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- 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
- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
- ONE LIGHT OR MANY LIGHTS? March 23, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR COMMON GROUND? March 23, 2026
- DON’T LET DAMAGE CONTROL YOUR LIFE March 23, 2026
- BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY March 22, 2026
- BELIEVING AND DEBUNKING March 22, 2026
- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS March 21, 2026
- GROUPS ARE CONFORMITY March 21, 2026
- PRACTICAL PRACTICE TO PRACTISE March 21, 2026
- WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS? March 20, 2026
- IS THERE A HIERACHY ON EARTH? March 20, 2026
- WORLD EVENTS CHANGE OUR THINKING March 20, 2026
- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
- SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM March 18, 2026
- EVIL TRANSFORMS INTO WISDOM March 18, 2026
- THE COMFORTABLE DECEPTION March 18, 2026
- IT’S AN ANCIENT TRICK March 18, 2026
- WHAT ARE MORALS? March 17, 2026
- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
- REGRETS ARE MEMORIES March 16, 2026
- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
- WHAT IS SUCCESS? March 15, 2026
- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
- CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS March 13, 2026
- WE INHERIT MEMORIES March 13, 2026
- FINDING EGO March 13, 2026
- HOLDING ONTO ANGER March 13, 2026
- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
- THE AI LAMA March 11, 2026
- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
- GHOST IN THE MIND March 10, 2026
- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
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WE ARE THE OCCULT
We Are The Occult There is no mystery. Occult: hidden, concealed, covered over. Only communicated to the initiated; esoteric. An illusory self image hides (occults) our true nature in plain sight. Plain sight is pure consciousness; it’s what we originally are. We see, but … Continue reading
WE ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING
We Already Know Everything We all know everything we need to know – and that is knowingness itself. Knowingness is just another name for conscious awareness, the essence of which is unsullied. When we realise that this unsullied consciousness is … Continue reading
SUFFERING IS THE RESIDUE OF OUR PAST
Suffering Is The Residue Of Our Past We carry around a heavy load of karma (a reactionary attitude) which creates our present understanding and behaviour. That load is but a sticky residue from our past, and if we do not … Continue reading
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WE CONFORM BECAUSE WE FEAR
We Conform Because We Fear The more we fear, the more we accept authority,and the more we become dependent. We want to belong to something or someone because we lack confidence in our own powerand thus, we give it away. Don’t … Continue reading
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TURNING PEOPLE INTO THE ENEMY
Turning People Into The Enemy Turning people against themselves. If we give in to others’ fears, beliefs and conformities, we will avoid people and separate ourselves,becoming divided and conquered. We lose our sense of both humanity and spirituality. There are ‘elements’ that … Continue reading
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SILENT AWARENESS
Silent Awareness For some, the idea of emptiness or purity is obscure; it’s too far away, beyond them … which it is! 😀 ‘Silent awareness’ is just another phrase for pure consciousness, or empty cognisance. We are inner beings of … Continue reading
LIFE IS BOTH TOTALLY INSPIRING AND TOTALLY CHALLENGING
Life Is Both Totally Inspiring And Totally Challenging Many have looked to the European intelligentsia of the 60s and 70s, and found what they said to be incomplete. This is why some of us turned to the east, and discovered … Continue reading
THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE
There Is Nowhere To Hide There is nowhere to hide.That is why we feel vulnerable. While we still believe that we are our thoughts,we will experience anxiety and fear because our thoughts aren’t our complete picture. There is nowhere to hide … Continue reading
SELF-CONSCIOUS
Self-Conscious Self-conscious: Uncomfortable, embarrassed, or worried about what people think about us. Being self-conscious inhibits our potential to evolve and our ability to empathise, because it’s ‘all about me’. Despite appearing to be confident, we actually lack confidence, but it’s still all about me, self, … Continue reading
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HIDING BEHIND A MASK OR LABEL
Hiding Behind A Mask Or Label In hiding behind a mask, we create a persona – a de-personalised reality which is a conformity to a type. This persona is a subconscious inhibitor. We keep ordinary consciousness happy by feeding it … Continue reading
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PYRAMIDS OF HUMANITY
Pyramids Of Humanity Humanity: Pyramid of IgnoranceHumanity: Pyramid of Buddhas Both pyramids have levels of self-consciousness. Self-consciousness has two aspects:awareness of selfand self aware.
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BUDDHISM HAS NO BELIEFS
Buddhism Has No Beliefs When we believe, we consent to go along with a version of the truthwhich turns us aside from the truth. People are mistakenly believing that there is something wrong with them.Buddhism is about knowing that we are truth. In the early … Continue reading
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THE MIND HAS A BACK DOOR
The Mind Has A Back Door The mind has a back door – it’s consciousness, or rather the subconscious.Through consciousness, we can see what is going on in the mind. The problem is that others can also look in and plant … Continue reading
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YOUR SELF IS YOUR TEACHER
Your Self Is Your Teacher It’s all you really have. Be happy with your self. It will teach you all you need to know about attaining the realisation of the essence of mind – consciousness. This self is our mind’s … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL SCIENCE
Spiritual Science Science is investigating, seeing and realising.Spirituality is investigating, seeing and realising. The microscope is not just consciousness; it’s pure, unbiased consciousness. We don’t have to be scholars to be spiritual scientists.Just look, see and drop all preconceived ideas,realising that … Continue reading
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ALL EFFECTS HAVE A CAUSE
All Effects Have A Cause “If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences and infer the motivation.” – Carl Jung If an action produces confusion, perhaps the aim is confusion.If this confusion is en masse, perhaps the … Continue reading
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SUBCONSCIOUS SUBSTITUTE DEPENDENCY
Subconscious Substitute Dependency “We know not what we do.”🙂 We grow up believing that our parents and teachers know everything and, in this way, we all learn to be dependent. There will come a time when we see that this … Continue reading
THERE IS NO NEED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
There Is No Need To Solve Problems There is no need to solve problems,as reaction only creates another reaction. A problem is an effect.Look for the cause, and the effect dissolves.If we try to alter the effect, we will only … Continue reading
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EVERYONE IS RIGHT
Everyone Is Right In our own eyes, we are all right, morally good, justified and acceptable :-). There isn’t any point in arguing; we can only empathise and say, “I see your point.” This doesn’t mean we agree, but taking … Continue reading
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WE ARE RITUALISTIC CREATURES
We Are Ritualistic Creatures We perform in some way.We have our routines.We conform to a type.We follow habitual patterns. Go off the rails now!😀 Why?When others’ know our pattern,they can add to and adjust it! Meditation is a useful ritual … Continue reading
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SHUNYATA: THE ABSENCE OF AN EDUCATED SELF
Shunyata: The Absence Of An Educated Self ‘Shunyata’ is Sanskrit for emptiness, the uncontaminated state of consciousness. The ‘educated self’ is what the mind has learnt by solely identifying with being human. We may be either well or poorly educated. Well-educated, we … Continue reading
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REALISATION – THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
Realisation – The Great Disappointment Realisation isn’t about being elevated. It is about fixations being alleviated. Elevated: puffed-up. Alleviated: deflated. As long as we expect, we will be disappointed. Peace begins when expectation ends. Realisation, which is available to everyone, … Continue reading
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HOW TO SURVIVE BELIEF
How To Survive Belief 😀 Stop believing and know How many, in this crazy world, believe in something or other? We live our lives in a belief-reality, and don’t even question this dream world. We weren’t born believing, were we? … Continue reading
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THE SHOCK OF REALISATION
The Shock Of Realisation It wasn’t fifty years enduring the platitudes of spiritual groups with their beliefs, conformity and dependency without empathy. It was the recognition of their platitudes, beliefs, conformity and dependency and lack of empathy, that did it for … Continue reading
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DEALING WITH CHANGE
Dealing With Change As we are creatures of habit, change can be upsetting, to say the least. Change is occurring quickly nowadays: everything has been speeded up through technology and media. The result is giddiness, chaos and uncertainty. Change brings … Continue reading
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Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate
Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate … and never were! Who on Earth con-vinced humanity that heaven and hell were different places?They are as inseparable as a mirror and its reflections – and it’s all in the mind. 😀 The concept … Continue reading
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INSPIRATIONAL ‘RUMOURS’
Inspirational ‘Rumours’ We hear things from the past, and there is no point believing any of it. There will be, however, something said that will touch and inspire us to experience what those words mean, and take our first steps … Continue reading
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SLAVERY AND FREEDOM
Slavery And Freedom Slavery: being excessively dependent and controlled by someone or something.Freedom: the right to act, speak or think as one wants. We all want the freedom to act, speak, or think as we want,and not be controlled by others.But none of that is actually the case. What do we want and why do we … Continue reading
ANOTHER ROBOT GOES MISSING
Another Robot Goes Missing When someone asks, “What am I doing?”,a gap in their programming opens up. What are we supposed to be doing? How am I supposed to be? Dropping old ways for no ways,we are suddenly in awe, fresh and alive. It’s a … Continue reading
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FEEDBACK
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
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RITUALISTIC CONFORMITY
Ritualistic Conformity Humans herd.We follow one another while laughing at sheep.😀 Humans are easily addicted to conformity and ritual through fear of rejection.We often leave our brains at the door. Of course, we all conform to decent standards of kindnessto get … Continue reading
STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER
Stay A Little Bit LongerStay relaxed and aware just a bit longer. The essence of our being – consciousness – may be realised in a second by just being aware, coming into the present moment. Then, all we do is … Continue reading
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IF CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS PRESENT …
If Consciousness Is Always Present … If consciousness is always present, we should always be present, because we are consciousness. Ordinary consciousness can both think and store information,but it becomes bound by that information, forgetting consciousness: it transforms into an ego-information-centre,predictable and lost … Continue reading
‘THEY’ CAN INFILTRATE OUR MINDS …
‘They’ Can Infiltrate Our Minds … ‘They’ can infiltrate our minds,but can never alter pure consciousness Who are ‘they’? Anyone who believes we are anything other than pure consciousness.Whatever others believe, it will never be the truth.Truth of reality is, first … Continue reading
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TWO WAYS TO SURVIVE
Two Ways To Survive View No 1: in order to live, we have to learn how to survive.View No 2: is survival enough? Our whole life may be taken up by surviving, and then enjoying life, which adds ‘value’ to … Continue reading
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CLONE OR ORIGINAL?
Clone Or Original? A clone is a replica = like. Original is not dependent = is. Buddha isn’t a clone. Christ isn’t a clone. Shiva isn’t a clone. We may clone teachings into ourself, but they will never be original … Continue reading
IT’S NOT WHAT WE KNOW THAT MATTERS
It’s Not What We Know That Matters … It’s not what we know that matters … … it’s how we are that matters We reflect what we know. We don’t ask, “What do you know?”. We ask, “How are you?”. … Continue reading
ARE WE BEING CHEMICALLY AND MENTALLY PRIMED?
Are We Being Chemically And Mentally Primed? It isn’t one chemical or idea that turn us: it is a build up of chemicals and ideas in our substructure, this is why it is difficult to see a cause. Everything comes … Continue reading
LIFE IS FALLING APART
Life Falling Apart The feeling of separation does that. We are just left hanging in a void. But life is still present. That is the emptiness of clarity. Is it uncomfortable? Yes! Why? It’s unfamiliar … or is it? 🙂 … Continue reading
BEING GENEROUS TO OUR SELF
Being Generous To Our Self Our ‘self’ is consciousness’s identification with the mind’s projections or collection of ideas. This collection of ideas is not our complete picture, and so we doubt and are confused. We ignore that which is … Continue reading
PLAYING A PART
Playing A Part “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts,” Astounding presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIOZZy54EM At the death of self, … Continue reading
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WHEN WE LOSE OUR WAY
When We Lose Our Way We want to know the truth. We find the truth, and realise that it is simplicity itself. The very essence of consciousness; pure awareness. It has no need for elaborations; just recognition that leads to … Continue reading
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NOT TOO DRY, AND NOT TOO WET
Not Too Dry, And Not Too Wet The Buddha said, “Not too tight, and not too loose.” The following can equally apply; “Not too dry, and not too wet.” There are cycles of expression in the teachings – there are … Continue reading
LIFE ACCEPTANCE REDUCES KARMA
Life Acceptance Reduces Karma The expression of Rigpa (pure consciousness) is the compassionate movement in the mind. It changes the way in which we see and interact with others. Life is no longer a challenge: dare I say it? … … Continue reading
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NOT FEELING GOOD ENOUGH
Not Feeling Good Enough? Not feeling good enough is an excellent position to be in. Why? Because we are always feeling our way. That is our path! This is the same as experiencing uncertainty in meditation; if we feel that … Continue reading
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“IS THIS OR ISN’T THIS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?”
“Is This Or Isn’t This Pure Consciousness?” Our problem is that we just make do, when we should be making do and mending. How do we mend? Because spiritual teachings (or Dharma) are not being fully explained – or we … Continue reading
LIVING WITH DEMONS
Living With Demons Demons like nothing better than to dislike. It is their raison d’être, their sole purpose. Demons lie in ambush waiting to exploit any situation. Sounds familiar? We have to make judgements in order to survive, but these judgements … Continue reading
FROM DEPENDENCE TO INDEPENDENCE
From Dependence To Independence The antidote to our obsessive, materialistic life. The whole point of spiritual teachings is to become independent: free from others’ limitations. Teachings are not a set piece to learn; we each learn sequentially through experience. There … Continue reading
IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
Is That All There Is? If we believe we are our thoughts, that is all there is to life. If we realise we are pure consciousness, that is all there is to life. Belief limits our potential, and sets the … Continue reading