confident and independent, without help from other people; we can then play our part in Dharma activity. It’s not going to save the world, but it will have a … Continue reading →

Meditation Isn’t Sitting On A Special Cushion Meditation isn’t sitting on a special cushion, in a special place, at a special time. Meditation is timeless, placeless, cushionless awareness. We can pause, just being anywhere at any time, in any place. … Continue reading →

Never Underestimate Human Stupidity Humans are governed by their emotions – like, dislike, pride and jealousy – and by not knowing what their essence is. Never underestimate the human ability to transcend stupidity. It’s stupid to think that ordinary humans … Continue reading →

Becoming A Fanatic Fanatic: from Latin ‘fanaticus’ – inspired by a god or demon. Fanatics fantasise – they imagine. In all walks of life, people are becoming fanatics. Everything is zero-tolerance; things are exaggerated and embellished, and the stimulated and reactive audience cheers louder. … Continue reading →

Being Obsessed Obsession is anything that possesses the mind. We can be obsessed about big things or little things. It’s all about personal gain, while lacking empathy for others, and being possessed is the basis of evil (referring to an … Continue reading →

No One Became Enlightened By Meditating No one became enlightened by meditating; they became enlightened through dropping the meditation. Meditation is merely the method for training our wandering mind by relaxing, focusing and calming. Once the mind becomes still, we … Continue reading →

A Good Memory Is A Distraction Memorising words to repeat them inhibits spontaneous wisdom. We may learn all the scriptures and be ready to recite them, but can we apply them wisely in reality? We don’t have to be scholars, … Continue reading →