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ONCE SEEN, NEVER FORGOTTEN

Once Seen, Never Forgotten Everywhere we are, truth is! Or rather, everywhere consciousness is, truth is. When we re-cognise what is true, that means that we already know it but didn’t realise it. The authority of truth is therefore consciousness. … Continue reading

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ALL THE WORLD IS, IS A STAGE

  All The World Is, Is A Stage “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances.” We adopt a script and act out its foolery, day after day, and … Continue reading

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A BUDDHA IS A GHOSTBUSTER

A Buddha Is A Ghostbuster The ghost is our projected image of self. The moment consciousness recognises this chatty ghost’s appearance, it vanishes. Through habit, however, it reappears the very next moment. This is why practice has to be constant, … Continue reading

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DIVERSITY IS NATURAL

Diversity Is Natural Diversity is natural, but can create conflict. On a physical level, we have different cultures, and different cultures within a culture and so, there are different ways of thinking. When these differences are exaggerated or imposed, problems … Continue reading

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THE WORLD ‘LOOKS’ LIKE MADNESS

The World ‘Looks’ Like Madness The world ‘looks’ like madness, but everything is the result of a cause. Madness isn’t our natural state. It is a disorder created in the mind, and not of consciousness. The world is made up … Continue reading

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WE CAN ALL SEE THIS

We Can All See This Whatever happens in one tiny spot on earth affects the entire world because of technocratic globalisation. Push a button here, and there is an effect on the other side of the planet. The problem is … Continue reading

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PEOPLE DON’T WANT WARS

People Don’t Want War People don’t want war. So who does? Those who have a reason to want war use the media to promote dislike and hatred. Why? For us to join in, while ignoring their reasons. Why? Because we … Continue reading

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PLACEBOS AND NOCEBOS ARE BELIEFS THAT RUN OUR LIVES

Placebos And Nocebos Are Beliefs That Run Our Lives Placebos and nocebos are beliefs that run our lives. They are alternative words for hope and fear. The placebo effect can work miracles, as can the nocebo effect. The power of … Continue reading

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EVERYONE LEAVES IN THE END

Everyone Leaves In The End Everyone leaves in the end, so make the most of life energy. Make the most of empathetic kindness. Make the most of realising your true nature. While others make the most of wanting, of disliking, … Continue reading

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HOW DO WE PROVE OUR REALITY?

How Do We Prove Our Reality? What we think of as our reality is merely a fixation in the mind. That is our global prison. We can only be free when, through analysis and meditation, we clear the mind of … Continue reading

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LOSING THE TRUE MEANING

Losing The True Meaning “Be at peace with your self.” Sounds good, but we can lose the truth. The statement, “Be at peace with your self”, can either schmooze us – manipulate us by turning a truth into a belief … Continue reading

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FOOLOSOPHY

Foolosophy It means what it says! From the 16th century, describing pseudo-philosophy. Much talk; no experience. 🙂

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ALL THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE MOVE ACCORDING TO LAW

All Things In The Universe Move According To Law This law is attraction, repulsion and indifference. Time does not change, but all things change in time. Space does not change, but all things change within space. Consciousness does not change, … Continue reading

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CONFIDENCE ELIMINATES DOUBT

Confidence Eliminates Doubt Confidence is unshakeable certainty. Confidence isn’t about opinions which cause conflict, division and anxiety. It is about genuine confidence that cannot no longer be offended as it doesn’t take sides, due to the presence of empathetic understanding. … Continue reading

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HERMES TRISMEGISTUS

Hermes Trismegistus 580–470 BCE Truth is everywhere and at every time. Hermes Trismegistus was a legendary, Ancient Greek Hellenistic figure who assimilated the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. Here are a few of his quotations: one could take the … Continue reading

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LIFE IS GREAT THE WAY IT IS

Life Is Great The Way It Is That’s a strange thing to say, when the world view is not based on truth, but on beliefs. Truth is like space; many things can happen within it, but space remains exactly the … Continue reading

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IT’S A VERY TRICKY, STICKY, CLEVER-DICKY WORLD

It’s A Very Tricky, Sticky, Clever Dicky World Are we born suckers, or are suckers made? If we are not prepared to ask this question, we will not be willing to investigate. Sucker: a person who believes everything they are told, and is therefore easy to deceive. To … Continue reading

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BUDDHISM: NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF TRUTH

Buddhism: Necessity Is The Mother Of Truth Did the Buddha actually say that?Er … no, but that’s what he meant 🙂 When we see the necessity– our suffering and the suffering of others –we are motivated to discover the cause, … Continue reading

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THIS BLOG IS NEITHER RELIGIOUS NOR SCHOLARLY

This Blog Is Neither Religious Nor Scholarly This blog is neither religious nor scholarly: it is about practical Buddhism within a modern world. In order to be practical, it has to be direct and observable, without elaborations. This blog is … Continue reading

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BECOMING ANGRY BECAUSE WE MISUNDERSTAND

Becoming Angry Because We Misunderstand When we understand something, we know how it came about, and so we are prepared instead of just reacting. Understand: the ability to understand something; comprehension. A sympathetic awareness  or tolerance. Misunderstand: is a failure to understand something correctly. … Continue reading

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DO WE HAVE THE LEADERS WE DESERVE?

Do We Have The Leaders We Deserve? We give them the authority. Choose your teachers wisely.

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DON’T LET YOUR SPIRITUALITY TAKE AWAY YOUR WARMTH

Don’t Let Your Spirituality Take Away Your Warmth This happen quite often. People say prayers of compassion but still lack warmth. We see someone troubled and think, “Well, that’s their karma,” not realising that, that person is within our vicinity* … Continue reading

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TREATING OUR SELF

Treating Our Self We spend our lives giving ourselves little treats, manufactured by those who supply the treats. Alternatively, we can treat our self by healing its wounds that are covered up by treats! 😀 Meditation is the treatment that … Continue reading

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IT’S THE SAME OLD TEACHING

It’s the Same Old Old Teaching We worry, and there is that which sees this worry. That’s it. That is the essence of all teachings on our essential nature. Worry is a reaction to our impermanent environment; it is experienced … Continue reading

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FINDING WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Finding What We Are Looking For It doesn’t matter what we read or hear, what we are looking for has always been that which is looking … seeing … realising emptiness … – without identifying. That’s it! Understanding comes from … Continue reading

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COMPASSION IS DEEP LISTENING

Compassion Is Deep Listening We offer our presence. This is how to recognise a practitioner who has trained their mind. The path to enlightenment is compassion. Compassion is an individual journey of empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand how … Continue reading

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BELIEF KEEPS US IN THE DARK

Belief Keeps Us In The Dark In belief, we are kept in a duality.The danger of belief is that it separates us, and is the cause of conflict. This is why the yoga of ‘one taste’ is so important: the … Continue reading

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BEING HAPPY BEING ME

Being Happy Being Me ‘Me’ or ‘self’ is an identity in the mind; it’s what we think we are. This identity comes from experiences that consciousness takes as concrete and real. These experiences create brain pathways (our hard drive) that … Continue reading

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CONTINUING FROM YESTERDAY …

Continuing From Yesterday …  How troubles in the world come about: Division exists naturally because of different levels of understanding, but when these divisions are exploited, they become exaggerated. If we do not know the law of the universe then, … Continue reading

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TWO VIEWS OF GOD

Two Views Of God God: supreme being. But what is that? From a theistic point of view, this means a supreme being, a deity. From a Buddhist point of view, this means our highest consciousness, or pure consciousness. As a … Continue reading

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WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE

We Are All Going To Die 😀 Death is inevitable. Each moment dies for the next moment to occur. Each moment has an effect on the next moment. What we did previously has an effect on what we are doing … Continue reading

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YOU’RE THEM

You’re Them Until we know our true reality, we will live in the reality of others. Once, due to a predisposition and bias, we have adopted others’ ideas, we’ve lost our reality. Ideas are a magic show; we want to … Continue reading

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CAN’T WORK IN THE GARDEN TODAY AS IT’S RAINING, SO…

Are We Born With Predispositions? Are we born with predispositions that came from a previous incarnation? If no, we can do what we want, and our predispositions come to an end at death. If yes, we know what will happen … Continue reading

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WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee We are kept awake by the clarity of reality that realises the obvious manipulation which is constantly trying to put us to sleep. This what good and evil have always been about. Whatever is … Continue reading

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WHEN WAS LIFE EVER NORMAL?

When Was Life Ever Normal? ‘Normal’ is conforming to a standard. Whose standard? An unenlightened standard. This is the normal we’ve got used to. As we are unenlightened beings, our normal is way, way, way down in the scale of … Continue reading

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A MOVING MIND CAN MEDITATE

A Moving Mind Can Meditate We do not have to be still and silent to meditate. Whether thoughts are present or not, awareness remains unchanged. We are therefore never carried away. This is how we lead a contemplative life. Modern … Continue reading

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TAKING OURSELVES APART

Taking Ourselves Apart It’s not until we take something apart that we understand it,and see what is left.This is especially important in understanding the mind. And what is left?Consciousness.Pure consciousness. Whatever is seen, however uncomfortable, loses its gripas we become … Continue reading

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THE ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS

The Answer To All Questions Rigpa answers all questions automatically. Rigpa is pure consciousness, in the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma tradition. Realising our true nature answers all questions. Once we know the truth of our reality – pure consciousness – we … Continue reading

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BODGING THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING

Bodging The Buddha’s Teaching ‘Bodging’ is a term for highly-skilled wood turners who cut green timber, and construct a pole lathe to make chairs.  Bodging can also refer to a job done of necessity, using whatever tools and materials come to hand and which, whilst not necessarily elegant, is nevertheless serviceable. This not to be confused with a ‘botched’ … Continue reading

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WHAT OPENS MINDS?

What Opens Minds? It isn’t new information that opens minds; it is seeing afresh that does it, without drawing a conclusion. Conclusions are formed from memory, and memory is limited and based on previous assumptions. Assumption: a thing that is accepted as … Continue reading

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WE ARE SO USED TO LIES

We Are So Used To Lies We are so used to lies that we cannot see the truth. It is the truth that sets us free. Belief isn’t exactly a lie, but it is accepting something as true without proof. … Continue reading

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WE COME TO THE TRUTH WHEN WE ARE READY

We Come To The Truth When We’re Ready We come to the truth when we are ready to accept it. That only happens when we have had enough of untruths – dare we say lies, illusions, beliefs, things to worry … Continue reading

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WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH?

Who Knows The Truth? This isn’t about whoever believes the truth or has read about the truth. Who actually knows, experiences and realises the truth? The point is that we cannot say, “I do.” Saying anything can never be the … Continue reading

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NOT MANY GET IT

Not Many Get It We are pure awareness, without characteristics. When told this, not many get it. If we do get it, we usually forget that we got it, and go back to not getting it, with characteristics. Many pretend … Continue reading

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EPIPHANY = REALISATION

Epiphany = Realisation There is nothing beyond consciousness. In truth, that is all we are. It is not what we know that is important; it is simple knowingness, common to all, so we don’t have to be a scholar. That … Continue reading

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THE MIRACLE OF HEALING THE BLIND

The Miracle Of Healing The Blind You can do that! For the exoteric (the believers), healing the blind is literal. For the esoteric (the realisers), healing the blind is opening another’s mind. For those who do not care, opening the … Continue reading

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EVERYWHERE WE LOOK, THERE ARE SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS

Everywhere We Look, There Are Spiritual Teachings Everywhere we look, there are spiritual teachings, because the looking is done by consciousness, and that reminds us instantly of what we are. Appearances and recognition are simultaneous. Spirituality of non-dual awareness has … Continue reading

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THE PROBLEM WITH REALISATION

The Problem With Realisation The problem with the realisation that we are pure consciousness is dealing with others who have not realised this fundamental truth. Their life is about other things. Before realisation, we chit chat, swap opinions, laugh at … Continue reading

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A MACGUFFIN IS NOTHING AT ALL

A MacGuffin Is Nothing At All A MacGuffin is something we believe. A MacGuffin is a plot or motive device to focus the actors in films – adopted by Alfred Hitchcock The audience doesn’t see it as it is never revealed, and they aren’t … Continue reading

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