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- 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
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
- ONE LIGHT OR MANY LIGHTS? March 23, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR COMMON GROUND? March 23, 2026
- DON’T LET DAMAGE CONTROL YOUR LIFE March 23, 2026
- BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY March 22, 2026
- BELIEVING AND DEBUNKING March 22, 2026
- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS March 21, 2026
- GROUPS ARE CONFORMITY March 21, 2026
- PRACTICAL PRACTICE TO PRACTISE March 21, 2026
- WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS? March 20, 2026
- IS THERE A HIERACHY ON EARTH? March 20, 2026
- WORLD EVENTS CHANGE OUR THINKING March 20, 2026
- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
- SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM March 18, 2026
- EVIL TRANSFORMS INTO WISDOM March 18, 2026
- THE COMFORTABLE DECEPTION March 18, 2026
- IT’S AN ANCIENT TRICK March 18, 2026
- WHAT ARE MORALS? March 17, 2026
- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
- REGRETS ARE MEMORIES March 16, 2026
- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
- WHAT IS SUCCESS? March 15, 2026
- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
- CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS March 13, 2026
- WE INHERIT MEMORIES March 13, 2026
- FINDING EGO March 13, 2026
- HOLDING ONTO ANGER March 13, 2026
- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
- THE AI LAMA March 11, 2026
- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
- GHOST IN THE MIND March 10, 2026
- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
- CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION? March 5, 2026
- REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED March 4, 2026
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LIVING THE DREAM OR LIVING IN REALITY
Living The Dream Or Living In Reality We can’t make assumptions about this as it’s very tricky. đ Living in now, this present moment as it is, is the reality-experience of pure consciousness. It’s nothing mysterious or religious. The senses … Continue reading
THERE IS NO GOOD OR EVIL
There Is No Good Or Evil ⊠There is no good or evil ⊠just levels of understanding and misunderstanding. As we saw in the previous article, âWhy do we think differently from others?â, there are levels of experience, all … Continue reading
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EVIL IN THE WORLD
Evil In The World By now, we must know that there is evil in the world, which has been around for a very long time – as long as humans have existed. Unfortunately, there are many who don’t notice this … Continue reading
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WHY DO WE THINK DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHERS?
Why Do We Think Differently From Others? Why do we think differently from others? Conversely, why do we think like others? Only the Yanas or vehicles can explain this. The BodhipathapradÄ«pa of Atisha (980-1054 CE), quoted in Gampopa’s (1079-1153 CE) Jewel Ornament of Liberation, makes … Continue reading
HOW THE WORLD WAS WON
How The World Was Won The world was won through belief, giving people something plausible – deserving applause or approval – to keep them ‘happy’. A common trick of the magician. Plausible: an argument or statement seeming reasonable or probable, … Continue reading
WHAT IS RIGHT?
What Is Right? ‘Right’ comes from the word for straight line, not crooked. In other words, direct, without deviating. Right: Old English, related to Latin rectus âruledâ, from an Indo-European root denoting movement in a straight line. Once we know what is right or direct, we know when a … Continue reading
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THE LAMP THAT DISPELS DARKNESS
The Lamp That Dispels Darkness The moment we (pure consciousness) recognise the mind dwelling in a vacant state or preoccupied with memories is the pure light of consciousness. The lamp that dispels darkness. All self-obsession, fears and hopes are vanquished. … Continue reading
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DZOGCHEN AND BELIEF
The Difference Between Dzogchen And Belief Dzogchen is direct seeing â pure consciousness – non-duality. Belief is relating â through the mind â duality. This is why the Buddha said, âDo not take my word for truth; test it for … Continue reading
FIXATION DIVIDES PEOPLE
Fixation Divides People Religion divides people. Politics divides people. Thinking divides people. Self divides people. So what unites people? Unity is what we are – when we let go of our fixations. The mind cannot unite people as we all … Continue reading
GOD AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
God And Pure Consciousness It is said that God created ⊠once. Pure consciousness does not create, but minds create all the time. To know anything – including God (external) – there has to be consciousness (internal) present. Which comes … Continue reading
WHY ARE WE SO OBEDIENT?
Why Are We So Obedient? We have been encoded and converted into a programme, which accounts for our behaviour. The feudal system was created in Europe around the 9th century. It was a class system, based on a ruler, an inner circle of … Continue reading
HOW MANY HAVE BEEN ENLIGHTENED IN THE PAST 100 YEARS?
How Many Been Enlightened In The Past 100 years? I mean super-duper enlightened, and not just repeating good words. What if enlightenment wasn’t super-duper, but just a realisation of our essential reality that is pure consciousness obscured by attraction, repulsion … Continue reading
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SMART METERS, SMART PHONES, SMART MONEY, SMART CARS, SMART ROADS …
Smart Meters, Smart Phones, Smart Money, Smart Cars, Smart Roads ⊠Do you get the feeling we are being smarted? đ Smart: a programmed device, capable of some independent action. Also means a sharp pain. Ever feel that the walls are closing in … Continue reading
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WHAT CAUSES OUR REACTIONS?
What Causes Our Reactions? Reaction: done again. If we do not understand the cause of our doing-it-again, we become fixed in our ways of thinking. Why is this so important to understand? Even if we do not know what causes … Continue reading
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MISUNDERSTANDING LEADS TO SPECULTATION
Misunderstanding Leads To Speculation An unenlightened society is, by definition, corrupt. Misunderstanding leads to speculation and, unfortunately, on to arrogance and narcissism. This is what narcissists do: they constantly move the goalposts and nitpick, maintaining a lack of empathy to … Continue reading
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CONFIDENT WITH DEMONS
Confident With Demons Demons are our own likes and dislikes that are activated when we are presented with what we do or don’t like. Even the Buddha was presented with this dilemma before enlightenment. The internet has fascinating attractions to … Continue reading
THE RADICALISATION OF THE MIND
The Radicalisation Of the Mind Radical: change relating to the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough. The mind is a faculty which perceives through the senses and store information, observed by unadulterated consciousness. That is what we are – pure consciousness. This is our normality. Through persistent misinformation about … Continue reading
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ALWAYS CONSIDER THE OPPOSITE
Always Consider The Opposite Consider: there is no such thing as pure consciousness. What are we left with? Impure consciousness or impure awareness. In that case, we would perceive everything as confused or muddled. If we see the world as … Continue reading
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THE ATTAINABLE CHASING THE UNATTAINABLE
The Attainable Chasing The Unattainable This is the dilemma we are in: there is an ever-present consciousness using the mind to find consciousness. It’s what intellectuals try to do, and they can never come to a conclusion. We are consciousness, … Continue reading
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TOGAL
Togal Leaping over The word ‘Togal’ seems to imply something mysterious, but it’s not. It all depends on the way something is translated; don’t be misled by words. Togal has been described as ‘visions’ which seems quite complicated (I have … Continue reading
MISUNDERSTANDING ALL WE SEE
Misunderstanding All We See We look and interpret, speculate and judge, and this affects the way we think and behave. It doesn’t matter in what part of the infinite universe a sentient being dwells, it survives by its likes and … Continue reading
NO GOD, NO ENLIGHTENED BEINGS?
No God, No Enlightened Beings? What if there was no God? No Enlightened beings? After all, they are only characters in books. The books talk about miracles, but has anyone seen them happen? Our problem is that we want to … Continue reading
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DO NOT MEDITATE
Do Not Meditate Sit, just being aware, but don’t meditate. Thoughts will arise, but don’t meditate. Let the thoughts go, but don’t meditate. Sit, just being aware, but don’t meditate. Realise you are that awareness, but don’t meditate. When you … Continue reading
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THE DHARMA IS NOT IN THE WORDS
The Dharma Is Not In The Words ⊠it’s definitely not in the words.
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GENDER CONFUSION
Gender Confusion Why has something so simple become so complicated, and divides people? What if gender confusion was due to a previous incarnation? Just considering this could clear up what is thought of as a mystery. It could ease our … Continue reading
THE LIFE IN OUR LIFE
The Life In Our Life Meditation is understanding and appreciating the life in our life, and that is consciousness. Once we understand this, we drop the meditation on realising we are that consciousness. Looking into this consciousness and finding nothing … Continue reading
NEW AGE IDEAS; CLOSE, BUT …
New Age Ideas; Close, But ⊠The New Age movement (part of the new world order) changes people’s beliefs from God into believing in a universal consciousness. It blends ‘religious’, ‘spiritual’ and ‘philosophical’ concepts to maintain a global vagueness and … Continue reading
LIMITED BRAIN AND EXPANSIVE REALISATION
Limited Brain And Expansive Realisation There can be the experience of one’s brain not keeping up with one’s realisation. Our brain has links with our early environment and education (or lack of it). This being so, while realisation of our … Continue reading
THE FACT OF LIFE
The Fact Of Life If we cannot drop the fixated ideas that we hold about certain people, we are then bound to them. We have to know the difference between pure observation, and being judgemental. Pure observation is just seeing … Continue reading
ONCE DEPENDENT, WE STAY DEPENDENT
Once Dependent, We Stay Dependent Dependent: late Middle English from Old French, literally âhanging down fromâ. Dependency creates a world of servitude, be it social or religious, where we hang down as trophies. This dependency started thousands of years ago with the introduction of the idea … Continue reading
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WHEN WE COMPLAIN, WE HURT OUR BRAIN
When We Complain, We Hurt Our Brain Complaining is the opposite to enlightenment. Complaining: the expression of dissatisfaction or annoyance about something or other. How toxic is complaining? A half hour of complaining every day physically damages a person’s brain, according … Continue reading
THE DIY OF ENLIGHTENMENT
The DIY Of Enlightenment Once we realise our true reality, and have not just received information, but actually ‘get it’, we see Dharma everywhere. The ‘news’ is a good example; from an absolute perspective, it is anti-truth and disinformation, but … Continue reading
EVIL WANTS TO CONTROL OTHERS
Evil Wants To Control Others We may think of evil-doers as profoundly immoral and wicked â ‘them over there’ – but evil is much closer to home, in the form of the quality of our morals. What are they based … Continue reading
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PRACTICAL BUDDHISM
Practical Buddhism Practical Buddhism: pure seeing through the clouds of appearances.
WHAT IS IT THAT WAKES US UP … MAKES US CONSCIOUS?
What Is It That Wakes Us Up ⊠Makes Us Conscious? It is a simple realisation and recognition ⊠âIs that all?â What sounded complicated is now simple. Words make realisation complicated. The moment when I received the pointing out … Continue reading
EMPOWERING YOURSELF?
Empowering Yourself? We have become so daft that we think ’empowering yourself’ is a normal expression. This is acquiring false confidence from a memory bank of mundane ideas in order to become a self-centred comic-book, parading around in the pretence … Continue reading
WHAT POSSESSED YOU?!
What Possessed You?! Possessed: completely controlled by an evil spirit. What makes us do or say what we do and say? Being possessed is holding obsessive ideas in the mind about our self; this governs all our actions where we – pure consciousness – … Continue reading
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PROVOKING THOUGHTS
Provoking Thoughts Provoking thoughts, and cutting through them in an instant. If we want to know the truth, we have to drop what we think is the truth â our normal. Thinking we know the truth = a belief, and … Continue reading
EVIDENCE-BASED TRUTH
Evidence-Based Truth We base our lives on others’ stories, which are laundered information. Miracle-stories happened thousands of years ago, but don’t happen now. Interesting ⊠belief is that powerful. How dare we have doubts?! If we disagree with the official … Continue reading
THE ILLUMINATI’S SECRET
The Illuminati’s Secret We conform to others’ standards too easily, without question. Why? Because we have been processed that way for generations. The secret is; we are already members of the ‘Illuminati’ đ People talk about organisations like the Illuminati … Continue reading
MEDITATORS CAN BE CREEPY
Meditators Can Be Creepy Meditation isn’t sitting in a vacant state. Meditation is work, observing distractions and letting go. Then, life is play. When meditation works, life is a generous interaction. If we dwell in a vacant state, we become … Continue reading
THE WORLD IS DIVIDED INTO CULTS
The World Is Divided Into Cults Cult: the imposition of excessive control over members. The hallmark of a cult (culture) is that we become reliant. We know our place; this isolates us from others, and we ‘vote’ for it. Cults … Continue reading
WE ALL NEED A FEELING OF SUCCESS
We All Need A Feeling Of Success A feeling of success can never be achieved in this relative, conventional world as it relies on the desire to be recognised by others as being successful. If people do not acknowledge us, … Continue reading
DON’T BETTER YOUR SELF
Don’t Better Your Self Don’t better your self: Be a better person. How? Know what you truly already are.
OPENING THE DOOR TO DEMONS
Opening The Door To Demons Demons lie in ambush, waiting for our emotions (both negative and positive) to arise and then feeding off them. They fuel themselves through our vulnerability of self-preservation. It is we who attract them. Where do … Continue reading
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SIMPLE AND SIMPLISTIC
Simple and Simplistic Simple: easily understood by using a clear mind based on lateral thinking, questioning what and why so that we may realise ‘an’ answer to a situation in the moment now. In Sanskrit, this is called Madhyamika = taking … Continue reading
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UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS … TRICKY!
Universal Consciousness ⊠Tricky! Ordinarily consciousness is individual; we are obviously and definitely not all one. But, through training and realisation of our true essence, there is no difference between realised beings; they just express certain qualities in their own … Continue reading
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THERE ARE SOME DAFT IDEAS OUT THERE
There Are Some Daft Ideas Out There Because people cannot understand reality, they make it up, and then sell it to others. This is called belief. If belief made people content, happy and generous of heart, then belief would be … Continue reading
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