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- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING CAN FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE June 18, 2026
- THIS BLOG SHOULD BE SECRET June 17, 2026
- FREEDOM FROM THE CYCLIC EXISTENCE June 17, 2026
- THE SHARED HALLUCINATION June 17, 2026
- WHY THE OBSESSION WITH THE PAST? June 16, 2026
- THE MUD IS JUST A DIRTY LENS June 16, 2026
- STARVING THE MONSTER June 15, 2026
- THE NOVELTY TRAP June 15, 2026
- NO LONGER SATISFYING June 14, 2026
- THE MORE WE REALISE June 13, 2026
- REALITY IS CONTENTMENT June 13, 2026
- THE DANGER OF ADOPTING STORIES June 13, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE A PRODUCT OF? June 13, 2026
- WHAT REINCARNATES? June 12, 2026
- THE HABITUAL LOOP June 11, 2026
- WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT LIES SO READILY? June 11, 2026
- THE PARADOX OF RITUALS AND WORDS June 11, 2026
- WHAT DO WE BASE OUR LIFE ON? June 10, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY June 10, 2026
- THINKING THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE June 9, 2026
- NOT TOO TIGHT AND NOT TOO LOOSE June 9, 2026
- OUR GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT June 8, 2026
- PRIDE STOPS US EVOLVING June 8, 2026
- THE TINKERBELL EFFECT June 7, 2026
- EVIL IS ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE SUPERIOR June 7, 2026
- FOUR OPIUMS OF THE PEOPLE June 6, 2026
- THE CONSUMER BECOMES CONSUMED June 6, 2026
- ULTIMATE MATURITY June 6, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA” June 5, 2026
- THE TWO ASPECTS OF ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’ June 5, 2026
- SULKY SELF June 4, 2026
- THE COMPLETE PICTURE June 3, 2026
- GIVING UP GUILT June 2, 2026
- TESTING MARA AND GURU June 1, 2026
- THE BUDDHA. JESUS, SOCRATES AND OTHERS WERE REBELS June 1, 2026
- ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS REALISED BY ABSOLUTE TRUTH June 1, 2026
- FINDING WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR May 31, 2026
- WE ALL LIVE IN DIFFERENT ECHO CHAMBERS May 31, 2026
- A HARD LESSON TO LEARN May 31, 2026
- BUDDHIST FORUMS CREATE CONFLICT May 31, 2026
- ONE MIND, OR MANY MINDS? May 30, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL MATERIALISM May 30, 2026
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DOUBT, FEAR, AGGRESSION, PRIDE = INSTABILITY = DOUBT…
Doubt, Fear, Aggression, Pride = Instability = Doubt … It’s all very subtle. We live in a vicious cycle of existence but don’t know it, because we don’t want to know. We prefer to believe in others’ doubts, fears, aggression, … Continue reading
IT’S GOOD TO KNOW
It’s Good To Know Goodness is just the knowingness of pure consciousness. It is our natural quality of pure clarity. This isn’t about how much we know. It’s about the life force itself – consciousness – for without that, nothing … Continue reading
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THERE ARE NO SUPERNATURAL EVENTS
There Are No Supernatural Events Supernatural: a manifestation or event attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature: unnaturally or extraordinarily great. Science: from Latin scientia, from scire ‘know’. There are no supernatural events, except for the human stupidity of believing in anything without evidence, without knowing. Things only seem … Continue reading
SUBTLE SUFFERING
Subtle Suffering Subtle suffering: Not having (materially and intellectually), having too much (materially and intellectually), and feeling the pressure of conditioning. This is why we feel uneasy most of the time, and spend our lives conforming, and being moulded. Pure … Continue reading
HOW DO I KNOW MEDITATION IS WORKING?
How Do I Know Meditation Is Working? Others notice a change. This doesn’t mean they’ll like it, as people prefer the familiar. 🙂 Our behaviour may not be perfect as we still have emotions, but now they are guides. We … Continue reading
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COMPOS MENTIS, LUX MENTIS
Compos Mentis, Lux Mentis Compos Mentis: having mastery of one’s mind. Lux Mentis: light of the mind. The light is pure consciousness. We are the light of consciousness. If we have no mastery over our mind, we are non-compos mentis: … Continue reading
SIMPLE BUT DIFFICULT … BUT SIMPLE
Simple But Difficult … But Simple Our true reality is simply pure awareness. Its presence is precious timelessness. We do not have to do anything to know or realise this. So why is it difficult? It’s difficult to comprehend as … Continue reading
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THE CRACKS IN EVIL
The Cracks In Evil Evil has cracks in it. Goodness is those cracks. The more we meditate properly, the wider the cracks.
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MEDITATION IS SEEING CLEARLY
Meditation Is Seeing Clearly Ordinary people see with their thoughts and feelings, and so suffer. Meditation is impartiality, seeing thoughts and feelings and suffering as the path.
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TOGAL, TREKCHO, SHUNYATA, DHARMAKAYA …
Togal, Trekcho, Shunyata, Dharmakaya … Togal, Trekcho, Shunyata, Dharmakaya … … all become cliches – overused, and betraying a lack of original experience. Certain Tibetan or Sanskrit words get special interest, which is very sad as it’s terminology-based as opposed to ordinary, natural experience. Our … Continue reading
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THE GARDEN OF NO MORALS
The Garden Of No Morals The middle way is to know both sides, and therefore have full knowledge, free of ignorance. Morals are knowing right from wrong, good from bad, depending on our level of understanding. If we do not … Continue reading
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KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL FREES US
Knowing Good And Evil Frees Us Not knowing, we live in a fool’s paradise, enslaved by extreme apathy. Not knowing, we are not bothered. Do you see the whole picture? We’ve become clever primates, scratching one another’s backs, and hoping for … Continue reading
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THE POWER OF SUGGESTION
The Power Of Suggestion A suggestion primes the mind as a foundation for future events, like a hypnotist who comforts and relaxes the mind prior to making a suggestion to a receptive mind. When we are young, we are very … Continue reading
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THE SECRET HACKING AND DRACONIAN ENGINEERING OF THE MIND
The Secret Hacking And Draconian Engineering Of The Mind How does wickedness work? Through fear, delay of action, and censorship. Fight, flight and freeze = the primitive brain. If we do not share knowledge of our true reality, then it is we who … Continue reading
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KNOWING WHAT WE ARE
Knowing What We Are There is nothing more amazing than knowing what we are. We are the answer that we seek, the essence of mind of pure awareness. It is not a material thing, made in an image. Inner peace … Continue reading
NO EMPATHY = NO COMPASSION
No Empathy = No Compassion Know empathy = know compassion. If we cannot empathise with and understand others, we cannot have compassion. We have all experienced every emotion possible, but because of pride, we hide them or ignore them. Empathy … Continue reading
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE RELIGIOUS BANDWAGON
The Psychology Of The Religious Bandwagon Religion binds certain types together in the name of truth, but it also divides us. Why? The initial wisdom was expressed by a person who was not in the religion – that came later. … Continue reading
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. 🙂 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, “Why do we think differently from others?”, 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 Bodhipathapradīpa 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 ‘ruled’, 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 – pure consciousness – non-duality. Belief is relating – through the mind – duality. This is why the Buddha said, “Do 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? 🙂 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 ‘hanging down from’. 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