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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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ARE WE IN SPECULATIVE OR CONTEMPLATIVE MODE?
Are We In Speculative Or Contemplative Mode? Speculation: the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.Contemplation: looking deep within for a long time. Modern societies are more speculative than contemplative. One is full of excitement, while the other rests in quietude.One searches outside, while the other, … Continue reading
GOING INTO ISOLATION
Going Into Isolation (this isn’t about Covid19 🙂 ) Many people have had enough of public life, of social life, and even of so-called ‘spiritual’ life with all the unconscious tendencies that go with these. As a spiritual practitioner, this … Continue reading
WE DO LIVE IN A REPTILIAN WORLD!
We Do Live In A Reptilian World! As long as we remain reactive to situations, we will be subject to fight, flight and freeze, acting in response to a situation rather than being creative or controlling it. If this is so, we have no mastery over ourselves. In everyday … Continue reading
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HOW ARE SUPPOSED TO BE?
How Are We Supposed To Be? The self is the product of our culture and background. This is karma. However we find our self, it’s what we have to work with. When realising that we are more than just a … Continue reading
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ENLIGHTENING ERRORS
Enlightening Errors In being shown how we are wrong, we learn what is right. Conversely, if we think we are right, we cannot transcend or evolve, and therefore stay as we are. There are many levels of understanding. We work … Continue reading
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IT IS OUR RIGHT TO FIND ERRORS
It Is Our Right To Find Errors It is our duty to know the truth, rather than merely accepting others’ version of the truth. In finding an error, however, we then have to come up with something better. Hint: the … Continue reading
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WHAT IS AUTHENTIC TEACHING?
What Is Authentic Teaching? Authentic: undisputed origin; not a copy. We look for authentic teachings,but how do we know they are authentic? ‘Undisputed’ means tested and proven. Whoever tests, authorises, rather than accepting what others have said. Authorised teaching is something re-cognised and therefore already known, … Continue reading
USER’S MANUAL FOR THE MIND
User’s Manual For The Mind Living life without a manual to instruct us how to work properly, we limit our experience with our clinging to ideas. Troubleshooting Mind comes in two parts; consciousness and thoughts. Watching and the thing watched. … Continue reading
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THE POINT IS TO SHOCK US OUT OF COMPLACENCY
The Point Is To Shock Us Out Of Complacency The point is to realise sanity;a mind which is in sound, excellent condition, and runs nicely. This is opposed to insanity:a mind that prevents clear perception, and doesn’t run nicely. It … Continue reading
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DON’T TAKE YOURSELF FOR GRANTED
Don’t Take Your Self For Granted Don’t take your self for granted.It’s all you have to work with! It is because we make mistakes that we can become enlightened. Our path isto see that we suffer;to see that our ‘self’ is … Continue reading
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PHANTOM SPIRITUALITY
Phantom Spirituality Phantom: a figment of the imagination.Our self image is a figment of our imagination. For spirituality to be practical, there can be no wishful thinking, no mind games. It is spirituality – or pure consciousness – that sees the … Continue reading
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ESOTERIC TEACHINGS IN THE WEST
Esoteric Teachings In The West We live in a profoundly non-monastic and non-contemplative society. To adopt profound and esoteric contemplative practices without sufficient context is highly problematic. What is being given in a traditional manner may not be received in … Continue reading
EVER WONDERED ABOUT MODERN WARFARE?
Ever Wondered About Modern Warfare? A few bombs, bullets and missiles here and therebut the weapon of choice is information.The modern tactic; disinformation and reaction. Create disharmony and fear,and people will fight one anotherand surrender their freedom. If this is … Continue reading
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AM I WRONG OR AM I PERFECT?
Am I Wrong Or Am I Perfect? This I is an accumulation from past experiences and reactions that has resulted in present doubt and confusion. I do this, say that, and think this, while regretting all the things I did, … Continue reading
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HOLINESS IS MORE THAN BEING HANDY
Holiness Is More Than Being Handy Holiness: possessing moral and spiritual qualities. This applies to all of us, if we but realised it.Saying someone is ‘holy’ separates us,and we idolise that symbol. The moment that we recognise the symbol, we should remember, appreciate and respect those same … Continue reading
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NOT FINDING IS FINDING
Not Finding Is Finding Not finding anything else within pure consciousness, we have arrived.Conversely, not finding and missing is definitely not finding.😀What is it that we miss?The claiming, and a feeling of satisfaction. When resting in the spontaneous moment of … Continue reading
“WHAT IS THE USE OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?”
“What Is The Use Of Spiritual Practice?” The point of spiritual practice is to reduce suffering in the world.When suffering is reduced, happiness is increased.It’s that simple. The problem is thatwe are too excitable. “So what do we do?”We sit … Continue reading
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START AN INFORMATION DIET
Start An Information Diet Be aware of information overload that overloads us with incomplete information. Be grateful for the exposure of our pattern of behaviour that is due to information overload– especially in times of anxiety.
OBSCURING THE TRUTH
Obscuring The Truth The truth itself isn’t extremely subtle; it is that which is obscuring the truth that is extremely subtle. Pure consciousness is what we are; it sees every moment that we think we are seeing, surveying without comment. It has done … Continue reading
EMPATHETIC ENTITIES
Empathetic Entities Entity: from late Latin ens, ent- ‘being’ – (intelligent)Being: essence of a person.Essence of person: pure consciousness. Words may stir consciousness, but it is the spacious acknowledgement behind the words that illumines consciousness. There are qualities within a person that express truth without words. … Continue reading
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BUDDHISM IS VEDANTA
Buddhism Is Vedanta The Buddha studied the Upanishads and realised their meaning. At the lower levels of any spiritual endeavour, there will seem to be differences in the meaning of words and names. They all, however, point to the end … Continue reading
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Tagged Advaita, Buddhis, divinity, Doubt, Dzogchen, God, MahaAti, Mahamudra, non-duality, pure consciousness, Self, spiritual endeavour, unfabricated awareness, Upanishads, Vedanta
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INTROVERT AND EXTROVERT
Introvert and Extrovert Seeing is the relief we seek. When we understand what is going on in our mind, we become clearer, quieter and enlightened. In every conversation, there is always some truth to be had that is both challenging … Continue reading
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TRUTH ISN’T AN EXAGGERATION
Truth Isn’t An Exaggeration To build our reality, we may use errors, omissions, distortions, restructuring, denial, minimisations, exaggerations, justifications. The only reality is in the seeing without comment.Seeing isn’t believing; it’s knowing. An exaggeration is not the truth:it is stretching the truth … Continue reading
APOLOGIES FOR THE CASCADE OF ARTICLES
Apologies For The Cascade Of Articles When the tap is open,it keeps running.😀 😀 😀 Don’t bother reading it all;it’s all the same substance! Look at it this way.It’s free.It only costs a moment.😀 Substance: the quality of being important, valid, or significant. From Latin substantia ‘being, essence’, from substant- ‘standing firm’.
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“FINDERS KEEPERS”
“Finders Keepers” Once we have found or realised our true nature of pure consciousness,we can never lose it again. To keep hoping that the teacher will tell us where we areperpetuates doubts and fears. See for yourself. Sit and just … Continue reading
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NO LONGER A SEEKER
No Longer A Seeker When we realise what we are, we stop seeking and behave accordingly. Knowing we are all pure consciousness, inspiration flows and everything is surrendered, even meditation. My guru is my self, with me until perfect enlightenment.
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IF WE THINK WE ARE RIGHT…
If We Think We Are Right … If we think we are right,we will be mistaken. We are only rightwhen we just see.
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GOD, MYSELF AND ME
GOD, MY SELF AND ME God: illusory outer being.Self: illusory inner being.Me: illusory pure consciousness. Although we equate ‘me’ with a self,we have to designate who the speaker is. In pure consciousness, there is no me and no self – and … Continue reading
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SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS ONLY A GENERALISATION
Spiritual Knowledge Is Only A Generalisation (all knowledge is a generalisation) Knowledge may inspire, but we cannot know if it is true until we practise it. Knowledge then becomes personal, practical wisdom. Whatever is said here is according to the … Continue reading
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ORIGINAL SIN
Original Sin The origin of sin is the denial of the origin of truth.Original truth is that we are pure consciousness. The origin of sin is to ignore pure consciousness in favour of being conscious. Being conscious downgrades consciousness into a watcher by ignoring … Continue reading
NO MUD, NO BUDDHA
No Mud, No BuddhaKnow Mud, Know Buddha It is only by acknowledging the sticky mud of obsessions which causes us sufferingthat we can become free. The moment the mud is recognisedis the moment of Buddha mind. If we ignore the mud … Continue reading
WHAT’S THE POINT?
What’s The Point? Asking what is the point is the important question. What is the point of studying spirituality? The point is to know our own mind, and how and why it works in a certain way. This understanding is the healing necessary to … Continue reading
CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING BETTER?
Can You See Anything Better? We are the pure light of consciousness, the pure light of clarity. It is that which sees and can know. When we forget, ignore, aren’t bothered or become indifferent to this pure light, all that … Continue reading
IGNORANCE: OBLIVIOUS TO PRIMARY EXPERIENCE
Ignorance: Oblivious To Primary Experience “So what? I’ve got things to do!” And there we have it. Instead of being, we have become. Through being ‘managed’ by karma, we fail to notice that we are being distracted … all the time because, … Continue reading
“ALL FORM AND NO SUBSTANCE”
“All Form And No Substance” Paying more attention to outer appearances than the wisdom within. The most important experience in life is discovering the difference between form and substance. Form is the outer ‘self’, while substance is the inner ‘self’. … Continue reading
IDEAS OCCUPY OUR MIND
Ideas Occupy Our Mind It may take time but, through our understanding, these occupiers remove themselves. The dissolution of relative self-esteem reveals unique originality.
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INSTITUTIONALISED
Institutionalised Institutionalised: apathetic and dependentThe formula of futile diligence; fear and false security. Through ignorance, people follow other people; we cling and stick together. By beinginstitutionalised, we stop thinking for ourself and learn the formula. We want to be where ‘it’s’ … Continue reading
DON’T READ THIS … MEDITATE!
Don’t Read This … Meditate! 🙂 If you have time to read this, you have time to sit in silent awareness for a moment or two. Just be aware of the breath, and all the senses.Now be aware of awareness.Experience that you are … Continue reading
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WE AREN’T COMPLETE PEOPLE … YET
We Aren’t Complete People … Yet We are partial: existing only in part; incomplete.We are body, mind and consciousness. As long as we don’t recognise consciousness, we will continue to live a limited, materialistic existence within certain boundaries. Becoming aware of consciousness is … Continue reading
CONSCIOUS-MESS
Conscious-mess That’s us!😀 Conscious-ness.And that’s also us! We have become a duality.The moment conscious-ness recognises conscious-messis the moment of non-duality.Appearances and recognition are simultaneous.
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DON’T TAKE YOUR SELF TOO SERIOUSLY
Don’t Take Your Self To Seriously It makes life happier. We become self-obsessed due to the set of ideas we’ve acquired. Clinging to this collection creates an I, an ego. The more we cling to ideas and beliefs, the more … Continue reading
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IF WE BELIEVE IN WORDS, WE BECOME SPELLBOUND
If We Believe In Words, We Become Spellbound Belief in words is never the truth.It is the experience of the words that brings forth realisation. Put simply:Shut up and ……. !🙂
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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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