Author Archives: tony

Escaping Chaos And Confusion People around us are in chaos and confusion because they believe in something or other. To escape this madness, the answer is simple. That which sees this chaos and confusion is neither in chaos nor confused. … Continue reading →

You’re Not Making A Fool Of Yourself You’re not making a fool of yourself; your self is making a fool of you. What is ‘self’, and what is ‘you’? Self is consciousness, identifying with ideas. You are silenced consciousness that … Continue reading →

There Are Two Sides To Every Story Depending on our mindset, we lean towards one side or another – and even when we have taken a side, we find another side presents itself, and so on. These are the yanas, … Continue reading →

A Few Random Thoughts Random: happening without method or conscious decision. Be Grateful For Not Being A Perfect Human Being There is more to us. We Can Never Find Pure Consciousness We are that which we seek Don’t Change Your Mind Change the … Continue reading →

Our Temple Of Worship Is Our Mind Worship: acknowledgement of worth. The mind is where we contemplate and meditate, creating the template for our life. Our temple is a place to moderate our temper. If we make too much noise, … Continue reading →

Truth Is Before And Beyond Words Repetition of words rather than direct experience relies on second hand information, and trivialises meaning. Direct experience has no words. When we let go of all concepts, we see clearly. Freedom begins when presumptions … Continue reading →

Uncultivated Wakefulness The hardest thing is dropping our fixations Through realisation of our innate nature that is the only reality, we notice that we don’t over react or panic as we once did. We stop shouting at the ‘radio’ 😀 … Continue reading →

Can Spiritual Teachings Have An Opposite Effect? Spiritual teachers often talk about love, compassion and carefreeness, but this can manifest as an opposite effect. Reality lies in a pure heart, rather than in ideas and theories in the mind. We … Continue reading →

The Moment Before We Think That We Are Awake The moment before we go into our old routine, our behaviour, is the moment of ordinary, original, pure experience of pure consciousness. That is the moment when we are awake, before … Continue reading →

Compassion Is Compatibility Compatibility: To be able to exist or occur together without problems or conflict. Able to have a harmonious relationship; well suited. Consistent with another. From medieval Latin compatibilis, from compati ‘suffer with’. In order to be compatible, we have to know how another feels, and be able to adjust to … Continue reading →

Relaxing In A Troubled Mind Relaxing a troubled mind in a troubled world. Sitting quietly watching the breath, consciousness doesn’t follow thoughts or impulses to do things; the feeling to be active will be there but just let that go. … Continue reading →

“Health And Safety” The slogan ‘health and safety’ saw the beginning of project fear, with people losing their ability to use common sense. An assessment of danger had to written up for practically everything we did. We were bombarded with … Continue reading →

Journey Into Self The journey to nowhere. Our self is an illusion, a wannabe – an imitator! Our feeling of self is a projection of acquired ideas with which we identify, and that creates and maintains our behaviour. All the … Continue reading →

We Have Bought Into A Model Of Life To be accepted in this world, we tick the ‘right’ boxes to fit in. We learn to think inside the box, and consider ourselves decent people. If we do not buy into … Continue reading →

Words Are Symbolic Words are symbols that convey an idea, but before the idea is experience. When we realise what is having the experience, we will understand what the Buddha meant by, “Don’t take my word for it … ”.

Life Is A Memory Life is memory, except for the present moment that goes by so quickly that we hardly catch it. This is how we live; in a dream world. Because life is a memory, we are destined to … Continue reading →

The Real Great Reset ‘Reset’ means either to adjust, or take back to an original state. The ‘Great Reset’ is to adjust humanity’s thinking through social engineering wanting us to be created in their image. The real great reset is … Continue reading →

Happiness Is Realising The Problem When we know what the problem – any problem – is, we can then solve it through personal investigation of the causes behind that problem, until we arrive at the ultimate realisation. The common problem … Continue reading →

Wearing Our Self Out Our self is like an old coat that we hold on to tightly. ‘We’ is consciousness. Through meditation, consciousness becomes tired of self (its habitual pattern of behaviour) and drops this old coat. Pure consciousness is … Continue reading →

Conscious Awakening And Non-Dual Awakening In our life, there may be a growing feeling that all is not well; some work hard at making life feel right, while others find that is pointless. If everything seems right, we just continue … Continue reading →

It Doesn’t Matter What We Do … When we personally realise something, it may not seem as amazing to others and so remains a mystery to them. It doesn’t matter what we do, pure being (pure consciousness) is always present … Continue reading →

Exaggerating Our Spirituality When we exaggerate our spirituality by thinking we are doing something special, we are, in fact, exaggerating our self-image, which is the very thing that causes our suffering, and which we want to transcend. It’s our attachment … Continue reading →

The Planet Of Fear and Hope We are governed by fear and hope. Can I go on holiday? Is it safe? Am I safe? Will life get back to normal? What is this new normal? What is the great reset? … Continue reading →

“Hiding Your Light Under A Bushel” A bushel: a measurement of weight … or ideas! If our life is only concerned with gain and loss / hope and fear, the inner light of compassionate, pure consciousness will remain hidden. Being … Continue reading →

Karma Is Our Perfect Teacher Karma is the residue of our past judgements held in the mind, which are echoed in our behaviour. The path to enlightenment is dealing with this inner echo – our sticky residue. Our attitude to life … Continue reading →

Science And Spirituality Are Not Different What looks down the microscope? Looking and seeing are inseparable. If spirit fixates on looking, it will be caught and held. When spirit realises it is seeing, it has found what it has been … Continue reading →

“It Does Not Take Many Words To Tell The Truth.” Sitting Bull (1831 – 1890) “The love of possessions is a disease in them. These people have made many rules that the rich may break, but the poor may not! They … Continue reading →

Ignorance Has Consequences Indifference – not caring, being unaware – has consequences. There are two sides to everything, even consciousness. We have to know both sides, as both have consequences. We are ultimate reality of pure consciousness, and we are … Continue reading →

We Live In A Semiconscious Trance Trance: a half-conscious state. Generally, we are conscious enough to survive and carry out mundane tasks. It is usually only in times of anxiety that we awaken for a moment, and then return to our trance … Continue reading →

Seeing Our Teacher As The Buddha Being told to see our teacher as the Buddha puts a distance between us and the teacher, setting the scene for delaying progress. We are all both human and Buddhas. Adapting Means Being Able … Continue reading →