Author Archives: tony

Looking Within? … Look Out! Twisting truth. We are told to look within to ‘find ourselves’, either as an introspection or to discover our true reality. This is a misguided misunderstanding of the process. That which is within is looking … Continue reading →

Deliberately Misleading Life on Earth is deliberately misleading. Things are meant to go wrong or be delayed so that we can proudly point this out and argue. And things still go wrong all the same; it will never be put … Continue reading →

Becoming Individuated We think we’re individuals but, in practice, we all respond in a similar fashion. We only become individuated when we no longer think and see in the same way as others. Individuated: distinguished from others of the same kind; … Continue reading →

Never-Ending Deception We live in a world of never-ending deception, due to those who want more than others. We actually wish/vote for deception. Vote: from Latin votum ‘a vow, a wish’. Humans are unenlightened beings precisely because of this never-ending plan of deception. The … Continue reading →

Still Looking For The Supernatural? We’ve noticed that if terms such as Dzogchen, Trekcho, Togal, Dharmakaya come up on the blog there’s much interest, as if these are somehow thought to be supernatural. The same thing happens with the word … Continue reading →

There Is Always Something To Complain About There will always be something to complain about in an unenlightened world. When we recognise this complaining, we start our path to enlightenment, gradually understanding why we are suffering. We’re bound to an … Continue reading →

Words Are Artificial Intelligence Humans think that we’re superior because we have language, but we usually only speak to pass on programming, talking about what we or others have done or said, when the look or sound of a person … Continue reading →

The Word Of God … ? Does God still speak? In pure consciousness, there are no words, just empty cognisance – an atmosphere of purity. We are that pure consciousness. To say that, in the beginning, was ‘the word’ blinds … Continue reading →

Why We Switch Off From Reality The quest to understand our true reality – the purpose of life – has been turned off in favour of intellectual consumerism in science, philosophy and religion. And most people don’t even get that … Continue reading →

The Level Of Confidence The level of confidence is equal to the level of compassion. When we are confident, we have no need to be competitive.

The Purpose Of Life The purpose of life is to realise what we are, rather than what we can do. What is are is pure cognisance beyond the functioning of body and mind. What we do is a pastime for … Continue reading →

How Is Consciousness Happiness? How is consciousness happiness? Happiness is realising the answer to our reality. Whatever appears, physically or in the mind, is observed by consciousness. No consciousness; no point to anything. When pure observation is taking place – … Continue reading →

Becoming Annoyed We become annoyed, upset or anxious when something happens which we feel isn’t ‘right’, and we might be able to do something about it. If, however, we see that every thing isn’t right, we can’t do anything about … Continue reading →

Reality Beyond Words Our reality of pure consciousness is beyond words and names. To experience this reality, we meditate, which is a method to come to mental stillness. Once still, we drop the method, and rest in pure consciousness, pure … Continue reading →

Hell And Paradise Hell and Paradise are in the same place – the mind – right here, right now, and nowhere else. Paradise is the pure space of cognisance. Hell is whatever we put into that space. If we are … Continue reading →

Just How Gullible Are People? Gullible: easily persuaded to believe. How does this happen?We are led to believe from birth, and we go on believing.

Let’s Start From The Beginning … Again It’s the place to be! We want to be happy, but we aren’t. We seek something better, but we can’t find it. We know there is more to us, but we can’t verbalise … Continue reading →

Consciousness Gives Purpose To Life It is essential to recognise consciousness which gives purpose to life. Otherwise, we are just being entertained/distracted by those who don’t want us to recognise our true reality. Why not? Because they would have no … Continue reading →

The Power Of Entertainment/Education Entertainment is the ancient craft of communicating by telling stories, be they in images or words. It is the means by which people pass on their cultural values, The entertainment industry – which has been adapted to suit any … Continue reading →

The Difference Between Mimicry And Understanding Mimicry: quoting and acting like others. Understanding: direct, raw experience. Raw: strong and undisguised, frank and realistic.

Meditation In Action When we hear or read information but don’t have actual experience, we become talkative to compensate for our lack of understanding. We guess, believe, assume, have opinions – all of which are acceptance without experience that leads … Continue reading →

Wearing Our Self Out There comes a time when we’re fed up with the way we all react. It’s like everyone is addicted to a tradition of some sort to all think the same way. They may seem happy enough … Continue reading →

Don’t Make It Academic Or Religious Don’t make it academic or religious – ‘it’ being our natural state of pure consciousness. If we make this into something, we turn off the light of clarity, and become heavy and serious.

Sanitising Informatiion Sanitising information is removing data from the mind, and replacing it with another version to make something acceptable/believable. Euphemisms are used to play down information likely to disturb people. No! Wake them up to the reality! A lie … Continue reading →

What Gives Me Sorrow? What gives me sorrow? What gives me joy? What gives me sorry is the tap leaking and I don’t know why, and I can’t afford a plumber. What gives me joy is understanding, on investigation, why … Continue reading →

The Unprofitable Workings Of This World How weary and unprofitable are the workings of this world. In an unweeded garden, gross things grow.  (sort of borrowed from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.) This sentiment turns our mind to deeper things.