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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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BEYOND EXPERIENCE IS TRUTH
Beyond Experience Is Truth Truth is beyond experience. Truth is what experiences. Truth is the seer. The seer is pure consciousness. Pure consciousness cannot see itself; it can only be realised through its reflection. Something appears in the mind, and … Continue reading
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SPIRITUALLY JADED
Spiritually Jaded Jaded: bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something. It’s easy to become obsessed with ‘spiritual’ enthusiasm, getting so involved with being part of the organisation and the various practices that we become numb and blinkered, which is a little … Continue reading
DON’T FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
Don’t Fight For What You Believe Don’t fight for what you believe, as it only causes division. Belief is accepting something as true without evidence. Reading something and saying it’s truth or not is only belief. Therefore belief has no … Continue reading
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DHARMA IS STRAIGHTFORWARD
Dharma Is Straightforward Dharma – the uncomplicated instruction on reality; easy to do and understand. Just sit in mental silence. Be aware that you are that awareness with no name. You are then able to recognise when the mind wanders … Continue reading
THE MYSTERY MACHINE
The Mystery Machine We like mysteries because they’re something that’s difficult or impossible to understand and explain. They entertain us. Watching a magician’s deception, we like to believe, and choose to ignore how it’s done. This path of the impossible … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING NEEDS A FIRM FOUNDATION
Understanding Needs A Firm Foundation Our understanding comes from a particular point of view. Where did we get that point of view from? Wishful thinking? Adopting beliefs? A book? Or a personal realisation of the nature of reality of consciousness … Continue reading
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH CRAP: THE RESIDUE OF IGNORANCE
Learning To Live With Crap: The Residue Of Ignorance We are definitely not going to change the people who indulge in beliefs of some sort. Every time someone talks, those beliefs reveal themselves … “Oh, I just heard on the … Continue reading
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WHERE DO WE GET OUR INFORMATION FROM?
Where Do We Get Our Information From? “If you don’t read a newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.” – Mark Twain We have to read between the lines; in looking for or discovering … Continue reading
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DO BUDDHISTS GET OFFENDED?
Do Buddhists Get Offended? Do Buddhists get offended? Er … yes. Buddhists are people too. 🙂 Why would anyone be called a “precious one”? Because someone said they were? Don’t be offended at this question. To question is to want … Continue reading
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THE WORLD USED TO BE CRAZY …
The World Used To Be Crazy … The world used to be crazy… now, it’s scary. In the past, mass behaviours were slow to develop, but nowadays, the process of mimicking others is changing fast, and causing great confusion. As … Continue reading
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THE TRUTH CANNOT BE HIDDEN FOREVER
The Truth Cannot Be Hidden Forever Truth cannot be hidden forever because truth is the consciousness that is always watching. When people realise that they are the truth, the way and the light, no one can ever pull the wool over … Continue reading
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WHY MAKE WHAT IS NATURAL COMPLICATED?
Why Make What Is Natural Complicated? We are pure consciousness. Why make something so natural and beautiful into something so complicated and elitist? Even through reasoning (a rare event), we can realise that we are pure consciousness. That’s if we … Continue reading
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THE STAYING POWER OF REALISATION
The Staying Power Of Realisation If we lack staying power, we give up easily because we do not understand how profoundly enlightened we actually are. Long ago, there were some very enlightened beings who realised that. For millennia, however, humanity … Continue reading
FORMULA; THE UNCHANGING NATURE OF NATURE
Formula; The Unchanging Nature Of Nature I’ve written before about the three unchangeables: space, consciousness and formula. Formula: from Latin, diminutive of forma ‘shape, mould’. Formula is how everything takes shape. It is the nature of everything. We may think of nature as … Continue reading
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DISCIPLINE! DISCIPLINE?
Discipline! Discipline? Some people – some types who are ‘lazy’ or laid back (culturally) – need focus and discipline, so certain practices are for them. But for a disciplined person who is already driven, they would go insane with the … Continue reading
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STARTING WITH FAITH AND TRUST … REALLY?
Starting With Faith And Trust … Really? Being told to have faith and trust suggest intimidation. Why would you start with ‘faith’ and ‘trust’? There has to be a reason to have faith and trust in the first place, so … Continue reading
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FLOUNDERING IN GROUPTHINK
Floundering In Groupthink Flounder: struggle clumsily in mud or water; struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion of not knowing. Groupthink: the practice of thinking as a group, typically resulting in unchallenged, poor-quality decision making. When we adopt a way of thinking by just imitating others, we lose … Continue reading
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
Jumping To Conclusions The problem with jumping to conclusions about pure consciousness is that we can come to an intellectual belief that we are pure consciousness, but is it experienced? The assumption is a good start, but then it is … Continue reading
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RIGHT INTELLIGENCE
Right Intelligence We need right intelligence to understand precisely, with an open mind that doesn’t constantly refer to memories which didn’t satisfy. If they didn’t satisfy, why hold on to them? A fresh approach needs a fresh mind for information … Continue reading
THREE IMPOSSIBLE QUESTIONS
Three Impossible Questions How is the universe infinite? Where did consciousness come from? Why does formula work? These three principles are the three unchanging elements of life. Most people ignore them, while some actually use them to confuse humanity, and … Continue reading
WE ARE INCOMPLETE WITHOUT MEDITATION
We Are Incomplete Without Meditation In the ‘normal’ run of life we panic, and exhaust ourselves, falling into vacancy. Simple meditation is sitting in silence, witnessing the distraction (panic). Gradually, we calm down, and relax by letting go of exhausting … Continue reading
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AWAKENING TO OUR ENMESHMENT
Awakening To Our Enmeshment We don’t realise how deeply enmeshed we are in concepts – even righteous ones – where we feel morally right or justified. This what we are seeking liberation from. Our relative reality (the way we relate to … Continue reading
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FEAR STOPS US BEING HONEST
Fear Stops Us Being Honest Fear stops us being honest about how we really feel. This is why we cannot communicate with one another; we talk, but it doesn’t go very far as we skirt around issues. Perhaps in the … Continue reading
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THE PRETENCE OF HARMONY
The Pretence Of Harmony The pretence or facade of promoting harmony, where we all must think the same way, is actually promoting differences, so the opposite of disharmony is actually being achieved. Society is constantly being divided by pointing out … Continue reading
THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
The Ability To Understand The ability to understand doesn’t come from mantras or scholastic study; both of these merely focus the mind with intention. Understanding comes from realising that that which rests within silent awareness is our reality – that … Continue reading
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MARA INFLUENCERS
Mara Influencers There are forces at work that want us to be dependent on them. They do not want free thinkers. Ideas are injected into a society that promote an identification with some thing or other. These memes that infect … Continue reading
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WHO OR WHAT DO WE BELIEVE IN?
Who Or What Do You Believe? This is the most important – and also idiotic – question possible. It’s tantamount to saying, “Who or what do you accept without proof?” Your life depends on the answer, and ignoring the question … Continue reading
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THE REAL TEACHING IS WITHIN
The Real Teaching Is Within The real teaching is within, and never ‘out there’. Out there is only second-hand generalisation, organisation, institutionalisation … with lots of long-winded words 🙂 The teaching within has no words.
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DHARMA IS A WAY OF LIFE
Dharma Is A Way Of Life Dharma is a way of life. It isn’t a religion. If Dharma becomes a religion, we are bound to an idea. Dharma is the psychology of mind and consciousness, observed by pure being, which … Continue reading
IS IT TRUE OR NOT?
Is It True Or Not? Just reading something and identifying with it won’t do. We have to reflect and contemplate with an unbiased eye. That, in fact, is the answer we seek. It’s not wrong to question a statement. This … Continue reading
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IS THE UNIVERSE CONSCIOUS?
Is The Universe Conscious? The universe/nature isn’t conscious; it reacts to circumstances through laws of attraction and repulsion. If we’re unaware of consciousness, we also react to circumstances governed by the same laws of attraction and repulsion. Being conscious is … Continue reading
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Tagged attraction and reupulsion, aware of consciousness, balance, conditions and consequences, cycles of existence, harmony with a situation, likes and dislikes, Meditation, middle way, primordial purity, the universe, training the mind, truth, wakwfulness, wisdom free from elaborations
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MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL FANTASIES
Material And Spiritual Fantasies If we dwell on external fantasies – either material or spiritual – we will never understand the subtle ultimate truth within. It is because the truth within is pure consciousness that everything can be known. What … Continue reading
DREAM STATE V AWAKENED STATE
Dream State v Awakened State When we merely repeat what we have heard or read, we live in our mind’s dream state. In the raw (uncooked) moment now, we wake up and wonder, “What is this?” = awakening possibilities.
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DO NO HARM
Do No Harm To do no harm requires skill. To do good requires skill. To train the mind requires skill. Skill: Old English scele ‘knowledge’, from Old Norse skil ‘discernment, knowledge’. To do no harm, to do good and to train the mind, we need … Continue reading
WHAT ARE THE LEVELS … OF GOODNESS?
What Are The Levels … Of Goodness? What is goodness? Well, it isn’t something holy, so that’s a relief. This is where we’ve been going wrong, by believing in mystery and intercessors. Goodness is caring. Caring comes from understanding; understanding … Continue reading
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KNOW THE WORTH OF OTHERS
Realising Anything Is Shock Realisation means change has occurred. Knowing about something isn’t the same as realising it. Fixation Is Addiction What we see in others is but a reflection. Thinking There Is Only One Way That is narrow-minded. Others’ … Continue reading
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FRICTION CAN BE PROGRESS
Friction Can Be Progress Friction: Reaction of two surfaces There are two possible outcomes to friction (a clash of views) – either stubbornness or progress. The outcome will depend on our level of understanding. The Buddha’s advice was to admit … Continue reading
MIXING UP MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Mixing Up Mind And Consciousness Our mind is that which translates experience related to our environment. The mind builds up memories to which we (consciousness) refer. We are not the mind; we have a mind. If we can see it, … Continue reading
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MORE COMPLEXITY = MORE RELIANCE
More Complexity = More Reliance Everything in the world has become more elaborate than is necessary. When spirituality becomes complicated, we may hear words, but do we experience them? I speak as one who has sat through decades of lectures … Continue reading
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EGO’S NEST – THE MIND
Ego’s Nest – The Mind When we (consciousness) become caught up in concepts – abstract ideas brought together – we build a confused construct in the mind that we think of as ‘home’ for our self. We identify with this … Continue reading
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WANT TO GET CLOSER TO THE GURU?
Want To Get Closer To The Guru? Want to get closer to the guru? Then pay attention to your karma. Karma is your constant guru. Karma is our habitual response built by our past reactions that we hold on to … Continue reading
A.I. IS STUPID: IT HAS NO WISDOM
A.I. Is Stupid; It Has No Wisdom Artificial Intelligence is merely a fast memory-machine referring to its programming. This is the same as humans referring to memories. A.I. is created in someone’s image. A.I. and humans are both cliché machines, … Continue reading
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WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, AND UNIQUE
We Are All Different, And Unique We aren’t a group thing. Our approach to anything is individual, due to our backgrounds of confusion, doubt and ignorance. These are, in fact, good things: they are our path to enlightenment when we … Continue reading
WORDS ARE SYMBOLS OF EXPERIENCE
Words Are Symbols Of Experience Words are symbols of experience: Make sure they are your experience rather than someone else’s, even the Buddha. Words are symbols of experience. If we do not have the experience, the words we repeat are … Continue reading
HOW WE FELL FROM GRACE
How We Fell From Grace How we fell from grace, and why we are confused and unenlightened. It is we who make life complicated by losing our inner peace for something more interesting. In all walks of life, we overdo … Continue reading
THERE IS NO SUCH ‘THING’ AS GOD
There Is No Such ‘Thing’ As God There is no such ‘thing’ as God. There is god consciousness, which is supreme consciousness, pure consciousness, good consciousness, but that’s what we are, without a need to refer to an outside source. … Continue reading
PLEASE PROVE THIS BLOG WRONG
Please Prove This Blog Wrong Please prove this blog wrong. It’s important to do this to see what the conflict is. We are making the effort to test, see and understand, instead of merely accepting. That’s being practical, and therefore, … Continue reading
WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED?
Why Is Buddhism So Complicated? There have been commentaries and rituals created and added over thousands of years, forming the intellectual institution of symbols = words. Our essence is ever-present pure consciousness. We don’t have to do or be anything … Continue reading →