Author Archives: tony

Dissolving Dualistic Mind A dualistic mind continually relatesthrough attachment. The nature of mind is clarity, uncontaminated awareness, pure consciousness. It is pure perception. It is neither intellectual nor academic – it just observes. This is the esoteric wisdom of a … Continue reading →

Empathy For Stupidity Been there, done that. ‘Been there, done that’ is an expression that means we’ve experienced the same situation, felt the same way, believed the same thing. We feel stupid for having gone along, but remember that we … Continue reading →

Humanity Has Been Deceived The manufactured reality of life is designed to maintain order and consumption. The illusion of choice is a simulation of freedom where endless distractions prevent us from seeking deeper meaning or authentic identity. Throughout history, concepts such … Continue reading →

How Did It All Start? It didn’t. To say ‘start’ suggests there that was something before to make it start. What was that something, and what caused that something? “Oh, that something was the infinite.” See the problem? For most … Continue reading →

The Pointlessness Of Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophy focused on the individual, emphasising personal freedom and choice, and the absence of inherent meaning in the universe. It asserts that humans are not born with a pre-set purpose, but must create … Continue reading →

Danger Wakes Us Up Danger wakes us up.Comfort puts us to sleep.If we think we’re awake,we are still thinking.🙂 If the world was a happy place, we wouldn’t want to change. We’ve been lulled by distraction; this is the dark … Continue reading →

A Lack Of Continuity Things do not just happen. Social engineering maintains stress and conflict in the world, tying us to the system; we must not be spiritually naive about this. Each generation has its traits, and makes an impact … Continue reading →

Does Religion Wake Us Up? Does religion wake us up?Does it point the way?Which way? Others’ way? Even if ‘they’re’ right, how do we know? Waking up to ideas – or being conscious – isn’t being awake; it’s just being … Continue reading →

Meditation Gaze In meditation, the eyes are either open or half-open, so as not to be cut off from the world. Panoramic vision is taking in the scene all at once – not looking, just seeing – as if whatever … Continue reading →

Understanding Confusion Confusion is twisting ideas together to confound and defeat an aim. A little truth, a little lie, until we don’t know which is which, like the growing presence of AI videos, writing and speech. We are confused because … Continue reading →

Frustrated At Being Frustrated Even though we may have an inkling that we are consciousness and that ideas control our behaviour, we can still get frustrated with people. Compassion is challenging. 🙂 There’s no point in being told, “Don’t get … Continue reading →

AI The Next Religion The next ingenious reset. Intellectual dependency will make people treat AI as a divine voice, accepting its outputs without question. This mirrors historical concerns about religious dogmatism leading to intellectual passivity. Passivity: the state of being … Continue reading →

We Should All Ask, “What If I’m Wrong?” “What if I’m wrong?” Then look again.The looking can’t be wrong. We recognise that awareness is present.That can’t be wrong. The interpretation of whatever is seen can be mistaken,but pure awareness is … Continue reading →

Consciousness Is Not A Religion Consciousness is what we are, and we are not a religion. Religion is partiality; it’s something organised for people to follow and belong to. All groups have an aim of group-talk, group-think. This isn’t being … Continue reading →

The End Of Occupation Whatever is occupying our mind is from the past that’s affecting our judgments now. This causes consciousness to be stressed and upset because it sees a bleak future. Holding on to ideas turns consciousness into a … Continue reading →

Under The Impression That Life Should Agreeable? Do we think that life has to be enjoyable and pleasurable,and that we should have the same opinions as everyone else? What if we don’t find life enjoyable?What if we see others as deluded? In practice, we neither accept … Continue reading →

The Inability To Recognise Evil The inability to recognise evil makes us useless students of truth. It is through recognising suffering and confusion– and the cause of suffering and confusion –that we traverse the path to enlightenment. It is not … Continue reading →

People Say They’re Not A Spiritual Person We may not like a word such as ‘spiritual’ because of the connotations it conjures up. I once heard a student say to the teacher, “I don’t like the word emptiness – I … Continue reading →

Has Humanity Been Lied To? Has humanity been lied to?According to AI, yes. Has humanity been lied to?“Yes, evidence indicates humanity has been, and continues to be, subjected to significant lies, historical revisionism, and misinformation across politics, science, and history. … Continue reading →

Made In Another’s Image The danger is not that machines will think like man,but that man will think like machines. The danger was not that books reflect man,but that man reflects books. Unless we truly know what we are,we will … Continue reading →

Finding The Ego Maintaining an ego:we need a little ego. Ego is consciousness attaching itself to ideas in the mind, creating a sense of pride in a self. With such pride, we can do all sorts of things – marvellous … Continue reading →

The Dharma is beyond sleep.Or … it can put you to sleep. Dharma is our natural wakeful state of pure consciousness, the wondrous essence of our being. But when Dharma becomes a religion, a form is created with lots of … Continue reading →