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WE UNDERESTIMATE EVIL

We Underestimate Evil Evil uses half-facts and omissions. Evil causes suffering and disharmony through argument (duality), as opposed to the principle of enlightenment which brings about balance (non-duality). A balance of the material and the ethereal makes for a happy life, while unbalance … Continue reading

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WHERE DOES LOVE COMES FROM?

Where Does Love Come From? Love is understanding the nature of reality, which is pure consciousness, innate in all sentient beings. It doesn’t come from an external source, but is ever-present within our confusion. Love is practical, with the intention … Continue reading

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BUDDHISM FOR BEGINNERS

Buddhism For Beginners Buddhism for beginners is the same as Buddhism for the advanced. Not two. Vedanta for beginners is the same as Vedanta for the advanced. Not two. The Buddha realised the Vedanta of not two. Not two is … Continue reading

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DEALING WITH A CRAZY MIND

Dealing With A Crazy Mind The mind isn’t crazy; it is just full of memories that consciousness clings to. These memories cloud direct perception because consciousness is always referring to these memories. It is that which is driving us crazy. … Continue reading

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THEY DO IT ANYWAY

They Do It Anyway We are either meant to believe in a system – a selected agenda – or react against it. An agenda is the underlying motive of things to be done, be it politics, science or religion. People talk and argue … Continue reading

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SELF = HABIT = TEACHER

Self = Habit = Teacher What we call ‘self’ / ‘me’ / ‘I’ is merely an habitual identity made up of thoughts which consciousness adheres to. It’s like putting on a familiar coat and a calling that ‘me’. 🙂 Thought: … Continue reading

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SPIRITUALITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CULTURE

Spirituality Has Nothing To Do With Culture Culture is about cultivating the mind. Spirituality is pure consciousness, innate to every sentient being in the infinite universe. All so-called alien life forms are, in essence, pure consciousness. That is the goodness … Continue reading

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A WORLD OF ZERO TOLERANCE

A World Of Zero Tolerance Authorities are so technologically advanced that the slightest deviation and we all become the enemy. This is the total opposite to the Buddha’s teaching of compassionate understanding. This is the Kali Yuga, the Age of … Continue reading

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BODHISATTVA VOW

Bodhisattva Vow The right intention There are nine levels of bodhisattvas, up to enlightenment. This vow to work for the benefit of others is not to be taken lightly. Taking this vow means one’s life will never be the same … Continue reading

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WHAT IS LIFE, AND WHAT IS LIVING?

What Is Life, And What Is Living? Life is consciousness. Living is what we do as consciousness. What we do usually masks what we are, getting over-excited about everything that agitates our mind. We are consciousness, and all we have … Continue reading

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EVIL IN THE WORLD WILL ENLIGHTEN THE WORLD

Evil In The World Will Enlighten The World How? The first noble truth of the Buddha is the recognition of suffering; that leads on to realising the cause of that suffering (which is belief), to finding a true path, and … Continue reading

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DISINFORMATION CREATED BY DISINFORMATION

Disinformation Created By Disinformation Disinformation is false or selective information which is intended to mislead and deceive people. It happens. Disinformation is orchestrated; actors employ strategic deceptions and media manipulation to advance political, military or commercial goals, including the use of half-truths, to exploit and amplify culture wars and other identity-driven controversies. … Continue reading

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WHY ARE WE ADVISED TO LET GO?

Why Are We Advised To Let Go? This is a bit of a conundrum, because of all the palaver attached to spiritual understanding. Our problems are caused because we are holding on to ideas, especially ‘spiritual’ ideas. This is why … Continue reading

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REALISATION IS NOTHING SPECIAL … REALLY

Realisation Is Nothing Special … Really It’s a relief that it’s nothing special, attainable only by those who are special. Making pure consciousness special detracts from its ordinariness, which is unwavering from moment to moment. It is orderly. Perception, via the senses, … Continue reading

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BUDDHISM IS PURE OBSERVATION

Buddhism Is Pure Observation Buddhism isn’t about learning; it is about clarity. Clarity means divine splendour – not divine cleverness 🙂 Buddhism is pure observation. It’s not a matter of thinking about what is being observed; that is for the … Continue reading

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FEELING GUILTY FOR NO REASON

Feeling Guilty For No Reason We – pure consciousness – can feel no guilt, as pure consciousness has no interpretations or opinions. It merely witnesses. Ideas are only in the mind; they are not mind-essence-pure-consciousness itself, whereas mind-memories are the … Continue reading

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WHAT IS EXPERIENCE?

What Is Experience? What is and what isn’t experience? Experience: practical contact with and observation of events. The knowledge and skill acquired by a period of practical understanding of something. Going through a routine isn’t experiencing; it is doing something (everything) by rote, in a vacant … Continue reading

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COMPASSION COMES FROM CONFIDENCE

Compassion Comes From Confidence Compassion comes from confidence, and confidence comes from experience. When we lack experience, we lack empathy, and therefore we lack confidence and compassion. Confidence without experience is ignorance.

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WHAT IS FREE WILL?

What Is Free Will? Free will means an unimpeded mind, without bias. The absolute condition of free will is pure consciousness. If we do not know that we are pure consciousness, we have no free will, and therefore free will … Continue reading

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OUR PRESS GANGED MINDS

Our Press Ganged Minds ‘Press ganged’ is a 16th century term for impressment, of being made to do something physically against one’s will. Nowadays, this control is exerted through impressing the mind via the media, where we submit to ideas … Continue reading

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WHEN DEVOTION TURNS INTO WORSHIP

When Devotion Turns Into Worship When devotion turns into worship and worship turns into servitude and servitude turns into dependency and dependency turns into loss of free will, we have lost the plot, the essence of pure consciousness. As long … Continue reading

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HEAVY HEART, LIGHT HEART

Heavy Heart, Light Heart Heaviness comes from the thinking mind. Light is pure awareness. We can’t ignore either. A heavy heart is concerned about the world (people), while the light heart sees there is nothing that can be done about … Continue reading

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WHY MOST DON’T GET IT

Why Most Don’t Get It Our perception is hindered by preconceived ideas which we are too eager to adopt. Be aware of the words on this page, but don’t read them. ? ! Getting it is pure perception. There is … Continue reading

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DIRECT TEACHER OR SCHMOOZER

Direct Teacher Or Schmoozer A teacher who is all love and light can blind or schmooze us, knowing how to talk in a charming way – but not in a way that is direct or practical. An uncritical audience is … Continue reading

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KNOWING WE ARE WRONG IS THE TRUTH

Knowing We Are Wrong Is The Truth What we think we know is never the truth; it is something consciousness is relating to. Remember that truth is that which can never change and is the observer, the knowing, without there … Continue reading

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ARE CONSCIOUSNESS AND INTELLIGENCE THE SAME THING?

Are Consciousness and Intelligence The Same Thing? If we are talking about the ordinary consciousness of a sentient being,consciousness relates to thoughts in the mind, and so it is the same thing. But when consciousness is realised as emptiness – … Continue reading

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THE DHARMA ISN’T FROM A FOREIGN LAND

The Dharma Isn’t From A Foreign Land If we think that the Dharma – the realisation of reality – is something from the past, or belongs in a foreign land with foreign words, we are clinging to cultural ideas. Our … Continue reading

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LOVE YOUR SELF … REALLY

Love Your Self … Really Self is a good story. Our self is an illusion, a collection of incomplete ideas acquired in the mind which cause confusion. Self is a fantasy, a mistaken gross existence in which consciousness has been … Continue reading

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COCKAMAMIE SELF

Cockamamie Self Cockamamie: ridiculous, implausible. Also denotes a design left by a transfer on to a surface; an altered form of the term ‘decalcomania’, which refers to the process of transferring pictures and designs. ‘Cockamamie self’ is the transference of ideas on to … Continue reading

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EVIL: AGAINST HUMANITY

Evil: Against Humanity Evil, which is self-serving, prevents humanity from realising the knowledge of ultimate good and evil. Once this is understood, humanity can never be manipulated again. There are many levels, or yanas, of understanding good and evil. Evil … Continue reading

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DZOGCHEN: THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION INTO THE NATURE OF MIND

Dzogchen: The Pointing Out Instruction Into the Nature of Mind We cannot hear this enough. When our mind isn’t thinking of anything, we fall into silent vacancy. This is the state of not knowing, which is also called undecided or … Continue reading

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BELIEF IS GROUPTHINK

Belief Is Groupthink Being told to believe the opposite of what we can see is groupthink. Belief is acceptance of something without proof, under the guise of knowing. Just saying, “I believe it’s true”, is still a belief, an opinion, … Continue reading

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ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS ABSOLUTELY LOGICAL

Absolute Truth Is Absolutely Logical Religious people say no, it’s all a mystery! Academics say it’s in the interpretation of the words. Experiential people simply realise that the logic that consciousness has to be present to know; it’s what we … Continue reading

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BETTER UNDERSTANDING, BETTER CONVICTION

Better Understanding, Better Conviction Analysing merits and faults creates a deeper understanding. When we understand our self, which is a collection of mental limitations picked up from our early environments, we realise that this mental state is observable and has no reality. The … Continue reading

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IF THE ELITE ARE BUILDING BUNKERS

If The Elite Are Building Bunkers If the elite are building bunkers, they must fear something Probably us, when we wake, up en masse. 😀 This is why the elite fear free speech.

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WE ALL HAVE A PERSONALITY DISORDER

We All Have A Personality Disorder A personality disorder is a mental condition where people have a lifelong pattern of seeing themselves and reacting to others in ways that cause problems. People with personality disorders often have a hard time understanding … Continue reading

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NOT MANY ON THIS PLANET KNOW

Not Many On This Planet Know Not many on this planet know what life is about, but they know something is wrong. And this is why people are unhappy. We are taught to look outwards and love everything, but this … Continue reading

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EVERYDAY SUFFERING

Everyday Suffering All-pervasive suffering. Everyday suffering is being bound by our habitual likes and dislikes. We find ourselves complaining, and cannot stop. This is the lot of a non-practitioner. The good news is that feeling uncomfortable about this is the … Continue reading

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CONSCIOUSNESS AND OUR CONDUCT

Consciousness And Our Conduct When we realise our actual reality of pure consciousness, we then have to be aware of how we conduct ourself, managing our social ego skilfully. Good conduct is our ability to empathise and understand the feelings of another, … Continue reading

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THE SEARCH BOX

The Search Box There are over 4,600 articles on this blog. Far too many! It’s all the same theme, but with different emphases. Just enter a word in the search box at the bottom of this page, and suggestions will … Continue reading

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THE PROBLEM IN THE WORLD ISN’T THE ELITE

The Problem In The World Isn’t The Elite The problem isn’t the elite of the world; it is us believing that they have control. If we do not believe, then they have no power, so they look for those who … Continue reading

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CONFUSION CREATES EGO

Confusion Creates Ego We are pure consciousness. Because of our confusion about this essential truth, pure consciousness is downgraded into ordinary, everyday consciousness. Ignoring our true essence, consciousness became attracted to phenomena and adopted ideas in the mind; we call … Continue reading

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JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS, OR COMING TO A CONCLUSION

Jumping To Conclusions, Or Coming To A Conclusion Jumping to a conclusion may be right – and then again, it may not. Coming to a conclusion means we have looked at every possibility, analysing it and testing it – and … Continue reading

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BRING TRUTH TO LIGHT

Bringing Truth To Light We can all bring the truth to light. Truth isn’t the prerogative of a holy being from the past. It is the very nature of all sentient beings. We are personally here to bring the truth … Continue reading

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ASCENDING TO NOWHERE

Ascending To Nowhere Social class creates social climbers on a ladder to nowhere. We just join the queue by conforming. All systems have a hierocracy, ruled by priests of science, religion, politics, armed guardians, media … which control society and … Continue reading

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EVERYDAY SELF AND ETHEREAL SELF

Everyday Self and Ethereal Self Everyday self is our social I/consciousness – the power to function. Ethereal self is pure consciousness – the power of pure perception. Everyday self is always in conflict. Ethereal self is pure perception. Everyday self … Continue reading

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WE LIVE IN A FAIT ACCOMPLI

We Live In A Fait Accompli Or do we? Fait accompli: an action that is decided before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it. Systems, politics, cultures, religions are organised fait accompli. We need … Continue reading

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BOOKS DON’T STIR UP EGO

Books Don’t Stir Up Ego We need the reaction to see the reaction. This is live experience, and why we are here. People are our teacher. Our reaction to others (our karmic response) is our teacher and our path. Our … Continue reading

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BELIEF IS DANGEROUS

Belief Is Dangerous “Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire It starts with little beliefs that create little absurdities. Throughout history, humans have been convinced to belief something and this has led to horrific … Continue reading

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BEING SENTIENT MEANS BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE

Being Sentient Means Being Able To Communicate We naturally want to communicate with the universe and other sentient beings to get a response, whether it’s about food, shelter or the mind, or to interact on a higher level. But how … Continue reading

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