Author Archives: tony

The One Thing To Remember The one thing to remember; it’s not an enlightened world. We may be accused of having an ego, of having a self to improve, but we thought that was normal because of the way we … Continue reading →

We Don’t Realise How Ordinary Realisation Is Non-duality is nothing but pure awareness. There is nothing present to be special. If we take time to appreciate non-dual awareness, it’s already a duality. That was – and is – the very … Continue reading →

We Naturally Know The Dharma – The Teaching Once realisation into the nature of reality is established, all that glitters no longer attracts – but each distraction is a teaching. We can pay a lot of money for lamas or … Continue reading →

A Sense Of Proportion There are stages or levels to realisation. To simplify, let’s say there are three: Conventional reality. Theory/doubt. Realisation of our true reality. Usually, we just live in conventional reality. We think like everyone else, with a … Continue reading →

There Is No Magic In Spiritual Awareness There is no magic in spiritual awareness. The magic has already been applied. Magic is deception; it is believing something is real when it’s not. For thousands of years, humanity has been led … Continue reading →

It’s Okay To Disagree It’s okay to disagree, but we don’t have to argue. We just see things differently, and have different abilities to express our understanding. That’s why there are many traditions. One person’s nourishment is another’s poison, and … Continue reading →

Why Stupid People Think They Are Smart “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates. People who think they are clever, scholastic or smarter than others are merely at the top of a pile of stupidity. Just … Continue reading →

Bhakti Yoga And Social Media What do they have in common? Devotion leading to addiction. Bhakti yoga is devotion to a teacher rather than to the teaching, although the guru uses the teachings to maintain the student/teacher relationship. Guru worship … Continue reading →

Don’t Just Follow The Science … … be aware of the science being used! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR4jEvuoF6I

Do We Actually Have Free Will? 2 (This is in answer to a question; incidentally, if a comment doesn’t come up immediately, it’s because I haven’t been notified to acknowledge it yet.) Free will: the ability to choose unimpededly. Firstly, … Continue reading →

Teacher Student Relationship The teacher is the mind. The student is consciousness. The mind shows us all our negative reactions, and why they come about. It can also express whatever consciousness realises; our true qualities of empathetic compassion. An outer … Continue reading →

How Was Yesterday’s Practice? “Am I awake?” Introduce a thought or, when a thought arises, or notice you are in vacancy (such as while watching a film or just sitting, staring) and ask, “Am I awake?” At that moment, you … Continue reading →

When Are We Awake? We are only awake when we’re aware of being awake. Usually, we are occupied in our mind, in a dream state. The difference between being in this dream state and being awake is such a subtle … Continue reading →

Dharma Is Beyond Boundaries One question that destroys all theories. Is the universe infinite space? The universe has to be infinite space to contain one big Bang and one big God. Experts are people, and people who adopt a concept, … Continue reading →

The Truth Cannot Be Told The absolute truth cannot be told, written about or spoken, as it can only be realised through experience. Absolute truth is beyond words. Words confuse, but confusion shows the way. Words are relative truth; it’s … Continue reading →

Don’t Join Buddhism! If we merely join something because of someone we know, we have to know what we are doing and why. It’s the reason that I started a blog. Understand the teaching of the Buddha – any Buddha. … Continue reading →

The me Behind Me Behind what we think we are is the essence of pure consciousness. We may think that thoughts are immediate, but it stands to reason that, before a thought can arise, there must be an awareness already … Continue reading →

Pride Comes Before A Fall If we’re conceited or self-important, something will happen to make us look foolish, and we realise that we are not as special as we think we are. Whatever we think we know, that in itself reveals partial understanding. We … Continue reading →

Two Systems: Two Prisons One totalitarian, and the other, living the dream. Living the dream? Whose dream? These states are both prisons. We may think we have freedom, and are awake. That is the illusion; we are living by others’ … Continue reading →

Got A Spiritual Problem? Who you gonna call? Ghost Busters? You can’t talk to your teacher, or to other students. Why not? They will merely give you doctrine from that tradition, and their background, but they won’t know your background … Continue reading →

Wanting Proof The proof of truth is a precarious objective these days. It all depends on how we personally read information. Do we work through belief or intuitive experience? I have never met anyone who proves pure consciousness to me … Continue reading →

How Much Mud Can We Take? It seems we can hold on to quite a lot of sticky matter. Everything we touch becomes contaminated. The mud is ideas that hold our persona, and is the reason why we keep returning … Continue reading →

There Is So Much Distraction In The World The fact that there is so much distraction in the world is the very reason to simplify life. You are not missing out on all the fun, the politics, the news, the … Continue reading →

How Much Truth Is There Left In The World? We are constantly being told how to think and how to obey. People are being ‘cancelled’ for what they think, and we’re all being forced into narrow parameters with the use … Continue reading →

Why Are So Many People Reactive? Actually, most of us are reactive precisely because we are unenlightened. We just function at a certain level and stop there; All sentient beings have Buddha nature, which means their essence is enlightened – totally free … Continue reading →

The Ultimate Truth Cannot Be Assimilated From A Book The ultimate truth cannot be assimilated from a book; the authors had to go through much discipline, as we must. Breaking out of the illusion of ideas that we are just … Continue reading →