Author Archives: tony

Why I was Kicked Out Of A Dharma Centre (this isn’t for delicate minds :D) Actually, I don’t know why I was kicked out … but it did leave a trauma. And actually, I have been kicked out of other … Continue reading →

We Don’t Have To Wait … … for either the next incarnation or heaven to realise our ultimate reality now. Realisation doesn’t depend on the next incarnation; hoping that we will be enlightened in the future is a belief system. … Continue reading →

“Today, My Life Is Fruitful!” The moment that we recognise we are not our thoughts, we are free. As Tulku Urgyen said, “We are free in the moment of seeing”: That is what he meant. As long we identify with … Continue reading →

Why We Should Bother About Our Minds? Now is creating our future. It’s only when we understand how our mind works that we are in control. We have to able to control our mind so that it doesn’t fly off … Continue reading →

“The Church Invented Hell And Is In ‘The Control Business’ ” “Religion doesn’t want us to grow up”. The following is taken from https://www.collective-evolution.com/2020/01/26/retired-american-bishop-believes-the-church-invented-hell-is-in-the-control-business/ Jon Shelby Spong, a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church explains that religion is a … Continue reading →

When Did Conspiracies Start? Short answer: Around 5000 years ago. Conspiracy: secret plan or a cabal. “A cabal is a group of people united to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, state, or other community, often by intrigue and usually unbeknownst to those outside their group. … Continue reading →

The Nine Levels Or Yanas This is a reply to a question was about the nine levels: I have to apologise to a questioner (DF) for accidentally deleting both my reply and his comment. Here are the nine levels or … Continue reading →

Are We Just Treading Water? Making no real progress. We may do and say the right things, but has there been any real, enlightening change in life? We may go through the right routines, but are we just tread ingwater? … Continue reading →

The Tenderness of Compassion (This is for those who cannot afford to go on retreats 😀 ) We all know – in a general way – what “the tenderness of compassion” means, but this not a fixed thing. It is … Continue reading →

 Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Easter Retreat 2020 THE TENDERNESS OF TRUE COMPASSION Bookings have now opened for this year’s UK retreat led by Tsoknyi Rinpoche It will run from 30th March – 5th April. at Bruton School for Girls, Somerset, UK https://pundarika.uk/2020-pundarika-uk-easter-retreat-30th-march-5th-april/ … Continue reading →

I Can’t Stop Thinking It’s what an “I” does. The mind thinks thoughts. It’s what is does. To ask it to stop thinking would be like asking the eyes to stop seeing. Thinking and seeing are natural. The deception is … Continue reading →

Fish Out Of Water Trying to conforming to others’ standards, we may feel alone. Once we feel alone, we become detached, and recognise our unique path to enlightenment. When we feel that we are not just a human (or fish … Continue reading →

Nobody Is Ordinary We are all enlightened essence, unique in discovering that our path to this realisation is the recognition of our own confusion. Thinking we are special, while conforming to others’ confusion, Enlightenment is nothing special, as cognisant emptiness … Continue reading →

Enlightenment Is A Series Of Realisations A series of releases. A series of diminishing fixations. A series of emotions transforming into wisdoms. Emotions flare up, and their brilliance is seen as the spontaneous light of pure consciousness. Emotions and recognition … Continue reading →

How Is Everything An Illusion? And why is this a problem for us? The illusion isn’t the problem: it’s believing and clinging to the illusion that binds us. We can have fun with illusion – like blowing pretty bubbles in … Continue reading →

If We Can Manage Our Thoughts If we can manage our thoughts, then we can go anywhere. If we cannot manage our thoughts, then we want to be in a nice, safe place. The Buddha’s teachings help us to realise … Continue reading →

There Is No Such Thing As Normal Normal: conforming to others’ standards. Conforming means consenting to others’ concepts and, in doing so, we give away our authority to breakout of this mayhem of strife. Unless we recognise and are obeying … Continue reading →

Too Intense? Our ‘self’ is a construct, a programme received from our environmental conveyor belt. True spiritual teachings dismantle this self-belief. Without realising, we have had our minds numbed to our true reality. The shock of realising the confusion in … Continue reading →

How To Make The World A Better Place See it differently. The world is a huge illusion built on cultural ideas and beliefs. Making an illusion better actually only makes it worse. We make the world better by seeing the … Continue reading →

True Spirituality Is Practical  True spirituality is practical because we know how to drop preconceived ideas and see directly.