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There are 2,681 articles on this blog. If there is something you are looking for, either scroll down to the bottom of this page and press “Older post”, or go to the search box and type in a word or phrase, … Continue reading →

Enlightenment, Constant Enlightenment And Super-duper Enlightenment Enlightenment: Realising pure consciousness and purifying karma. Constant enlightenment: Realised pure consciousness and purified karma. Super-duper enlightenment: Carrot before donkeys. Conclusion: There is no carrot. There are no donkeys.

This Is Exactly The Right Time For Spiritual Progress Like the Buddha, we see people suffering and we see that life is tenuous. In these turbulent times, the Dzogchen teachings on Rigpa (pure consciousness) are perfectly relevant to know what … Continue reading →

Inaccurate Balance In Life We have two aspects to our life: material consciousness and spiritual consciousness. Material consciousness is our ordinary thoughts, while spiritual consciousness is that which perceives ordinary thoughts. To put it simply, our reality is the knowingness … Continue reading →

Covid-19, Isolation, Unusual Times These are empathetic times: we isolate so that hospitals may cope more effectively with caring for the sick. Isolation can be seen as a retreat. It is a chance to focus on our moment-to-moment routines and, … Continue reading →

Practical, Three-Month Isolation Retreat Practical, Three-Month Focused Exercise, Educational Meditation and Fresh Air Retreat = Gardening! Or window box-ing. Maintained by focused weeding … but you can eat the nettle tops. In three months, you will have your own food, … Continue reading →

Having Our Consciousness Drained Be aware that the consciousness of others can drain us, and this is why we do not react.

Sensitivity Isn’t Irritation Becoming spiritually sensitivity, we develop insight. Becoming sensitive to our attachments, we develop irritation. Trapped by our intellect and drowning in a reservoir of ideas about our self and our world, anyone who projects their view irritates … Continue reading →

Perhaps We Should Revert To Ancient Greetings Perhaps we should revert to ancient greetings, showing recognition, appreciation, respect and reverence for life.

Understanding Fellow Beings Our relative reality is created by consciousness relating to everything. This is our dualistic existence; we believe appearances in the mind to be real. The mind is where our world takes place – but there is something … Continue reading →

A Very, Very Important Video For You By Sadhguru https://www.youtube.com/watchtime_continue=247&v=GG67ni3ADkY&feature=emb_logo  Sadhguru: “If you generate a powerful thought, you can make certain things happen. You can have a certain power over other people and situations. This will give you a high, but it … Continue reading →

Is Madness Catching? I’m afraid so 😀 … but it’s temporary. Madness: A state of having a serious mental illness – unable to control one’s mind. Extremely foolish behaviour – unable to control one’s speech. A state of wild or chaotic activity – unable to control one’s body. Remedy: … Continue reading →

Vagueness As long as we are vague about our and others’ reality, believing in mysteries and magical mantras, we might feel safe but will go no further in our evolution. Teachings will never become practical and we cannot be relied … Continue reading →

Why Do People Believe? Ever wondered why so many people believe in a God? Perhaps we should look at world history 5,000 years ago. Was it a political aim to control the masses through belief? Did that have the effect … Continue reading →

Being Interested in Spirituality But Not Going Beyond Knowledge can either be used as a weapon for us to control others and feel superior, or it can help us to find our path to realising our true reality of pure … Continue reading →

Everything Counts This is how karma works, and this is why we must be aware. Whatever we do, say, and think causes our programming, our behaviour, and we create our programming by consent. The Sanskrit word ‘karma’ means the results … Continue reading →

Feel Good About Yourself You should! Usually, we talk about the ‘self’ as an illusion, a make believe personification of what we think we are – our karmic neuroses. This self is created by our confusion and, as such, is … Continue reading →

Voice Of God? That which is called the voice of God is our own clarity of insight. It’s that “Aha!” moment of a realisation … “Oh, of course!” Without this clarity of insight, nothing would be known. The problem lies … Continue reading →

Trouble With Meditating? Intelligent people are full of doubts, and the ignorant know everything. What we do not know, we believe, and when we believe, we ignore experience. Becoming too intellectual with theories can also turn us into believers.We can … Continue reading →

Calm And Clear Sounds simple enough, but this is incredibly profound. When the mind becomes calm, it becomes clear. We have to reason this out for ourself, and then practise for the rest of our life as it doesn’t stay … Continue reading →

The Four Reflections That Change Our Life Valuing human existence 1. Our human life is precious, because we can communicate at the highest level. 2. We shouldn’t miss the opportunity to realise our ultimate truth. 3. Instead, we become attached … Continue reading →

I Can’t Do Nothing! Simply watch the breath. When thoughts arise, return to watching the breath. We are doing nothing. In simply being aware and watching the breath, we realise that we are the happiness we seek. And we are … Continue reading →

There Is Nothing To Do There is nothing to do but recognise. In that simple recognition, we realise that, doing nothing is the ultimate essence of pure consciousness. When this is realised, we find we can know so much more. … Continue reading →