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- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- 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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TO BE SERIOUS OR NOT TO BE SERIOUS?
To Be Serious Or Not To Be Serious? It all depends on what we’re talking about. The I? Consciousness? Our conduct? We have to understand what is of benefit and what is harmful, and which level we are speaking about. … Continue reading
WE WILL NEVER SEE THE TRUTH
We Will Never See the Truth Until We Can Control Our Mind Gently and slowly, take 10 breaths. Breath in, pause. Exhale, pause. Count “One”. Breath in, pause. Exhale, pause. Count “Two”. And so on … Be aware of thoughts, … Continue reading
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ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR WORDS … I MEAN, PROGRAMMING?
Are You Still Looking For Words … I Mean, Programming? 😀 The mind needs to be provoked, or it will just snooze on. When we read words in books (or blogs), we get ideas. When we listen to words during … Continue reading
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HOW CAN I BECOME PURE?
How Can I Become Pure? We are nothing but purity – pure consciousness – for, without that, we wouldn’t be able to see clearly. We just have to get the picture straight, as it’s a bit wonky at the moment … Continue reading
IT’S OBVIOUS WHEN POINTED OUT
It’s Obvious When Pointed Out So what is the problem? Our reality – pure consciousness – has been obscured by distractions for millennia. The ancients knew the truth, and this essential teaching has been handed down to us. We have, … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, compassion and ignorance, CONSCIOUSNESS, consciousness and aversion, DESIRE AND AVERSION., emptiness, emptiness and deisre, enlightened judgement, essential teaching, our essence is emptiness, our expression is compassion, our nature is consciousness, our reality, substitues for truth, three supreme qualities of being, we care, We Know
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ADDICTION TO THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT
Addiction To the Fear Of Missing Out Not satisfied with our lives, we wonder if there’s more ‘over there’. We all do it but, if we become addicted to this behaviour, there will be no end to it. Life presents … Continue reading
BUDDHISM AND CULTURE
Buddhism And Culture Buddhism is about creating a culture of genuine wisdom and kindness through direct seeing of the nature of mind. It isn’t about adopting another culture to overlay our own. The prerequisites of a kind culture are generosity, … Continue reading
‘WOKE’ IS THE GREAT CONFIDENCE TRICK
‘Woke’ Is The Great Confidence Trick ‘Woke’ pretends to be awake, but “woke” merely mean awake to some injustice, rather than the wakefulness itself. ‘Woke’ is an insidious induction giving rise to agitation, and therefore dullness of mind. Making a … Continue reading
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WE DON’T REALISE THAT WE ARE BELIEVERS
We Don’t Realise That We Are Believers The world has always been divided into believers and non-believers. We are all believers until we know. There are believers who believe in an life after death, whereas non-believers believe otherwise. Likewise… There … Continue reading
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NOBODY CAN GIVE US FREEDOM
Nobody Can Give Us Freedom Nobody can give us freedom. We have to realise that we have always been free. We may be limited in a material sense, but pure consciousness is free. Never doubt that. Society is a place … Continue reading
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WHY IS REALISATION HAPPINESS?
Why Is Realisation Happiness? Why is realisation happiness? It is a release from misery. Realisation isn’t a gain, it’s a loss. We lose all that hopes … and fears … and ignorance. 🙂
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DON’T TRY TO WAKE UP WHEN YOU’RE ALREADY AWAKE
Don’t Try To Wake Up When You’re Already Awake We hear about people claiming to be ‘awake’, but awake from what? We are all pure consciousness and, as such, are naturally awake, but we ignore this reality in favour of … Continue reading
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WE ARE PRIMED TO CONFORM
We Are Primed To Conform Programming: a prewritten script. The collective is guided and divided. This why none of us has an original idea. We have been primed to go off! The moment in which we see, we are free … Continue reading
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THERE IS NO OTHER GOD BUT OUR SILENCE
There Is No Other God But Our Silence There is no other God but our silence. In silent clarity, everything is answered. Our only problem is that we make and enjoy noise. Silence departs. There no other God but our … Continue reading
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SELF-CONTROL; SELF-MASTERY
Self-Control; Self-Mastery It’s easy to say, “Self-control” and “Self-mastery” but, with so much distraction, this topic may be difficult to comprehend. We usually take self-control and self-mastery to denote holding back our reactions, but here, it doesn’t mean that. ‘Holding … Continue reading
DEALING WITH OUR ANGER
Dealing With Our Anger We all get angry at some time about some thing, but in truth, we experience each emotion at some time. All the emotions are wisdom; anger is mirror-like wisdom. This is subtle stuff. 😀 We first … Continue reading
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WE LIVE IN A PREDICAMENT
We Live In A Predicament First, we have to recognise our predicament, and then know what to do about it. We live in a world of suggestions and beliefs – a conventional reality, where vertical thinking is used as logic, … Continue reading
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DHARMA PSYCHOLOGY CLEARS ALL BLOCKAGES!
Dharma Psychology Clears All Blockages! Information is something that forms or shapes our mind. If we listen, watch or read any form of media (information), it will influence us; all media is a programming machine. And this is why the … Continue reading
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RIGHT THINKING IS REASONING
Right Thinking Is Reasoning Wrong thinking is fixating To survive as humans, we need to be able to think and reason. Once we know how to survive, we then have time to reflect on what is life all about. Of … Continue reading
NEVER EXAGGERATE EVIL OR JOY
Never Exaggerate Evil Or Joy The Joy Of Seeing Evil 😀 These two concepts ‘evil’ and ‘joy’ may seem distant from our experience as we might think that only bad people are evil, and only holy people have joy. This … Continue reading
CUTTING THROUGH EXTREMIST VIEWS
Cutting Through Extremist Views We are all extremists when we react. The practice of Trekcho. Traditionally, this practice is the Tibetan Nyingma method of seeing the arising of thoughts (or emotions) before they are fully formed, thus cutting through them … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, depression, everything is real, extremism, free in the moment of seeing, get to the point, inseparability of emptiness and cognisance, life is meaningless, our view as opposed to the view, positive desperation, Pure Awareness, Pure Consciousness., reaction, REALITY, Trekcho, Tulku Urgyen
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SLIPPING INTO SELF-KNOWING AWARENESS
Slipping Into Self-Knowing Awareness Slipping into self-knowing awareness happens when we slipped out of our dream state, our routine, our personal goal. We assume that we are aware, but this awareness is only concerned with whatever is perceived, rather than … Continue reading
THE PYRAMID OF AWARENESS
The Pyramid Of Awareness At each level of consciousness, we don’t recognise whatever is above or beyond until we have a conflict with where we are now, when we experience the suffering of dissatisfaction, which is the first noble truth. … Continue reading
I DON’T WANT TO MEDITATE
I Don’t Want To Meditate I don’t want to meditate. Then don’t. Just be aware of being aware. That’s not difficult, is it? That’s just being ‘normal’, and that’s meditation. Don’t make it into a thing. Sit with a straight … Continue reading
WHAT LAMAS AND GURUS DO NOT KNOW OR TALK ABOUT
What Lamas and Gurus Do Not Know Or Talk About! The world has been driven into mass dependency, creating an addiction through social engineering to distract us from the truth of our reality. Is something being hidden from us? Yes. … Continue reading
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WHY DO WE SWITCH OFF?
Why Do We Switch off? “I wasn’t aware I did 😉 ” Exactly. We are, by nature, consciousness. In truth, pure consciousness. This natural purity is the clarity of awareness; it’s how we come to know anything. This pure clarity … Continue reading
THEY MESS WITH YOUR MIND!
They Mess With Your Mind! Who are they? Thoughts that come from outside. If we believe in those thoughts, we become messed up. Pure consciousness cannot be messed up, because it is uncontaminated being. Here is the good news about … Continue reading
WHAT TO DO IN ‘LOCKDOWN’
What To Do In ‘Lockdown’ Clear up, and stop making more mess. Clear the mind, and stop reacting. The word ‘Buddha’ means realising the essence of mind (pure consciousness) and bringing an end to karmic effects (habitual reactions). This is … Continue reading
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THE BATTLE OF GOOD AND EVIL
The Battle Of Good and Evil This is the eternal battle of human consciousness, not for human consciousness. What is this good and evil? It is the constant conflict in our own mind or consciousness. Good is simply the purity … Continue reading
“THE NEW NORMAL”
“The New Normal” Have you heard the latest expression, “the new normal”? Have you heard the expression, “order out of chaos”? Chaos creates confusion, and so enters a new normal. As long as we are confused, we will never see … Continue reading
CONSPIRACY
Conspiracy Is there a truth hidden from us in plain sight? Yes. Who is in on it? Everyone! The last thing anyone wants to look at is themselves – their true reality – because of a creation of a personal … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy, finding fault, Mara, our essence, our true reality, plain sight, power, Pure Consciousness., Samsara, the truth
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WE READ WHAT WE WANT TO READ
We Read What We Want To Read That is karma in action; our propensity to certain ideas. Karma is our bias, which means that, on any given subject, we have a view, a side. Rarely do we read both sides … Continue reading
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LOOKING FOR AUTHENTIC TEACHINGS?
Looking For Authentic Teachings? Authentic teachings are what we re-cognise. We re-establish – it is a reunion! When we recognise these teachings as being true, then we are the authority, rather than a copy of anything. A teacher is only … Continue reading
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AUTHOR’S NOTE
Author’s Note On this blog, some articles have a similar theme as they are linked, but putting them together in one article would make it too long and heavy. Also, some time is needed to reflect and elaborate. The whole … Continue reading
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ARE WE BAT-SHIT NUT-JOBS? ;-)
Are We Bat-Shit Nut-Jobs? 😉 If so, don’t feel bad, as we’re all in the same bat-boat. Mindfulness meditation is the bat-boat, reminding us to be aware of our pure, non-bat-shit consciousness. Once we arrive at the shore of pure … Continue reading
WHEN SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OBSCURES SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
When Spiritual Practice Obscures Spiritual Practice Does that sound strange? We can become so involved in and dedicated to our routines that we easily miss the whole point of the teachings on pure consciousness. Spiritual practices are just to remind … Continue reading
BELIEF IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR IGNORANCE
Belief Is The Beginning Of Our Ignorance Belief isn’t knowing. Belief is accepting what we are told, without proof. Don’t believe anything you’re told; test it, experience it. Knowing is experience. Belief or faith does has a positive side, but … Continue reading
IS THE ‘COCK-UP’ OUR GOLD STANDARD?
Is The ‘Cock-up’ Our Gold Standard? Why Everyone Must Meditate Everyone must meditate to make sense of our mind and the world in which we live. Meditation is a reminder of what is reality. The world is in constant chaos … Continue reading
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POSSIBLE CAUSES OF COVID-19
Possible Causes Of Covid-19 It’s an accident … It’s not an accident … It’s God … It’s the devil … It’s nature … It’s humanity … If God … why? … no reply … so God doesn’t exist. If the … Continue reading
WHY DO WE DOUBT OUR TRUE REALITY?
Why Do We Doubt Our True Reality? Why do we doubt our true reality? Because we believe that cultural consciousness is more real than our own pure consciousness. Our true being is unadulterated consciousness. It sees clearly, and passes on … Continue reading
BUDDHA BEFORE THE BUDDHA
Buddha Before The Buddha Bridging The Mud In Buddhist texts, Sumedha is a previous incarnation of Gotama Buddha, in which he declares his intention to become a Buddha. Buddhist texts describe this taking place when Gotama Buddha is still a Buddha-to-be (Sanskrit: bodhisattva). Traditions regard Sumedha’s life as the beginning of … Continue reading
THE ULTIMATE PRACTICE AND REALISATION OF DHARMA IS KARMA!
The Ultimate Practice And Realisation Of Dharma Is Karma! Why is it difficult to communicate? Communication is the real practice. Communication is not just talking. Communication is a karmic experience and realisation. Karma is the product of our personal past, … Continue reading
EVIL IS DHARMA (KNOWLEDGE) UNREALISED
Evil Is Dharma (Knowledge) Unrealised The true Dharma is the realisation of our pure nature or essence of consciousness, and that which obscures this knowledge. These obscurations are the three universal laws of attraction, repulsion and indifference. In human terms, … Continue reading
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE TO A PANDEMIC
Psychological Resilience To A Pandemic 😀 In general, trauma will be caused during this pandemic, and there will be a post traumatic effect. So how do we stay stable? We all know that life will end at some point due to … Continue reading
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KNOWING … BELIEF … CONFUSION … SENTIMENTALITY … INDIFFERENCE
Knowing … Belief … Confusion … Sentimentality … Indifference When we do not know our true reality, we fall into the trap of belief, confusion and sentimentality, leading to indifference. We become jaded – and our experience of spiritual practice … Continue reading
DO I HAVE TO ACT?
Do I Have To Act? We all go into an act of some sort, as we aspire to be thought of as better than we are – and ‘spiritual’ people are no different. This is foolish. Who are we trying … Continue reading
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I CAN’T FIND CONSCIOUSNESS!
I Can’t Find Consciousness! Are you saying that you are not conscious? Of course not. Are you saying you are not conscious of your thoughts? Of course not. Consciousness is naturally what we are, first and foremost. We don’t need … Continue reading