Author Archives: tony

We Are A Work Of Fiction Fiction: something that is invented or untrue. Our world is built on a deception, and maintained by identification with a ‘name’. Name: a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known. When we identify with a name, we … Continue reading →

Conditioning = Cause and Effect Day after day, we are being conditioned by suggestions, leaks and ‘news’ to believe in something or other by some ‘Ministry of Truth’: we either go along with or react against this conditioning. Either way, … Continue reading →

Is The World Managed Or Mismanaged? Is the world managed or mismanaged? Both … each covering the other up. Do we manage or mismanage ourselves? Both … each covering the other up. When we justify whatever we do, we only … Continue reading →

Seek And You Will Definitely Find! I cannot begin to explain this, but if we have the passion to be dispassionate, the clarity to assimilate information just comes. “Oh, that links to that!” Everything has an essential cause. Nothing comes … Continue reading →

Facts, Experience, Wisdom When talking with others, we have to be aware at what level we are communicating. Facts are information. Experience is direct knowledge through personal acquaintance. Wisdom is the spark of realisation. Fact … there is light. Knowledge … Continue reading →

The Gospel of Thomas These are some of the hidden meanings according to Didymos Judas Thomas: 1. And he said: “Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death.” Jesus says: 2. “The one who seeks should not … Continue reading →

Our Problem: We Identify With Everything We acquire an identity, and cherish it. We identify with being a guru (we believe we know),| a student (we believe we don’t know), a religion, a group, a God or deities, lifestyle, family, … Continue reading →

We Are Born With The Answer We are born with the answer. If we weren’t, we wouldn’t re-cognise it. It is about asking the right question. We are not here to gain teachings; we are here for release from adopted … Continue reading →

Sentimentality Clouds Clarity When the truth is told, we realise that we already know it, but hadn’t recognised it. Truth isn’t a mystery: it’s not ‘other worldly’, but it can be dressed up in elaborations that keep realisation at a … Continue reading →

The Great Rude Awakening Accepting the total rawness of lifeIs total relief from that suffering.And that rawness never goes away. Covering up the rawness with cleverness,we become arrogant and annoying,and cause problems for others. When we were born we weren’t … Continue reading →

Dear Demons Of The World Dear demons of the world; Here is where you keep going wrong. You constantly ignore the universal law of opposites: good-bad, dark-light, fact-fiction, true-untrue, attraction-repulsion, love-hate, selfless-selfish, pure consciousness-impure consciousness … If you push one … Continue reading →

After Meditation When we finish our meditation session, we pay close attention to our conduct. Our conduct must be the six perfections: generosity (of spirit), patience, knowing what is right, discipline, concentration, and knowledge of our true essence. These six … Continue reading →

Intelligence and Blind Faith The Buddha’s teaching cannot be followedby merely having faith in the Buddha. The teaching needs sharp intelligence and wisdom to analyse and test it.Blind faith is not the way; it is an idea about the way.

Harmony Is Active Participation We may assume that if we’re not in conflict, we’re in harmony, while we may actually just be indifferent, or in a state of not knowing. Harmony is the active participation of empathy.

If Things Are Seem To Be Worse If the outer and the inner seem to be getting worse, this means we are noticing more. The more we notice, the clearer we are. Having noticed, what do we do? We don’t … Continue reading →

May Exploitation Be Eliminated May exploitation be eliminated.May there only be selfless compassion.May negativity dawn as wisdom. The recognition that we are unhappyis actually the path to enlightenment if we stop and look,rather than looking for distraction. We misunderstand what … Continue reading →

Mistaking Memory For Intelligence Mistaking memory for intelligence. Mistaking wealth for intelligence. Mistaking charisma for intelligence. Intelligence isn’t whatever is projected. It is empathy and compassion for the projection and projector. Personal, pure seeing is natural intelligence. We all know, … Continue reading →