Author Archives: tony

Peaceful And Wrathful There are two paths – peaceful and wrathful, positive and negative, attraction and repulsion. The universe is complete in opposites, and the way of looking we gravitate towards is dictated by the attitude we hold. We may … Continue reading →

Empathy Is Not A Weakness Empathy is not sympathy. Empathy is the ability to recognise and understand the thoughts and feelings of others, because we’ve experienced the same feelings and situations. This is unlike sympathy that involves a feeling of … Continue reading →

A Two-Tier System Is Meant To Divide Consciousness is divided. When we ignore whatever is happening in the world, we’re doing ourselves no favours. It must be obvious that a two-tier system is meant to divide a society, and divides … Continue reading →

Dependent Arising Everything arises dependent on a previous cause. Ideas have a cause, an instigator(s). When consciousness claims these ideas as its own, this gives rise to a self image, which affects whatever we do or say. Unless we realise … Continue reading →

Does It Depend On Who Says It? Does it depend on who says it? It seems that it does. 🙂 Our problem is that if the speaker is charismatic, this conveys that extraordinary features are required when the absolute truth … Continue reading →

The Promotion Of The Unintelligible There is an idiom, “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, which has the the same effect as saying, “See no truth, hear no truth, speak no truth”. The universe is complete in … Continue reading →

Stop Carrying The Past All the things that we regard as failures or distortions by ourself and others are what brought us to this present moment. There is nothing to forgive, because that requires judgement. We’re all deluded because of … Continue reading →

Gurus Aren’t Real The outer guru is only a reminder of the inner guru – or it should be. Adoration of a guru is counter-productive as it creates a duality – me and my guru. Worldly gurus cannot be with … Continue reading →

Our Reality Is Beyond Teachings It’s not the teaching that will set us free; it is the experience of the teaching that liberates. For millennia, there have been forces dedicated to deceive us so that we remain a ‘product’. Through … Continue reading →

Human Conditioning The things we can’t say. Through tradition, we follow the crowd and stay ‘mum’, not speaking out about what really matters. We only speak out what we are told to speak out about. We vote for fools: we … Continue reading →

Words Can Be Twisted Direct experience of pure consciousness cannot be twisted, but our perception can be clouded by biased words. We don’t see that we just see – that we are not seeing with clarity – as we are … Continue reading →

Diversity Divides Diversity has the illusion of inclusion and harmony, but in reality, it is meant to divide and conquer, to maintain tension in a society. Confused people are easier to keep occupied, and therefore to control. This confusion divides … Continue reading →

Dealing With The Abuse, Not The Abuser The greatest method in reducing karma is non-reaction, seeing the abuse as our teacher, which shows us our state of mind. This has nothing to do with the abuser or whatever they say; … Continue reading →

A False I Is A Reactive I The sadness of human conditioning stems from the three poisons – attachment, aversion and ignorance – which foster a cycle of suffering and a false sense of self. A false I is a … Continue reading →

Realisation Shrinks The Need For Many Words Examples: Not two. The unity of appearance and recognition. Pure consciousness. These each contain the complete Dharma. Beginners like collecting words, but the truth is never in words.

The Beginners And The Advanced Beginners adore complexity. The advanced realise simplicity. Beginners collect words and names. The advanced see everything as one taste.

Why Do We Cut Ourselves Off From Others? Why do we resist reaching out? ‘Reaching out’ means to initiate contact to offer help, seek connection, or communicate. When we join a group, become a type, hold a belief, we adhere … Continue reading →

Making A Culture and Replacing a Culture Culture: the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. A culture is created by a certain type of temperament which is the code for that society. Some are noisy, others are quiet. A problem … Continue reading →

Observation Versus Observer One is absolute reality; the other is relative reality. When there is just observation, at that infinitesimal moment, there is no I, no self, no observer present. There is just pure observation. No relating is happening. This … Continue reading →

Life Is A Conveyor Belt Of Industrial Intellectualisation We can only laugh at ourselves when we actually get off. 🙂 Most of us die without knowing the journey we’ve been on. We play the game of oneupmanship, all the while … Continue reading →

Why Write A Blog Not everyone wants to consider the truth of their being. People either belong to an idea, or speculate, or aren’t bothered – and realising the truth takes a lot of practice and testing. Absolute truth is … Continue reading →