Author Archives: tony

People Are Out Of Control When we over-react through emotions, we are out of control. Emotions are created by our mood and our relationship with others. Pride is a juicy emotion, and there are influencers who feed off our pride. … Continue reading →

There Is A Flaw In Me Thinking “It’s all about me” is the imperfection. The flaw is claiming to be a self which is merely a ghost in the mind. This me doesn’t actually exist. Once we realise the flaw, … Continue reading →

Never Wake A Sleeping Person I was told years ago never to wake a sleeping person, and I’ve wondered about this ever since. If we talk to a sleeping person, the response will either be blankness or hostility. Sleeping people … Continue reading →

Not Playing With A Full Deck Of Cards ‘Not playing with a full deck of cards’ means that we are not thinking clearly. We use words in a limited way, repeating them day after day like a mantra, which restricts … Continue reading →

Pottering And Chattering Classes Potter: occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant way. Desultory: lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm: going from one subject to another in a half-hearted way. Chatter: talk informally about unimportant matters. Also electronic or radio communication, especially between individuals being monitored by a government agency as a result … Continue reading →

In Pure Consciousness, Everyone Is Equal In the eyes of pure consciousness, everyone is equal, meaning that we all have the potential for enlightenment, which is the clarity of being, our original state. As such, we are nothing special. When … Continue reading →

Clearing All Doubt We want to know about everything. This addiction never satisfies, and life feels meaningless. Our desire to know obscures that which already knows – that which is asking the questions. That is the ultimate answer. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

Do Dharma Practitioners Experience Anger? Do Dharma practitioners experience anger? Yes, of course. Seeing all the injustice and subterfuge in the world, who wouldn’t? The very moment when anger arises, however, is the moment the mind brightens, and the wisdom … Continue reading →

How Would You Subjugate The World? How would you subjugate the world? What would you do to make everyone obey you – or even disobey you, in order to obey you by creating conflict? Build confusion. Now look at the … Continue reading →

Caught In A Paradigm Of Belief Once a belief is established in the mind, this infiltrates all experience. If we fight against belief, it’s therefore still governing us. It’s a conundrum that colours the language and jargon we use when … Continue reading →

Perception Comes Before Deception Before we judge anything, there has to be pure perception present first. We miss this moment of pure being. We are quick to judge because we judge from memories which obscure pure perception. These memories are … Continue reading →

Waking Up Waking Up To What? Are we waking up to what is happening in the world, or waking up to what is happening in the mind, diverting conscious awareness? It is consciousness that wakes up when it realises it … Continue reading →

Left Brain, Right Brain, Whole Brain, Half Brain Too much left-brain-academic-analysis-activity blocks right brain intuition.Too much right-brain-intuition-insight-instinct blocks the ability to express experience. They need to work together, but one naturally comes before the other, depending on the type of … Continue reading →

You Are Your Own Master That’s if you want to change, and stop relying on others. ‘Self’ or ‘I’ is a false reality in the mind maintained by social norms = collective karma. These norms create our identity, our attitude … Continue reading →

Realisation Isn’t About Learning Realisation of our true reality isn’t achieved by learning a new language, exotic words, or mantras. It is realised through the observation of neuroses in our mind that we cling to and call me. We are … Continue reading →

Why We Don’t Get It If we only seek intellectual understanding, we will never find satisfaction. Why not? Because we lack the discipline to experience. We think reading about others’ experience is a shortcut. It’s not. It’s plagiarism. 🙂 Plagiarism: … Continue reading →

Words Are Mass Destruction We see the world through words. Words brainwash. There are weapons of mass destruction, and there is talk of mind-altering weapons that can affect the way we think. This is merely a distraction. The actual weapon … Continue reading →

Do You Cringe? Cringe: experience an inward shiver of embarrassment. Do you cringe at things you said and did in the past? This is good news! It means you have changed. 🙂 Conversely, if you don’t cringe, no change has occurred. What … Continue reading →

The Universe Is Binary – 0 And 1 Emptiness and materialisation. Our natural being is empty cognisance – pure consciousness – but due to our ignorance of this absolute reality, we create karma – a mental materialisation which reincarnates to … Continue reading →

There Isn’t Just One Way Each teacher, each guru, each lama emphasises reality in their own way. Every student understands in their own way. Never think that any individual’s teaching is the only way (even though they might think that. … Continue reading →

There Isn’t Just One Way Each teacher, each guru, each lama emphasises reality in their own way. Every student understands in their own way. Never think that any individual’s teaching is the only way – even though they might think … Continue reading →

Buddhas In The Mud We are all Buddhas, but we are stuck in the mud of concepts – words that muddy perception and obscure the enlightened essence within. This essence isn’t something supernatural as we are led to believe; it … Continue reading →