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- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING CAN FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE June 18, 2026
- THIS BLOG SHOULD BE SECRET June 17, 2026
- FREEDOM FROM THE CYCLIC EXISTENCE June 17, 2026
- THE SHARED HALLUCINATION June 17, 2026
- WHY THE OBSESSION WITH THE PAST? June 16, 2026
- THE MUD IS JUST A DIRTY LENS June 16, 2026
- STARVING THE MONSTER June 15, 2026
- THE NOVELTY TRAP June 15, 2026
- NO LONGER SATISFYING June 14, 2026
- THE MORE WE REALISE June 13, 2026
- REALITY IS CONTENTMENT June 13, 2026
- THE DANGER OF ADOPTING STORIES June 13, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE A PRODUCT OF? June 13, 2026
- WHAT REINCARNATES? June 12, 2026
- THE HABITUAL LOOP June 11, 2026
- WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT LIES SO READILY? June 11, 2026
- THE PARADOX OF RITUALS AND WORDS June 11, 2026
- WHAT DO WE BASE OUR LIFE ON? June 10, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY June 10, 2026
- THINKING THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE June 9, 2026
- NOT TOO TIGHT AND NOT TOO LOOSE June 9, 2026
- OUR GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT June 8, 2026
- PRIDE STOPS US EVOLVING June 8, 2026
- THE TINKERBELL EFFECT June 7, 2026
- EVIL IS ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE SUPERIOR June 7, 2026
- FOUR OPIUMS OF THE PEOPLE June 6, 2026
- THE CONSUMER BECOMES CONSUMED June 6, 2026
- ULTIMATE MATURITY June 6, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA” June 5, 2026
- THE TWO ASPECTS OF ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’ June 5, 2026
- SULKY SELF June 4, 2026
- THE COMPLETE PICTURE June 3, 2026
- GIVING UP GUILT June 2, 2026
- TESTING MARA AND GURU June 1, 2026
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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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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