Author Archives: tony

Don’t Let Damage Control Your Life We are all damaged in some way by desire, aversion and indifference but, unfortunately, most of us don’t realise how damaged we are. Supportive communication starts the healing. Unfortunately, the damage caused by fear … Continue reading →

Believing And Debunking* Believing and debunking are both part of the vicious cycle of existence = Samsara. Creating beliefs will create the opposite of debunking. This is accepting and rejecting; I like and I dislike. Humanity is kept in chaos … Continue reading →

The Most Important Words The most important words ever spoken were by the Buddha:“Do not take my words for the truth; test them.” This simply means don’t trust anyone, especially your teacher. Until we utilise the teaching in daily interaction … Continue reading →

Groups Are Conformity In a group, we lose individuality, and identify with belonging and groupthink. Groups only survive through everyone thinking the same way. To disagree is considered heresy. All enlightened beings have stepped outside the group, and could therefore … Continue reading →

Practical Practice To Practise Don’t get rattled. Whatever others say or do, don’t get frustrated.Remain pure observation, not the observer. Observation: the pure process of consciousness.Observer: the collector of identities. Pure process of consciousness / empty consciousness / pure awareness … Continue reading →

Spiritual Materialism We are so much less. We’re so engaged with the ideas of others that we ignore the simplicity of pure consciousness which is observing. The more we seek titbits of information, the less we know. It’s a shock … Continue reading →

Evil Transforms Into Wisdom Evil transforms into wisdom when consciousness is alert to the fact that it’s being trapped in a cyclic chaos of existence. If we’re diverted from reflection to reaction, from essence to labels, the result is that … Continue reading →

The Comfortable Deception Humanity has been dumbed down through a belief in words. The great paradox is that this systemic suppression of actual experience is the catalyst for human awakening as this friction offers the fastest path. The ground is … Continue reading →

It’s An Ancient Trick Anchoring the human mind in the self in the form of ego/identity/a sense of tribalism ensures that humanity remains a collection of clashing fragments rather than an unity. The illusion of choice provides a selection of … Continue reading →

A Positive Outlook Without consciousness, nothing would be known, but we’re actually oblivious to what we are.Consciousness is observation; pure consciousness is pure observation. It isn’t a feature of the universe or the body; it’s the clear screen in the … Continue reading →

Regrets Are Memories Regret is essentially a memory with a heavy emotional judgment attached, when we look back and imagine a better version of reality that didn’t happen. Rather than letting regrets linger like unfinished novels, we should write endings … Continue reading →

Clarity Is Vividness Living in vividness is living vigorously through clear seeing or pure consciousness.Vigorous: from Latin vividus, from vivere ‘to live’. If our mind is not clear, it is dull.Dull: lack of brightness. Old English dol ‘stupid’, related to Dutch dol ‘crazy’. Holding on to ideas limits panoramic vision … Continue reading →

Transcending The Levels There are levels of realisation, levels of stupidity, levels of suffering, and levels of compassion.We’re not all in the same place at the same time. Realisation started when I realised how stupid I was – and still … Continue reading →

The AI Lama From AI:“AI is increasingly stepping into the role of a spiritual teacher, acting as a non-judgmental ‘digital mirror’ for seekers. Unlike human gurus, AI offers constant availability and a safe space to explore deep vulnerabilities without fear … Continue reading →

Know The Difference Consciousness – the observer.Pure consciousness – the observation.

Mara Is Not Insignificant Mara rules the world through weak minds.And Mara is … the path to enlightenment– the path that illumines limitations. Mara is the personification of our desires, aversions, and delusions that keeps beings trapped in the cycle … Continue reading →

Can We Recognise Deception? How do we know we aren’t being deceived? There those who say “Believe me” with the intention to deceive – “Buy this idea now!” And of course, there are those who readily believe in that idea, … Continue reading →

Nice People We all want to be thought of as nice people.Why? Have you ever felt uncomfortable around nice people? People who do and say the ‘right’ things, the ‘polite’ things, the ‘agreeable’ things that are actually nonsense. This is … Continue reading →

The Purpose Of This Blog The purpose of this blog is not to teach; it’s purpose is shared awareness. This is so that, when others go to Dharma centres, read books, or watch videos, they are aware of the essence … Continue reading →

The Art Of Living Why problems in life are inspiring. Ordinarily there’re not, but when we know the laws of the universe, we find that they are our escalator to enlightenment. Why? Because there’s always an opposite, and that’s inspiring … Continue reading →