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- THE ASPECTS OF SELF April 24, 2026
- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
- OUR FABULOUS TEACHER April 21, 2026
- THE NON-PERSON MOMENTS April 21, 2026
- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE ACT OF REBELLION April 15, 2026
- AN ALIENS VIEW April 15, 2026
- PRAYER IS HOPE April 14, 2026
- COMPASSION DOESN’T MEAN WE LIKE SOMEONE April 13, 2026
- DEPRESSION SUDDENLY LIFTS April 13, 2026
- THE JOY OF MEETING IDIOTS April 13, 2026
- IT’S AMAZING April 12, 2026
- UNIFIED DIVISION – AND THE CONSEQUENCES April 11, 2026
- WE SELF CENSOR … WHY? April 10, 2026
- THE DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING WHAT IS REAL April 9, 2026
- WHY DO WE DOUBT? April 9, 2026
- IT’S A MASSIVE SHOCK April 8, 2026
- TRY NOT GETTING BACK TO ‘NORMAL’ April 8, 2026
- THE TACTIC HASN’T AGED April 7, 2026
- INTERCONNECTEDNESS – UNISON OR HARMONY? April 7, 2026
- THE CURSE OF THE MESSENGER April 6, 2026
- FIBONACCI: THE LAWS OF SURVIVAL April 5, 2026
- THE FIBONACCI EFFECT – THE GOLDEN RATIO April 5, 2026
- THE POWER OF FIBONACCI April 5, 2026
- THE FIBONACCI EFFECT April 5, 2026
- QUESTIONING TRUTH April 4, 2026
- BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT April 4, 2026
- THE WONDER OF BEING A LATE DEVELOPER April 4, 2026
- WOUND MEANS SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- PREDICTABLE SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- NATURE (BUDDHA-NATURE) VERSUS NURTURE (MARA-NATURE) April 3, 2026
- BEING BUDDHIST IS BEING ORDINARY April 2, 2026
- A LUCKY ESCAPE April 1, 2026
- SUDDENLY NOT FEELING WRONG April 1, 2026
- REALISATION COMES FROM DROPPING THE MEDITATION March 31, 2026
- WE CANNOT NOT COMMUNICATE March 30, 2026
- WE’VE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED March 30, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
- OUR COLLECTIVE PROBLEM March 28, 2026
- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD March 27, 2026
- WHEN NEWS IS PROPAGANDA March 27, 2026
- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
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THAT NAGGING DOUBT
That Nagging Doubt All through life, there is a nagging doubt – “Is this it or isn’t it?” When it comes to conscious awareness, religions make a big deal about it which can confusion, and this can actually become a … Continue reading
THE TEACHER SHOULD ALSO BE TESTED
The Teacher Should Also Be Tested If the teaching should be tested, so should the teacher. When the Buddha said, “Do not take my word for the truth: test it for yourselves”, he meant don’t just trust my words – … Continue reading
WHAT’S THE POINT OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?
What’s The Point Of Spiritual Practice? What’s the point of spiritual practice if we only have one life? There isn’t, unless we come, through practice, to realise the possibility that consciousness is beyond everyday human experience. There are two types … Continue reading
YOU’VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE – LET GO
You’ve Heard It All Before – Let Go Let go, let go, let go … If we hold on to any idea, we suffer. As we get older, we realise that we’ve heard it all before. Life on earth isn’t … Continue reading
IN TWO MINDS
In Two Minds We have two choices. It’s one or the other: Others control our mind. We control our mind. 1. Mind control – also known as brainwashing, coercive persuasion or thought control – refers to controlling the beliefs, behaviours … Continue reading
WALKING IN OTHERS’ SHOES
Walking In Others’ Shoes Let’s say you dislike a group of people and their way of life intensely. They, in turn, dislike you and your way of life. This situation is due to our ideas about others’ religion, culture, politics … Continue reading
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BELIEF IS INDIRECT; KNOWING IS DIRECT
Belief Is Indirect; Knowing Is Direct Here, we are talking about reality. It’s obvious that if we merely acquire information from a book, that is hearsay, and doesn’t mean we know. We may think things are a good idea, but … Continue reading
BLESSED ARE THE TROUBLE MAKERS
Blessed Are The Trouble Makers Blessed are the trouble makers, for they shall show us the way. 🙂 The troubles in the world have always been caused by belief in one side or another which, of course, divides us. Through … Continue reading
WHY DID CONSCIOUSNESS BECOME ‘HOLY’?
Why Did Consciousness Become ‘Holy’? Why did consciousness become holy/religious/formalised/ritualised, when it’s not a thing and does not exist – and it makes people act abnormally. 😀 Consciousness is normal. Being anything else is abnormal. Consciousness – or, to be … Continue reading
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WHAT IS IMAGINATION?
What Is Imagination? Imagination is the ability to form ideas, without the presence of the senses. Imagination comes from memories of experience, rather than guessing mixed with fantasy. Fantasy imagines that if we mix yellow and black, we’ll probably get a mess. Practical imagination knows … Continue reading
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THE CYCLE OF EVENTS
The Cycle Of Events When we know what causes events – desire, aversion and ignorance – we know what to look out for. The telltale signs. It starts off with fear, and then desire for a resolution, all the while … Continue reading
THE WORLD DOESN’T MAKE SENSE! OR DOES IT?
The World Doesn’t Make Sense! Or Does It? If we think the world is run by idiots, we are deceived. Those behind the scenes know exactly what they’re doing and why. Confusion + delay creates chaos. We seek salvation, but … Continue reading
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LOST IN SPACE
Lost In Space We are the emptiness of consciousness, the essence of mind. This cognisant space, forgetting its pure quality of emptiness, acquired ideas, concepts and fixations, believing these to be what it is. We therefore became lost in this … Continue reading
WE ARE MORE THAN JUST RECORDING MACHINES
We Are More Than Just Recording Machines A recording is a repetition which is acceptance without verification. We are more than just recording machines; we have intuition. Intuition: the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning, denoting spiritual insight. We are intuition itself, … Continue reading
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WE DON’T HAVE TO BE A PROPHET TO BE PROPHETIC
We Don’t Have To Be A Prophet To Be Prophetic There is nothing new under any sun. Here’s one prophecy: Governed by their likes and dislikes, people will ignore their true reality. Here’s another: If we become reliant, we will … Continue reading
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NITPICK YOURSELF
Nitpick Yourself Instead of finding fault with others, first seek out your own faults. “Seek and you shall find.” Having identified our faults, we can empathise with how others got theirs. Every emotion that they’ve ever felt, we have also. … Continue reading
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PURE AWARENESS CAN NEVER BE WRONG
Pure Awareness Can Never Be Wrong Ideas and beliefs can be wrong, but pure awareness is never wrong. It is this that people cannot understand. Prove pure awareness wrong …
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BELIEVE IN A SELF; BELIEVE IN A PLACEBO
Believe In A Self; Believe In A Placebo Placebo: a psychological effect that has no reality, and is caused by a person’s belief. From Latin, literally ‘I shall be acceptable or pleasing’, from placere ‘to please’. We do and say things to please others in … Continue reading
MEDITATION: FORMAL OR INFORMAL?
Meditation: Formal Or Informal? ‘Formal’ is having a regular time and place to meditate, to be purely aware. ‘Informal’ is the naturally relaxed being of pure awareness itself. As these develop, they become one and the same, anytime, anywhere. ‘Form’ … Continue reading
NEGATIVE, POSITIVE AND NEUTRAL
Negative, Positive And Neutral Being negative, we become judgemental. Being positive, we become empathetic. Being neutral, we just watch. Just watching is the presence of pure consciousness, where we can then decide how to respond to a situation, rather than … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF HATRED
The Age Of Hatred This is said to be the age of the Kali Yuga, the age of conflict. Conflict breeds hatred. In the dictionary, hatred is defined as intense dislike. We can read all about this in the ‘news’ … Continue reading
WE ARE COAXED INTO IGNORING
We Are Coaxed Into Ignoring We are coaxed into ignoring that we are, in reality, the essence of pure consciousness. Why are we coaxed? In favour of a belief system. Why? Partiality controls people with an incomplete picture that stimulates … Continue reading
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DELIBERATE AVOIDANCE
Deliberate Avoidance Deliberate avoidance is shunning a fact as being an enemy. This is just another name for ignorance. Avoidance is the result of our fear of not knowing, when we pretend that the other side of a narrative doesn’t … Continue reading
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WE ARE EXTREME CREATURES
We Are Extreme Creatures We are extreme creatures imprisoned by fascinations that become our habitual life style. Extreme: far from moderate. Entertained by intrigue, fascination and nostalgia, we busy ourselves, looking for and maintaining something that isn’t out there – … Continue reading
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IT ALL ADDS UP
It All Adds Up It all adds up – lots of small parts gradually making a complete picture of life. Realisation of the complete picture depends on how fast we can let go of the parts. The levels or yanas … Continue reading
WE ARE BROUGHT UP WITH IDEAS
We Are Brought Up With Ideas We are brought up with ideas – and we think we think for ourself. We live in a mind-field of borrowed ideas, concepts, fixations and obsessions, all of which distract us from experiencing the … Continue reading
‘INFLUENCERS’ WANT REACTIONS
‘Influencers’ Want Reactions There are so many issues that are made so obvious, daring us to react to them and then condemning us for reacting. Everything is done for a purpose. Things do not just happen. We are encouraged to … Continue reading
A BELIEF IS ONLY A POSSIBILITY
A Belief Is Only A Possibility A belief is only a possibility. It isn’t the complete truth until we test it – and ourselves – for ourself. Assumptions ruin lives. We can assume that the toaster doesn’t work because of … Continue reading
ARE THERE HIGHER BEINGS IN THE UNIVERSE?
Are There Higher Beings In The Universe? This question can only be answered by each individual, based on their experiences. I say ‘experiences’ because inspiration has to happen regularly to be more than a coincidence. Reason says that things happen … Continue reading
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
All You Need To Know You are all you need to know. You are the pure knowingness of consciousness, which is mind essence. We have all ignored this in favour of ideas programmed in our mind. With realisation, we see … Continue reading
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THE FLIGHT OF THE GARUDA
The Flight Of The Garuda The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says: “The Dzogchen Tantras, the ancient teachings from which the bardo instructions come, speak of a mythical bird, the garuda, which is born fully grown. This image symbolises our … Continue reading
IMPOSTER SYNDROME
Imposter Syndrome Religion projects perfection, when perfection is what we already are. Imposter syndrome is the psychological feeling of insecurity and self-doubt, manifesting as a negative self-image, when we are actually quite capable people. Imposter syndrome is a misunderstanding of perfection, … Continue reading
OBSERVATION ALWAYS OVERRULES SPECULATION
Observation Always Overrules Speculation Once we start along the path of theories, there is no end to it. Speculation adds complications and division. Only pure observation, common to all, is trustworthy. That pure observation is pure awareness – the first … Continue reading
WHETHER THE BUDDHA SAID
Whether The Buddha Said … Whether the Buddha actually said … “I am only able to point the way for you.” “Be a lamp unto yourself.” “Conditions are subject to decay.” “No thing has the power to create itself.” … … Continue reading
MEDITATORS GET IT TOGETHER
Meditators Get-It-Together … or should do. 🙂 To meditate is to make a decision, and take positive action in one’s life to have a sense of direction. The decision is to achieve one’s full potential of a harmonious frame of mind, an enlightened mind. If we … Continue reading
REFINING THE MIND
Refining The Mind The essence of mind is an empty screen or mirror which is cognisant. Thoughts about outer and inner phenomena are projected on to this screen/mirror which, in the very first instant, just reflects. This clarity of mind … Continue reading
IT’S A CORRUPT WORLD
It’s A Corrupt World It’s a corrupt world. It’s not enlightened, being driven by self-obsession. Everything that we think is tainted with misunderstanding. We swim in an ocean of illusion in the mind. The very essence of mind is the … Continue reading
PREJUDICE INHIBITS OPEN-MINDEDNESS
Prejudice Inhibits Open-Mindedness If we are locked in pre-conceived ideas about ourself and others, it is we who become the problem. We cannot put the world right, but we can put our selves right. When we live within a material … Continue reading
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE? FOLLOW THE TEACHING?
Follow The Science? Follow The Teaching? This an extract from yesterday’s UK Covid enquiry: ‘Professor Vallance (top scientific advisor) admitted there is “no such thing as ‘the science’”. “Science, by its definition, is a moving body of knowledge that tries to … Continue reading
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CAN YOU LAUGH AT YOUR SELF?
Can You Laugh At Your Self? Does your old self make you feel ‘icky’ … unpleasantly sticky? We all do and say daft things that we picked up from others. It’s not our fault – unless we keep doing and saying … Continue reading
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JUST FUNCTIONING
Just Functioning Most humans function on a limited level of existence. In fact, we are malfunctioning. If our only concerns are family, career, entertainment (which include politics, technology and religion), we are merely going round in circles, repeating the same … Continue reading
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ALIENS – WHO NEEDS SPACESHIPS?
Aliens – Who Needs Spaceships? Aliens are embodied beings … us! If there is life after death, we all transmigrate. In the Tibetan Book Of The Bardo, consciousness is said to be nine times more acute after death than in … Continue reading
THE TERM ‘HIGHER SELF’ IS A MISNOMER
The Term ‘Higher Self’ Is A Misnomer There is no ‘higher self’, but there is a lower self – the one we walk around with. The term ‘higher self’ is used by those who think our true reality is a … Continue reading
HAPPINESS IS UNDERSTANDING
Happiness Is Understanding Happiness is understanding the cycle of things: we do not empower charades. We may not live in wealth or even have a comfortable life, but we understand the nature of reality, how the universe works, our likes … Continue reading
BEING SELF TAUGHT
Being Self Taught Consciousness learns from a self which is a construct in the mind, and therefore, our mind is programming consciousness by mistakenly giving reality to an illusion. Consciousness assumes that mind is self when, in truth, consciousness is … Continue reading
WHILE MY KEYBOARD GENTLY WEEPS
While My Keyboard Gently Weeps We became perverted through the feeding of our desires, maintaining obsession and addiction. Through unhappiness, we chase after rainbows which are impossible to attain. Our natural state is already happy. ‘Hap’ means fortunate or lucky, … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS OUR NATURAL STATE OF BEING
Meditation Is Our Natural State Of Being When we are not in vacancy or thinking and talking, we are just being aware, open to the elements with the the senses fully experiencing, watchful, able to see clearly and at peace, … Continue reading
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WE ARE AN INVENTION OF THE MIND
We Are An Invention Of The Mind We are an invention of the mind … clones of others’ minds. Are you doing or thinking anything original? Our only originality is the essence of consciousness. It’s original because it never changes. … Continue reading
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LOSING LOSING YOUR TEMPER
Losing Losing Your Temper Temper: an angry state of mind. Temperamental: the tendency to behave angrily or emotionally. The speed at which we lose our temper and become angry indicates the degree of volatility in the mind we are working with. When we lose … Continue reading
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WHEN LIFE BECOMES OVERWHELMING
When Life Becomes Overwhelming Remember: nothing lasts, but that which is aware of being overwhelmed. That – and not what happens – is the secret of life. Pure consciousness is the only stable truth. We may look at politics, religion, … Continue reading
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