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Confirmation Of The Dharma Through Research Research: the systematic investigation and verification of information in order to establish facts and reach a conclusion. Confirmation is what the Dharma is about; it is verifying whether what the Buddha taught was correct or not. It’s … Continue reading →

The World Will Not Change The world will not change until enough people meditate. For those who meditate, their world changes because their ability to reason changes. When enough people meditate, the world will change. Unfortunately, even the Buddha couldn’t … Continue reading →

If Our Mind Hasn’t Been Blown If our mind hasn’t been blow clear, then it’s still full of cobwebs, spun with ideas. We will never be free to think for ourselves until we can think with clarity, which is defined … Continue reading →

Heaven’s Doorkeeper Is The Devil … and the devil doesn’t exist. If we spend our life only looking for ‘goodness’, we fall under the spell of pride and evil. It’s easily done, and we become trippers, buying into trinkets. The … Continue reading →

The Psychology Of Wisdom And Demons The activity of Wisdom and Demons is Buddhist psychology. All sentient beings are Buddhas, but aren’t aware of it. 1. Our essence is uncontaminated emptiness. 2. Our nature is cognisant consciousness. 3. Our expression … Continue reading →

How Do We Learn? How do we learn? By getting an answer? No. By tasting it, and seeing if it works – for us and for others. If we just accept when we are told something without experience, this is … Continue reading →

The Value Of Comments To make the Dharma practical rather then believable, feedback is vital – even genuine critical feedback. The Dharma is absolutely adaptable, with different emphases to suit individuals. One size/pill doesn’t fit all. If we hold back … Continue reading →

Authorities Monitor Our Thinking Authorities monitor our thinking so that we think the way they do. It’s easier to control people that way. Whether it’s government, religion, media … it’s all about group-think. When we can monitor our own thoughts, … Continue reading →

We Are Already In Nirvana, Looking Out Nirvana: Extinguished self We (pure consciousness) are already in Nirvana, but don’t realise it, in favour of being locked into an idea of a ‘me’, a ‘self’. We are enlightened beings ignoring what … Continue reading →

Riddles Control Our Thoughts Our thoughts are cliches, overused to the point of losing their originality, and becoming unproductive. we are merely repeating conventional understanding and so, our thoughts are not our own and we live a narrow existence. We … Continue reading →

Knowing The Universe and Consciousness Everything creates an opposite: attraction and repulsion. If there is an up, there must be a down. If there is dark, it is only known because there is light. If there is confusion, it is … Continue reading →

Can Spirituality Be Organised? When we are meditating, sitting in silent awareness,there is no organised religion. There is no duality; there isn’t even a meditator.There is no ‘we’.

Being Religious Or Non-Religious Being religious is being bound to an idea. Religious: relating to or believing in. Religion: being bound. We are all attached to some idea, be it in a form of religion, politics, science, entertainment, appearance, education … it’s all in … Continue reading →

When Consciousness Is Present, There Is No Ego Consciousness is individual freedom. Ego is consciousness ignoring itself and clinging to an idea which creates an organised ‘I’. This ‘I’ runs amuck in the mind, confusing consciousness. When we look at … Continue reading →