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- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD March 27, 2026
- WHEN NEWS IS PROPAGANDA March 27, 2026
- 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
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WHEN THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST
When The Chickens Come Home To Roost “When the chickens come home to roost” and “the cat is out of the bag”, all will be revealed. Why the chickens were not at home, and why the cat was in the … Continue reading
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THEORISTS DO NOT TASTE
Theorists Do Not Taste Theories make ‘something’ into ‘something extraordinary’. The moment of actual taste is silent recognition. Dharma and compassion can either be experienced, or just remain something in a book. Direct experience is silent recognition – there are … Continue reading
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF INSULTING A BUDDHIST
The Consequences Of Insulting A Buddhist Obviously, it’s a smile. 🙂 It’s obvious because we know what Buddhism is about – compassionate understanding. If there is no compassionate understanding, they are not Buddhist. 🙂
ARTIFICIAL AND ORIGINAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial And Original Intelligence Artificial intelligence has obscured original intelligence. While we are concerned about artificial intelligence dominating our lives, we don’t notice that we’ve already been programmed with beliefs that have been placed in our minds for thousands of … Continue reading
SO FEW GET IT
So Few Get It So few realise their true reality that never changes. Most think consciousness is something that they have, and that’s it; they vaguely assume that there is more, but that it’s unknowable. This is precisely what belief … Continue reading
HOW NOT TO MEDITATE
How Not To Meditate Although meditation is yoga or union, it isn’t an exercise class where we do something special on a cushion 🙂 Meditation is barely resting in awareness. It is the unity or oneness of consciousness in an … Continue reading
KARMA IS COGNITIVE BIAS
Karma Is Cognitive Bias Karma is cognitive bias: more of the same, “recommended for you” by your echo chamber. In body, speech and mind, our lives become formulaic, and that reinforces attitude and behaviour. We conform to a type, creating … Continue reading
CONFUSION: SEWING WITH A TWO-HEADED NEEDLE
Confusion: Sewing With A Two-Headed Needle Confusion: From Latin confundere ‘mingle together’. To make (someone) bewildered or perplexed; to identify wrongly; to mistake. Adopting two or more concepts (such as enlightenment and salvation) confuses our mind, as these are mixed metaphors that we are trying to bring … Continue reading
CATCHING OUR DEMONS
Catching Our Demons Others’ demons are easier to spot. 😀 The world is full of demons. Our demons are our opinions, likes and dislikes, gathered from what we have read and heard from other opinionated demons – but whatever is … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS – THE ESSENCE OF MIND
Consciousness – The Essence Of Mind Consciousness – the essence of mind. And the essence of consciousness is emptiness. Mind is memories (software) which affect the brain (hardware) and our attitude. Whether the mind moves or is still, the essence … Continue reading
IS THERE A SCRIPT?
Is There A Script? Is there a script? Certainly: the simple laws of the universe. Those who do not know these laws live in confusion. Good and evil both have the script, the formula, the principle, according to universal laws … Continue reading
MEDITATION: ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Meditation: Anti-virus Software Meditation is like anti-virus software, cleaning out the malware which is specifically designed to disrupt, damage or gain unauthorised access to our minds. 🙂 It is a programme to remove our programming.
THE PURPOSE OF MEDITATION
The Purpose Of Meditation Meditation is simply being aware of thoughts and emotions that control us, running around in the mind and diverting our attention. When we become aware of the awareness that is observing these thoughts, this is meditation. … Continue reading
CAN WE KNOW THE ULTIMATE TRUTH?
Can We Know The Ultimate Truth? Can we know happiness? Yes. How? We are what we pursue. We just have to realise this. How do we do that? Through meditation. Meditation is letting go of all concepts and allowing pure … Continue reading
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THE TRUTH OF TRUTH
The Truth Of Truth We are each our own guru-teacher. Relying on another’s path may inspire us, but we go alone. This isn’t about making up a path, and using it as an excuse to justify our selfish behaviour. It … Continue reading
WHERE DID WE COME FROM?
Where Did We Come From? Where did we come from? Was there a beginning? It is suggested that we are infinite beings, so how are we what we are now? We all go through cycles of existence, even in this … Continue reading
DHARMA IS KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING
Dharma Is Knowledge Of Knowing The world is divided up into those who do not want to know, those who think they know, those who want to know, and those who know. Those who do not want to know or … Continue reading
CONSCIOUS BIAS CREATES THE BIASED UNCONSCIOUS
Conscious Bias Creates The Biased Unconscious We follow too easily like sheep, and take for granted that whatever we are told is true. Acquiring partial information, we misunderstand and assume that this partial information is right. The result is that … Continue reading
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REALISATION FEELS OUTSIDE OF TIME
Realisation Feels Outside Of Time We watch people going through their predictable routines, saying, doing, fixating as if they are behind glass. We can enter their world, but they cannot enter ours – unless they knock. 😀
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EVIL IS NOT INTELLIGENT, IT’S SUPER-INTELLECT
Evil Is Not Intelligent, It’s Super-Intelligent So how does evil regard us? It knows human frailty of hope, fear and indifference and uses this to its advantage. Evil is all about gain. It does not recognise wisdom, as there is … Continue reading
CAN AN ACTION BE NEUTRAL?
Can An Action Be Neutral? Anything that manifests has a cause and an effect, and so cannot be neutral. Things do not just happen. Only consciousness remains neutral in its pure state. Neutral is seeing clearly, disengaged from fixations.
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KARMA IS NOT FATE
Karma Is Not Fate Fate: that which has been spoken, making it inevitable that something will happen. Karma: the sum of a person’s previous actions, either beneficial or harmful. Fate suggests that results cannot be changed. Karma suggests that the result can … Continue reading
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THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD … INTO HELL
The Great Leap Forward … Into Hell We have to be mindful of the type of world in which we are living. The constant reset of consciousness. The only thing that changes is the illusion, maintaining perfect totalitarian communism. Totalitarianism … Continue reading
MAKING THE MOST OUT OF LIFE
Making The Most Out Of Life Life is consciousness, and consciousness is natural goodness. Making the most out of consciousness is realising that we are this pure, good spirit, rather than spending our life trying to look good. Nature dazzles … Continue reading
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MEMORIES ARE SUBCONSCIOUS BIAS
Memories Are Subconscious Bias Our decisions are based on memories. If our memories are partial or influenced, our thinking will be tainted. Ideas are planted into a society through the media, and that is our normal. We become one-dimensional vertical … Continue reading
WHAT IF THE YUGAS WERE PERSONAL?
What If The Yugas Were Personal? In the Rigveda, a ‘yuga’ can refer to generations, a long period, a very brief period, or a yoke. In the Mahabharata, the word ‘yuga’ is used to describe the cycles of creation and destruction, with four world ages of Krita … Continue reading
NIHILISM – MISUNDERSTANDING OBJECTIVENESS
Nihilism – Misunderstanding Objectiveness Nihilism: the belief that nothing in the world has a real existence, and that life is meaningless. We must be careful when we repeat text on negation (known as Madhyamika) that cancels everything out and finds nothing left. This can be misunderstood and can … Continue reading
A LACK OF EMPATHY
A Lack Of Empathy If we take a side, we jump to conclusions and therefore lack empathy as we’re not looking behind the story. We become so partial (unbalanced) and divided (competitive) that empathy for others goes out of the window. In our hearts, … Continue reading
LOOK AT THE SIGNS – THE ENDING OF THE KALI YUGA
Look At The Signs – The Ending Of The Kali Yuga Light overcomes dark. Goodness overcomes evil. Wisdom overcomes conformity. It is obvious that we live in dark, manipulated times, with crimes against humanity through the policing of body, speech … Continue reading
MENTALLY TORTURED, WITHOUT KNOWING IT
Mentally Tortured, Without Knowing It This isn’t an honest world. We are meant to see injustice. Every sentient being is the very same essence of pure consciousness. Unfortunately, we miss this altogether by being constantly distracted by world history, which … Continue reading
THE CRAFT AND THE ART OF DHARMA
The Craft And The Art Of Dharma The craft of the Dharma is studying text and going to lectures: it’s all very interesting and consuming, and we can learn to recite this and that. But the actual Dharma is the … Continue reading
IS ENLIGHTENMENT SOPHISTICATED?
Is Enlightenment Sophisticated? Sophisticated Sophism. Sophisticated: developed to a high degree of complexity. Sophism: a clever but false argument, to deliberately deceive. Sophistry: a fallacious argument; a mistaken belief. Maintaining sophistication requires a high degree of complexity. Enlightenment is the simplest view in the universe. It is just … Continue reading
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EVIL HIDES THE TRUTH
Evil Hides The Truth Evil hides the truth with partial truths or omissions. As long as we are coddled in our personal partial truth, we will feel cosy and comforted, relying on being looked after by our ‘betters’. Evil knows … Continue reading
INTELLIGENT DESIGN?
Intelligent Design? Intelligent design is a belief that life, the earth and the universe are so complex that they cannot be explained by the scientific theory of evolution, and therefore must have been designed by a supernatural entity; the existence of … Continue reading
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A HIGHER PURPOSE IS UNKNOWABLE?
A Higher Purpose Is Unknowable? What a confused world we live in. Some think that there is a higher purpose which is “unknowable”. What is the point of having a higher purpose that’s unknowable?! 🙂 There are so many blogs … Continue reading
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THE ART OF HAPPENING
The Art Of Happening Happening: improvised or spontaneous. It’s what we do with Dharma. Spontaneous: occurring without premeditation or external stimulus, having an open, natural, and uninhibited manner. It’s what we do with Dharma. We are the pure heart of consciousness. Consciousness isn’t something organised. Thank goodness.
DEMORALISED
Demoralised Demoralise: to cause someone to lose confidence. To corrupt the morals of someone to become unsure of right and wrong. The view of a neuroscientist adept: “Consciousness arises out of the brain.” The view of a spiritual adept: “Consciousness permeates the entire body.” It amounts … Continue reading
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WHO OR WHAT CREATED SELF?
Who Or What Created Self? Who or what created self? God? Chemicals? Karma? The creationists and the evolutionists present obvious arguments. There is another possibility, but it won’t suit everyone. What created this moment of us being here? The previous … Continue reading
IMAGE OVER SUBSTANCE
Image Over Substance Image is concerned with how we appear. In that, there is no substance. Substance is being meaningful. Substance: from Latin substantia ‘being, essence’. When we realise substance, it doesn’t matter how we appear.
FRUSTRATION CAN TURN TO ANGER
Frustration Can Turn To Anger There are two types of frustration that can turn to anger: Type 1 – Not knowing enough – and not knowing the right words – causes confusion and conflict. Type 2 – Knowing the truth … Continue reading
LIVING WITH REALISATION
Living With Realisation Living with realisation of ultimate truth is precarious in a relative world. Those who relate to everything and pride themselves on having opinions are unstable and dangerous people who constantly feel threatened. This is why realisation has … Continue reading
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IS THE FOUNDATION AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END?
Is The Foundation At The Beginning Or The End? Is the foundation the ground or the golden roof? There is a choice. Most spiritual traditions start at the beginning of the ‘book of wisdom’, creating the atmosphere for the realisation … Continue reading
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THEY DON’T WANT US TO THINK FOR OURSELVES
They Don’t Want Us To Think For Ourselves They don’t want us to think for ourselves. The evidence for this is that most cannot. “Toe the line, and follow the queue.” When did you last think of something original? It’s … Continue reading
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DOES THE DEVIL WARN US?
Does The Devil Warn Us? Evil is the act of preparing and owning. Evil pre-empts, disarming us by posing a threat, and pointing a finger at a plausible outcome so that we do not notice that the intention is our … Continue reading
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