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Q. How Do I Confirm My True Existence? A. Who asks the question?

We Can Meditate Without Thinking We do it all the time, without noticing. All we have to do is notice.

Have You Been Assimilated? How do you know you haven’t been assimilated? Are your thoughts your own, or are they part of the collective? The test: Can you switch off? 

How To Meditate All Day Long, And Not ‘Meditate’ It’s quite simple. Don’t wander. Just be at one with any situation. Trite, but true – unremarkable in a remarkable way. We go about our day as usual, and experience everything … Continue reading →

Meditation Takes No Time Time does not exist in meditation. Time only exists when we are involved in mind and body. Until we come to rest in timeless awareness beyond memories, we will always be relating to things. That is … Continue reading →

Enlightenment: A Rude Awakening A rude awakening: the surprise of discovering that we are mistaken. A rude awakening: Reality isn’t what we think, and never has been. Thinking in words limits experience. To get what we want, we think of … Continue reading →

Being Aware Of Ego And Egoless-ness To be absorbed by desires and fears, or not to be absorbed by desires and fears. Constant egoless-ness is ultimate enlightenment. This is our natural state. We gain a glimpse of this state in … Continue reading →

To Know That We Don’t Know Is Knowingness Itself To know that we don’t know is proof that we do know – but we don’t realise that we know. This is why we feel uncomfortable. We really do know. We … Continue reading →

Spiritual Materialism: Acting Apart Authentic spirituality is the empathetic study of the inner psychology of consciousness. It never excludes others.

Is There A Universal Principle Watching Over Us? Yes. It’s called karma, which is created by our attitude, and shows us the way to enlightenment. Karma is the result of previous actions and reactions; it is this that controls our … Continue reading →

Becoming Too Eclectic If we wonder what the best approach is, but never settle on any particular one, we may be confusing ourself. Settle and focus on one view, one system or one method that appeals. Really get into this; … Continue reading →

What If We Believe In God? If we believe in God, or communicate with those who believe in God, there is no need for separation. We all have a right to choose our path and way of life, which will … Continue reading →

Our Mind Has Become Our Cinema Our thoughts and emotions are creations in our mind; it is our cinema full of projections that entertains, distracts and lulls us into dreams. The audience is the essence of mind – pure consciousness. … Continue reading →

Just Because It Is Written In A ‘Holy’ Book … … doesn’t make it the actual truth. The actual truth is in our proven, personal experience. Words are merely a guide, a reminder; that’s all. Words have no life of … Continue reading →

Unconscious Brain-Washing This is why we have to ‘get out’ mentally while we can! From My Dinner With Andre: This script was written in 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8v_XqFO8Bc Wally: Well, why…why do you think that is? I mean, why is that, I … Continue reading →

Phenomena = Catalyst = Reaction = Teacher = Realisation Our being is the clarity of uncontaminated consciousness, which is completely content, understanding and compassionate. Being in a body, we experience all sorts of phenomena – both pleasant and unpleasant – … Continue reading →

Brain? Mind? Consciousness? Don’t be confused; they each have different functions. The brain is a complex wiring system of conduits carrying information. As we experience, the brain develops memory patterns, creating a specific configuration of mind. Consciousness – the life … Continue reading →

Our Mission Chooses Us If our intention is to discover our true reality, that motivation attracts empathy and inspiration. Likewise, if our intention is to gain over others, that motivation attracts empathy and inspiration – of another kind. Do we … Continue reading →

“I Get Nothing Out Of Meditation” See how easy it is to misunderstand … and tell the truth!

Meditation Means Distance And Inseparability Meditation = distance = Shamata = focus = duality transforming into Meditation = inseparability = Vipassana = awareness = non-duality. Distance: watching the traffic jam. Inseparability: being one with the traffic. We are the most … Continue reading →

How And Why Are We The Way We Are? It’s all to do with experience. Unfortunately, when we hear the word ‘experience’, we assume that we experience everything. We don’t, and haven’t, so ours is therefore a limited experience as … Continue reading →

Feedback Feedback:The action, reaction, action, reaction loop. We relate to the world through feedback. It is through feedback that we develop a social I, and this is how we become a closed loop: “Good boy!” “Bad boy!” “Anthony is a … Continue reading →

Unless We Actually Practise … Unless we actually practise looking into our mind rather than just sitting still, we will never realise the truth that pure awareness is constantly present. Truth cannot be found by talking or reading about it. … Continue reading →

In Uncertainty, There Is Absolute Certainty Our mind may be uncertain, but what recognises that uncertainty? Do you see the catch we’re in? We are ever-present consciousness, which is ignored in favour of intellectual speculations. Be absolutely certain that consciousness … Continue reading →

How Many Die Without Knowing Their True Nature? How many die without knowing their true nature? How many live without knowing their true nature? How many know their true nature Knowledge withheld is power. It is through meditational insight that … Continue reading →

We Are All Living In An Hypnotic State “Slowly, slowly, catchee monkey”. Slowly, slowly, we lose our sense of reality, and give up our confidence and carefreeness. We  stare at a screen – “Look into my eyes … interact with … Continue reading →

Politics Politics is the control of human resources. “Never give a sucker an even chance.” – P.T. Barnum Politics is a game of sides, each side creating problems for the opposition to blame them – or for them to blame … Continue reading →