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- WE FEAR COMMUNICATION April 25, 2026
- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
- 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
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EXPERIENCE THE GIFT
Experience The Gift Gift: a thing given willingly without payment. A natural ability. The gift is the teaching on our true reality, and the experience this gives. The gift is realising our genuine uniqueness, as opposed to an adopted persona. Happiness: the relief from suffering. … Continue reading
WHY I KEEP REPEATING THE BUDDHA’S WORDS
Why I Keep Repeating The Buddha’s Words … …“Do not take my words for the truth; test them for yourself.” If we merely reiterate words and offer no explanation, we are only repeating sounds, rather than addressing the context of … Continue reading
THERE IS NO SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH
There Is No Single Source Of Truth There is no single source of truth. Truth just is. It’s like formula; it just is. It’s like space; it just is. To ask where space, formulae and truth came from is scholastic … Continue reading
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THERE IS A MANUAL FOR LIFE
There Is A Manual For Life It’s quite short; it’s karma. ‘Karma’ is just a word for the effect of previous actions that causes our habitual reactions now. This manual is our teacher, instructing us how to eliminate karma through … Continue reading
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Tagged a working manual, Compassionate activity, eliminating karma, esoteric, exoteric, habitual reactions, KARMA, karma is our instructor, karmic ledge, our attitude, personal karma, previous actions, pure consciousness, reducing the level of doubt, the levels of realisation, the manual for life, The path to enlightenment
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THERE IS NOTHING FOR A CREATOR TO DO
There Is Nothing For A Creator To Do If the universe is infinite, why would there be a creator? The infinite universe is home for infinite conscious beings, commensurate with their karmic tendencies. This consciousness is pure, and needs no … Continue reading
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THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
The Great Disappointment Realisation is disappointing. It’s no big deal. And even though we realise what we are, a great sadness arises as others haven’t yet realised that they are pure consciousness. This is where the real work begins in … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY CAN BE A PRISON
Spirituality Can Be A Prison Doubt imprisons us. Once we understand the principle of any activity, we are free to go away and develop it. When we get a glimpse that we are pure consciousness, meditation verifies it. If people … Continue reading
WHAT IS REALISED CANNOT BE UNREALISED
What Is Realised Cannot Be Unrealised Once we realise what we actually are – pure consciousness – then the whole of our history unravels, along with whatever is taking place now. We realise that everything we’ve been told is part … Continue reading
KNOWLEDGE IS OUR PROTECTOR
Knowledge Is Our Protector Knowledge is our protector. Protector from what? Belief. Empathy protects consciousness from the pride of knowledge. It is wisdom that protects knowledge.
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CLUELESS ABOUT OUR ORIGINAL NATURE
Clueless About Our Original Nature Clueless: having no knowledge, understanding or ability. Thinking we know, understand and have ability is just an act. We are clueless when we acquire others’ ideas, but have not tested these for ourselves. If we … Continue reading
APATHY IN CONSCIOUSNESS
Apathy In Consciousness Apathy is being indifferent to whatever goes on in our mind. We’d rather be drawn into what is going on ‘out there’. This is demonic activity in action = distraction/entertainment which is spiritual laziness. Spirituality is just … Continue reading
PROTECTING DIVERSITY … REALLY?
Protecting Diversity … Really? On a relative level, protecting diversity is protecting separation, rather than unity. This tells us everything that we need to know about current agendas, which create conflict, confusion and cultural collapse by dis-integration in the guise … Continue reading
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DESIGNERSAURS
Designersaurs If an unknowable entity created the designersaurs, and nature destroyed them, which is more powerful? Perhaps nature is the creatorsaur? And consciousaurus fits in where it can… It always good to think outside the box 😀
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CAN A.I. BE TRAINED TO LIE?
Can A.I. Be Trained To Lie? This is a question we should ask. If people can be trained to lie, so can A.I. It can have bias programmed into it. A.I. is not consciousness; it’s a memory ‘box’ with sensors … Continue reading
LONG TERM OR SHORT TERM VALUES
Long Term Or Short Term Values Is our personal evolution a long term or short term aim? Life is short, so some conclusion or realisation must be resolved about the value of life, sooner rather than later. Conclusion: decision reached … Continue reading
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WE ARE PRIMORDIAL PURITY
We Are Primordial Purity To most, this sounds daft. That’s because of the world we live in! When we realise we are pure consciousness – the potential of enlightenment – our world changes. We no longer fit into the common … Continue reading
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‘INTELLIGENT DESIGN’ VERSUS NATURE
‘Intelligent Design’ Versus Nature Whatever created dinosaurs, they were destroyed by nature. Nature is greater, therefore, as nature is the creator and destroyer through the natural cycle of the laws of nature. Whatever ‘intelligent design’ can create, nature can destroy, … Continue reading
USING THE DHARMA AS A WEAPON
Using The Dharma As A Weapon This happens when we intellectualise the words, and have no experience or understanding of the effect of Mara=demons=ego. Clinging to the words is ego activity. When we lie in ambush with our book learning, … Continue reading
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EVIL NEARLY WORKS
Evil Nearly Works Evil uses partial truths to make a lie believable. So that people would know if the Buddha was telling the truth, he wisely said, “Do not take my word for the truth; see for yourself.” The Buddha did … Continue reading
SHORT MOMENTS
Short Moments Meditation and daily activities should both be paused from time to time, to just be. In this way, we remember that we are pure consciousness, and never get lost in the activity. This is balancing meditation and life … Continue reading
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THE LIGHT THAT DISPELS DARKNESS
The Light That Dispels Darkness Our darkness is our absorption in being vacant or occupied. We are rarely just there, senses wide open, making no judgements. Merely look into that which perceives this absorption. The moment when consciousness recognises this … Continue reading
FACING DEATH
Facing Death What may happen after death is hearsay, but it’s worth considering as it has a psychological effect on our behaviour now. Facing death is exactly the same as facing life. Some may believe that there is consciousness after … Continue reading
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Tagged a confident life, a fearless death, are we perfect enough, Belief, consciousness after death, Death, Doubt, ethereal consciousness, facing death, illusory clutter in the mind, indifference, life, our actual reality, psychological effect, pure consciousness, pure knowingness
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THOUGHTS ARISING IN MEDITATION
Thoughts Arising In Meditation All thoughts are related to the past (memories): even if they are considering the future, they still relate to the past. So when a thought appears, just say inwardly, “Past” and let it go, just as … Continue reading
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WE BELIEVE ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH
We Believe Anything But The Truth A narrative is a story, and we like stories as they enchant us. Enchant: to fill someone with great delight; charm, put under a spell, delude. Stories and songs can put us into rapture. Rapture: seizing and … Continue reading
BALANCING THE BOOKS
Balancing The Books We each have a book – a ledger of karmic activities that have corrupted our mind through desire, creating a habitual pattern of behaviour. Our path to enlightenment is to lighten this load of precious winnings. We … Continue reading
WHY DO WE WANT FREEDOM?
Why Do We Want Freedom? Why do we want freedom? Do we assume that we haven’t got it? Why is that? We live cluttered, unnatural lives. Why is that? We follow everyone else. Why is that? We don’t know anything … Continue reading
WHEN INFORMATION IS MISINFORMATION
When Information Is Misinformation When we know that information is misinformation, then misinformation is information – and the end of confusion! 😀 If we do not test information, it is merely a belief. Repeating this belief is misinformation. Information may … Continue reading
THE MORE WE COMMUNICATE, THE BETTER THE WORLD
The More We Communicate, The Better The World To communicate is to know what we have in common. When we only spout the facts we have learnt, this isn’t communication – it’s repetitive, and can be a form of aggression, … Continue reading
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MESSING WITH OUR MIND
Messing With Our Mind It is through our mind that we communicate. If our mind is full of junk, we communicate junk. If our mind is clear, we communicate clarity. The world creates nonsense, and complaining about it fills our … Continue reading
ISOLATED FROM REALITY
Isolated From Reality The contents of the mind is our barrier to pure perception, as the mind identifies and translates almost immediately, not noticing that a moment of pure perception has taken place, and that pure consciousness is present. Ignorance of … Continue reading
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WHEN IS LIFE COMPLETE?
When Is Life Complete? Life is complete when we let go of self-memory. Mind is memories (software) stored in the brain (hard-drive). Self is created by the watcher-consciousness that clings to these memories. When consciousness is in its pure state, … Continue reading
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TRANSLATIONS
Translations If someone realises something in one language, in order to communicate this realisation, it has to be translated into others’ languages. As we know, there are many translations of the same text: much will depend on the the translator … Continue reading
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TRANSCENDENTAL UNDERSTANDING
Transcendental Understanding A transcendental experience cannot be understood in ordinary ways: meditation detaches our self-reality from our actual reality. Our actual reality is moments of pure being that gradually become more frequent with practice; our self-reality is the practice of grasping. Grasping = greedy = … Continue reading
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WHEN IS LIFE COMPLETE?
When Is Life Complete? Life is complete when we get over ourself 🙂 Life is complete when we recognise the mind’s faults and limitations which are due to our past, and are content to live with these faults and limitations, … Continue reading
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WHEN WRONG IS RIGHT
When Wrong Is Right Whenever things go ‘wrong’, there is a cause; that is the rightness about it.
INFORMATION AND WISDOM
Information And Wisdom Information is the repetition of this and that. Wisdom is the knowingness of when to apply information. Information is knowing words. Wisdom is knowing the meaning of words. Wisdom is choosing the right moment, or rather, the … Continue reading
THE AGE OF DZOGCHEN
The Age Of Dzogchen Dzogchen is the Tibetan word for the direct realisation of what we are; pure consciousness. In the Indian text, the “Mahabharata”, this is the age of the Kali Yuga – the age of conflict – but … Continue reading
OFFENDER AND OFFENDED
Offender And Offended This is the age of conflict; the Kali Yuga. If there is an offender and an offended, there is conflict. Offender + offended = conflict. If there is an offender but no offended, there is no conflict. … Continue reading
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CONSPIRACY THEORIES WORK
Conspiracy Theories Work They always have. Conspiracy theories are made to divert consciousness away from itself. The ulterior motive of conspiracy is just that, rather than the conspiracies themselves. As long as people jump up and down and complain, the … Continue reading
SORTING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF
Sorting The Wheat From The Chaff Chaff: dry worthless outer covering of wheat. Sorting the wheat from the chaff: this phrase refers to the separation of direct wisdom from empty repetition. A name or title is merely an outer covering; … Continue reading
WHO CAN I TRUST?
Who Can I Trust? Well, we cannot trust our self, as our self is merely an acquisition of ideas of others (who, in turn, trust others’ ideas 🙂 ) So, we cannot trust anyone – not even a Buddha. “Don’t … Continue reading
WHY WE BECOME EXTREME
Why We Become Extreme We become extreme because we are confused about what we are. We adopt exaggerated imitations in order to create an appearance of being ‘one-of-them’. Identifying with a certain class, gender, social group, dietary sect, political group … Continue reading
INTELLECTUALISATION BLOCKS DIRECT EXPERIENCE
Intellectualisation Blocks Direct Experience Intellectualisation blocks direct, spontaneous experience which is beyond words. If you want to know how an apple tastes, eat it! Intellectualisation is trying too hard at something that is so simple. The esoteric is intuitive, while … Continue reading
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THE SHOCK OF DELUSION
The Shock Of Delusion Delusion: believing any thing that is not true. First, we have to know what is true before we can recognise delusion. Truth is proven reality, constant and never-changing. So what is constant? No thing is constant; things have a beginning, … Continue reading
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WHY THIS BLOG ISN’T PUBLICISED
Why This Blog Isn’t Publicised ‘Dzogchen’ is Tibetan for pure consciousness – we are Dzogchen. Dzogchen isn’t exactly a secret, but it can be easily misunderstood. Those who find their way here do so through serendipity or karma. You don’t … Continue reading
THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC
The Exoteric And The Esoteric The exoteric = general discussion. The esoteric = direct experience in silent awareness. Words are a generalisation. The direct experience is the silent essence beyond words. In spring, we watch the lambs bouncing around in … Continue reading
IS RELIGION THE ULTIMATE QUACKERY?
Is Religion The Ultimate Quackery? Is religion the ultimate quackery? Promising something it cannot give? We all fall into this subtle trap, when we forget that is we who have to do the work. Religion isn’t the same as individual … Continue reading
COMMENTS ARE NECESSARY
Comments Are Necessary … Comments are necessary for the Dharma to be practical. This blog is merely a continuity of comments which lead to further understanding through constant re-vision, re-seeing. We don’t go to teachings just to receive; we also … Continue reading →