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- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT April 26, 2026
- 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
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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
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
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
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
FOOLOSOPHY
Foolosophy It means what it says! From the 16th century, describing pseudo-philosophy. Much talk; no experience. 🙂
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
KARMA IS BEING ACCOUNTABLE
Karma Is Being Accountable We are accountable for every action (being occupied) or inaction (being vacant). This adds to our karma. Our karma creates situations that are favourable (we like) or unfavourable (we dislike). To a practitioner, neither type of situation … Continue reading
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
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
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
CAN SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS BE USED TO DECEIVE PEOPLE?
Can Spiritual Teachings Be Used To Deceive People? Can spiritual teachings be used to deceive people? Certainly. It’s what evil does best. Spiritual teachings are about converting negativity into wisdom. They are not about beliefs. These precious teachings need to … Continue reading
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THE BANALITY OF EVIL IS ENLIGHTERNING
The Banality Of Evil Is Enlightening Evil is a term used to describe something that brings about harmful, painful, and unpleasant effects. Banality breeds evil. Evil breeds banality. And that can wake us up! We don’t have to be perfect to … Continue reading
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THE DOMINO EFFECT OF INDIFFERENCE
The Domino Effect Of Indifference Indifference to an event affecting other events is like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall in line. If we merely follow others in the domino line-up, we do not … Continue reading