Author Archives: tony

No One Can Tell Us How To Think No one can tell us how to think. But they do. When we are in a group – be it family, friends, work, religion – we are all expected to think the … Continue reading →

Sensing Things Are Not Right We all have this intuitive feeling – why? It’s because we aren’t acting normally, naturally, contentedly. We’ve learnt to act to protect ourselves, but we don’t know what this self is. The ideas we’ve acquired … Continue reading →

Between Thoughts We are the silent reality between thoughts, ever-present pure consciousness. To train in perceiving in this way is Dharma practice. Thoughts aren’t the problem; it’s attachment to those thoughts that keeps us captured in a vicious cycle of … Continue reading →

Is Consciousness In The Brain Or Ever-Present Everywhere? Scientists treat consciousness as an evolutionary by-product of neural wiring; that is to say, matter produces mind. Through observation, the brain and body – with all their instincts and drives – are … Continue reading →

Tradition A tradition is a transmission of customs or beliefs passed on from generation to generation. It is only when we get older that we see the pattern of customs and beliefs change. Who sets the trends, and why? Those who make us feel … Continue reading →

Tradition: Programming Our societies are made up of traditions that programme our behaviour in certain ways. But behind this facade is a deeper programming, where we are encouraged to argue, blame, complain and mentally engage in trying-to-put-things-right. That is part … Continue reading →

Oblivious To Reality Oblivion: from Latin oblivio(n-), from oblivisci ‘forget’. It’s totally shocking that few know their reason to be. What’s that? To know we are not just this body and mind but consciousness. What we do with this body and mind is down to our … Continue reading →

Mara: “The Show Must Go On … And On … ” All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players. We learn a script, and then play it out unto death, and Mara sees … Continue reading →

We Are Caught On A Roundabout It’s the far left that creates the far right, and the far right that creates the far left. In the middle is their unwitting supply of sustenance.

The Dharma is Understanding Mara Activity (Evil) “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.” Conventional suggests that “Better the devil you know” is something we can put up with it. That is not the meaning here. “Better … Continue reading →

Fashioned to Fail Each generation is encouraged to complain and rebel against the previous generation that was also fashioned to rebel, so there is a lack of continuity. This maintains chaos, confusion and suffering, which most people ignore; we unconsciously … Continue reading →

A Great Mind Or A Wise Mind? The essence of mind is ethereal pure consciousness without thoughts. When pure consciousness forgets its essence, it clings to thoughts, which creates the characteristic of a self. Consciousness then becomes materialistic. People admire … Continue reading →

The Same Old Dharma Dharma is our original reality of pure consciousness. As long as there are sentient beings, there is Dharma. It is timeless, before any books are written. It’s like maths; it wasn’t invented, it was discovered, and … Continue reading →

The Undeniable Truth Truth about a situation is a personal preference, but the truth about the first instant of awareness is the same for everyone.

There Is No Stopping Truth Evil spends its time misdirecting our minds. Once we’re aware of this activity, evil has to move on. Unfortunately, as long as there is a self in the mind, that mind can be manipulated. Fortunately: … Continue reading →

The Teacher-Of-All-Phenomena A human teacher can only help us to recognise and then realise the teacher-of-all-phenomena: that every encounter, and every thought, and every interaction with others is a teaching, by showing us the habitual reactions that cause us suffering. … Continue reading →

Why Do We Like To Believe? Remember: belief is acceptance without evidence, which is mistaken for knowing. When we actually know, we no longer have to believe. Proof isn’t written down in a book; proof is personal experience. That is the authority. We believe … Continue reading →

We Are Born Infidels – Non-Believers We are born without belief; we are just aware, playing with our toes. We’re then indoctrinated into beliefs about life in one form or another, and those beliefs become more important than original awareness … Continue reading →

Simple, But Not Easy Our true reality is so simple; we see, hear, smell, taste, touch without comment, experiencing pure awareness and, through meditation, realise that we are this pure awareness. Meditation is the silent method to observe.  Once we … Continue reading →

Knowing Our Problem Is Solving Our Problem We need to defend ourselves against both manipulation and the resulting reaction in our mind that makes the manipulation seem more real. How do we do that? By noting whether anyone is suggesting … Continue reading →

Looking For Secrets? If we are looking for secrets, we have been misled. In looking for the ‘good stuff’, we will miss the actual good stuff. The good stuff is in personal realisation and not in others’ words – those are secondhand.  … Continue reading →

Everybody’s Talking About ‘Me’ Everybody’s talking about ‘me’;they never listen to a word I’m saying– they only hear echoes in their mind. Sound familiar?🙂

It’s Nice To Communicate It’s nice to communicate, but fear gets in the way. If we don’t dare, we can never succeed. Communication isn’t about ‘me’ or what I’ve read; it’s about what’s experienced. Communication: from Latin communicatio(n-), from the verb communicare ‘to share’. Communication isn’t about what others have … Continue reading →

Altruism Without Egoism Is Tricky Until enlightenment, there will be a little ego to be sociable.We have a social I.  Confronting an obsessive ego is tricky as obsessiveness is Mara activity. Altruism has to be skilful, being aware of people’s … Continue reading →

Thinking The Unthinkable We are created by devilry.We are devilry’s minions. There is no actual demonic deity; it’s just the likes and dislikes encoded in our minds that control our behaviour. That’s the devilry at work. It’s sort of Gnosticism, where beings are … Continue reading →

We Don’t Realise The Problem Psychopathic entities without empathy confuse the minds of people by presenting opposites, creating those ‘for’ and those ‘against’. It is because we are unaware of this insidious activity that we experience stress. In each generation, cultures … Continue reading →

What Can We Rely On? All phenomena, including thoughts, are temporary events, and therefore have absolutely no reality. We can’t even rely on words as they’re either interpretations of someone else’s experiences, or repetitions of someone else’s translation.  Everything passes … Continue reading →

We Are Set Up For A Fall We are told to accept a minority’s fantasies;the majority react, and are punished.This is communism, where the minority takes control. In any organisation, there is an inner group that controls the majority. How?People aren’t … Continue reading →

Any Questions? Questions can result in conflict, but that is how we make progress. We don’t make progress by mere acceptance of an answer.When we question, we look at our reaction,rather than the reply. It is how we react that tell us the … Continue reading →

Unwittingly Clinging To Words And Rituals Unwittingly clinging to words and rituals for good luck is easily done. Words and rituals are reminders, but if we don’t let go, we remain in intellectualisation and belief. The more we realise, the more … Continue reading →

To Be Inferior Or Not To Be Inferior Relating to gurus and lamas shouldn’t be like relating to a leader of North Korea; bowing and scraping and prostrating is totally unnecessary, and shouldn’t be encouraged – it’s a form of … Continue reading →

The Pointing Out And The Realisation Become aware that, although there are comings and goings in the mind, there is that which never changes. This is the pure observation of consciousness. Our original being is without thought; it is clarity … Continue reading →