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- WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG? April 30, 2026
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- CONQUERING THE UNIVERSE April 28, 2026
- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT April 26, 2026
- WE FEAR COMMUNICATION April 25, 2026
- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
- THE ASPECTS OF SELF April 24, 2026
- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
- OUR FABULOUS TEACHER April 21, 2026
- THE NON-PERSON MOMENTS April 21, 2026
- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE ACT OF REBELLION April 15, 2026
- AN ALIENS VIEW April 15, 2026
- PRAYER IS HOPE April 14, 2026
- COMPASSION DOESN’T MEAN WE LIKE SOMEONE April 13, 2026
- DEPRESSION SUDDENLY LIFTS April 13, 2026
- THE JOY OF MEETING IDIOTS April 13, 2026
- IT’S AMAZING April 12, 2026
- UNIFIED DIVISION – AND THE CONSEQUENCES April 11, 2026
- WE SELF CENSOR … WHY? April 10, 2026
- THE DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING WHAT IS REAL April 9, 2026
- WHY DO WE DOUBT? April 9, 2026
- IT’S A MASSIVE SHOCK April 8, 2026
- TRY NOT GETTING BACK TO ‘NORMAL’ April 8, 2026
- THE TACTIC HASN’T AGED April 7, 2026
- INTERCONNECTEDNESS – UNISON OR HARMONY? April 7, 2026
- THE CURSE OF THE MESSENGER April 6, 2026
- FIBONACCI: THE LAWS OF SURVIVAL April 5, 2026
- THE FIBONACCI EFFECT – THE GOLDEN RATIO April 5, 2026
- THE POWER OF FIBONACCI April 5, 2026
- THE FIBONACCI EFFECT April 5, 2026
- QUESTIONING TRUTH April 4, 2026
- BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT April 4, 2026
- THE WONDER OF BEING A LATE DEVELOPER April 4, 2026
- WOUND MEANS SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- PREDICTABLE SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- NATURE (BUDDHA-NATURE) VERSUS NURTURE (MARA-NATURE) April 3, 2026
- BEING BUDDHIST IS BEING ORDINARY April 2, 2026
- A LUCKY ESCAPE April 1, 2026
- SUDDENLY NOT FEELING WRONG April 1, 2026
- REALISATION COMES FROM DROPPING THE MEDITATION March 31, 2026
- WE CANNOT NOT COMMUNICATE March 30, 2026
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TRUTH – YOU HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF
Truth – You Have To Do It Yourself No one has a monopoly on truth. No one owns truth. Truth is for everyone and is expressed to suit all types of minds. We don’t have to belong to this or … Continue reading
AGENTIC PERSONALITY
Agentic Personality An agent: a mouthpiece of conformity. There have been many experiments that show how easily we conform, out of fear and hope, and so we lose control of our lives. We rely on others’ ideas and forsake our … Continue reading
“SOME DAYS, I LACK ENTHUSIASM TO PRACTISE”
“Some Days, I Lack Enthusiasm To Practise” Just remember the “pointing out instruction” of pure awareness. Whatever we are doing or not doing, pure awareness is always present, whether we (pure awareness) notice or not. Practice is only a reminder … Continue reading
SEEING THE ILLUSION IN THE RIGHT WAY
Seeing The Illusion In The Right Way and not in a negative way. If we see the insubstantiality of all phenomena in a negative way, we make it appear real. Seeing everything as ‘hollow’, we don’t get hooked. A sense … Continue reading
AUSPICIOUSNESS=TIMELINESS=GOODNESS
Auspiciousness = Timeliness = Goodness At the right time, remarkable coincidences come together, creating good fortune. An inner impulse or longing directs us, creating refined energy. Love is always timely and good, creating more of the same. Having a precious … Continue reading
EGOLESSNESS
Egolessness is not being a vegetable! All our psychological problems originate in a neurotic mind – an abnormally sensitive, obsessive and anxious mind. It is not sure what is real and what is not real. This mind creates projections to … Continue reading
THE PROBLEM WITH SPIRITUALITY
The Problem With Spirituality is that we can use it for a sense of security. When we do this, teachings become dogma, and dogma becomes a ‘religion’, to which we adhere because of our insecurity. Acquiring all the answers makes … Continue reading
THE DHARMA IS CONFIRMATION AND CLARIFICATION OF EXPERIENCE
The Dharma is Confirmation and Clarification of Experience It is not something to acquire As Trungpa Rinpoche said, “We are not trying to become Superscholars – a bank of information, with all the answers.” We need to reflect on our … Continue reading
MAKING LIFE MEANINGFUL
Making Life Meaningful Life becomes meaningful when we wake up. Waking up is not being in a dream. A dream is dwelling on the past or future. In the precise, present moment there is nothing whatsoever to refer to. We … Continue reading
THE UNIQUENESS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM IN REVEALING OUR TRUE NATURE
The Uniqueness of Tibetan Buddhism in Revealing Our True Nature Tibetan Buddhism is awareness of the clarity of our true nature, and does not rely on a belief system. In the modern world, we’ve been so indoctrinated with belief systems that … Continue reading
GOODNESS KNOWS
Goodness Knows To know goodness is to know truth. To know truth is to know happiness. To know happiness is to know goodness. How do we know this? It is through pure knowingness itself. Pure knowingness is pure awareness, which … Continue reading
MAHAMUDRA AND DZOGCHEN – FOUNDATION AND GOLDEN ROOF
Mahamudra and Dzogchen – Foundation and Golden Roof The result of Mahamudra and Dzogchen is the same: they are just different methods. The Dharma has to be able to accommodate everyone at any level, so that it is complete at … Continue reading
THE DHARMA IS NOT SO EXOTIC
The Dharma Is Not So Exotic Do you want the complete Dharma? Reflect on the six perfections! Do you want to know about reincarnation? Reflect on unchanging awareness! Do you want to see the compassion in action? Forget yourself! The … Continue reading
HOW DO WE FOCUS ON OUR TRUE NATURE?
How Do We Focus On Our True Nature? We can’t, because that would be a duality. We can only Love. When we focus on others and not on ourselves, then our true nature is naturally revealed. This is emptiness (empty … Continue reading
THE VALUE OF PRACTISING IN ISOLATION
The Value of Practising in Isolation Practising in isolation is traditionally thought of as going alone into a forest, cave or long term retreat centre so as not to be disturbed or distracted, for long periods of meditation. But we … Continue reading
ENLIGHTENED ESSENCE
Enlightened Essence That’s what we are. That’s what we have always been, and that’s what we will always be. That is the nature of mind. This enlightened essence is pure, empty and uncontaminated. It cannot be found – only realised, … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS THE MEANS TO NON-MEDITATION
Meditation is the Means to Non-Meditation Meditation is awareness. But aware of what? Awareness becomes aware of the awareness itself. Not finding anything else but awareness, awareness realises there is nothing else, and that it is pure empty clarity. In … Continue reading
COMMUNICATION IS LIKE A VIRUS
Communication Is Like A Virus It can make us ill-at-ease (disturbed) or at-ease ( a feeling of wellbeing) We start with inner communication. There is communication between pure essence and awareness, between awareness and the eight consciousnesses (three of the … Continue reading
WE ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS
We Are All Suffering From Mental Illness If we weren’t, we’d be enlightened! When the mind wanders, it suffers, because of ideas it holds about itself and the world in which it lives: this is conventional, relative reality. The mind … Continue reading
LIGHT RELIEF!
Light Relief! Kathie and I brought one of these: although ours is sprung loaded, it does the same marvellous job. Kathie is a slicer with a knife, and I’m a cracker and surgical peeler which is a very messy business … Continue reading
THE CORNFLAKES OF CENTIPEDES
The Cornflakes of Centipedes I once had a Tibetan teacher whose accent was very strong, and so his pronunciation sometimes seemed a little strange. At the end of one teaching session, several of us asked ourselves, “Centipedes?” “Cornflakes?” “What was … Continue reading
TAME THE MIND: TAME THE DEMONS
Tame the Mind: Tame the Demons Until we can tame the mind – and therefore, tame the inner and outer demons – we will remain as human apes, controlled by our primitive (reptilian) brain. Even though mammals have a caring … Continue reading
RECALLING THE TEACHER
Recalling the Teacher Tibetan Buddhism is about Guru Yoga – connecting to the lineage of realised masters, which supports our endeavours. Even though this blog is more inclined towards the inner teacher and symbolic teacher of all phenomena, the outer … Continue reading
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DEDICATING ONE’S PRACTICE
Dedicating One’s Practice and One’s Life to Others This is a tall order – and challenging – but we have to start somewhere! In Buddhism, there are prayers at the end of a session to dedicate the merit (blessings) received … Continue reading
THE GREATEST SECRET IN THE UNIVERSE
The Greatest Secret In The Universe …and it’s right in front of our eyes… You and I are the gatekeepers to this greatest secret. This gatekeeper can either open the door, or keep it shut. The door is kept closed … Continue reading
I NEVER KNEW I KNEW, AND NOW I KNOW
I Never Knew I Knew, and Now I Know Throughout countless incarnations since beginning-less time, I have been looking for something. I found that the thing I was looking for was the thing that was looking. I Never Knew I … Continue reading
PADMASAMBHAVA on GOODNESS
Padmasambhava on Goodness The word ‘goodness’ can remain either as a philosophical idea, or be a practical expression of compassionate wisdom. “Master Padmasambhava said: When you persevere in Dharma practice, it is essential to trail always in turning any virtuous … Continue reading
PRACTISING DHARMA IN A TROUBLED WORLD
Practising Dharma In A Troubled World We complain about how life seems so cheap. We complain about continual changes happening in the world. We complain about others’ attitudes. We complain about the constant suffering. “With all these traumas in the … Continue reading
TEACHERS HAVE MANY STUDENTS…
Teachers Have Many Students… …so they do not have the time to know us all. This is why we have to look into our own minds and realise that we can see what is going on there. There is an … Continue reading
MINGYUR RINPOCHE – “BUDDHISM IS NOT A STRAITJACKET”
Mingyur Rinpoche – “Buddhism is not a straitjacket.” “…Meditation is about learning to work with the mind as it is, not about trying to force it into some sort of Buddhist straitjacket. “The … Continue reading
MAKE IT NICE, MAKE IT SPECIAL
Make It Nice, Make It Special ..and then stop making it! We make our practice special to realise our true nature. When we sit to meditate, the place should be nice and special; it should outside the normal business of … Continue reading
WE CANNOT BE HONEST IN A SPIRITUAL CENTRE
We Cannot Be Honest In A Spiritual Centre We can be honest outside… …but in being honest, we are acknowledging a part of ourselves that we are frightened of, and that we fear could open a floodgate of doubts. We … Continue reading
HOW TO BE ENLIGHTENED IN ONE LIFE TIME
How To Be Enlightened In One Life Time (…information will only be of benefit when you make these thoughts your own…) This is from “Rainbow Painting” by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. THE TRUE FOUNDATION. Page 132 “Let me tell you another … Continue reading
WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
What Is Happiness? It is not needing anything, being carefree. It is sense of relief, of contentment. Happiness is emptiness awareness without elaborations. It’s associated with bliss, a word that comes from blithe. Blithe: showing a casual and cheerful indifference, … Continue reading
DON’T BE A SLICK BUDDHIST
Don’t Be A Slick Buddhist Be an investigative journalist, seeking the truth The Buddha understood what others did not understand: that the purity of awareness is our true nature, and not the trappings. Trappings: The outward signs, associated with a … Continue reading
BEWARE: THIS MAY WAKE YOU UP
Beware: This May Wake You Up Beware: you may want to go back to sleep! Approach the present moment as if you have never approached this present moment before. Of course, the present moment hasn’t been experienced before, but we … Continue reading
WHY CAN’T I SEE MY TRUE NATURE?
Why Can’t I See My True Nature? This question describes the perfect prison, and the perfect key to that prison. All we need now is the perfect understanding to turn that key and be free. It is simple, but no … Continue reading
A VERY PECULIAR SELF DOUBT
A Very Peculiar Self Doubt When we have doubt, WE…HAVE…DOUBT. We are not this doubt, because we are aware of this doubt that appears in the mind. Because we have identified with this doubt – which is merely a confused … Continue reading
WHAT IS THIS MOMENT, NOW, LIKE?
What Is This Moment, Now, Like? This spontaneous presence. It’s ordinary. It’s special in its ordinariness. I’ve looked and looked, hoping for something more, something interesting, but no – it is looking and seeing awareness that always stays the same. … Continue reading
MEDITATION AND ITS EXPRESSION
Meditation And Its Expression When we just rest, we relax. When relaxed, the mind clears. This clarity makes it easier to be aware of awareness. When aware of awareness, clarity sees nothing but awareness. That is pure, empty awareness: it’s … Continue reading
AS WE MAKE, SO WE BELIEVE
As We Make, So We Believe We are pure awareness trapped in a body because of our previous action, in a make-believe world of the mind and the senses. The senses are, by their very nature, non-conceptual: they just sense. … Continue reading
BUDDHISM FOR THE GRITTY
Buddhism For The Gritty “True Grit” 😉 Gritty: showing courage, resolve, tenacity. Being aware of the unpleasant, and unwaveringly seeing it as it really is; uncompromising. There are many ways to obtain peace of mind – a mind that is … Continue reading
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WHO, OR WHAT CAN WE TRUST?
Who, Or What Can We Trust? Trust: reliable, consistently good in quality The only quality we can trust is spontaneous presence…now! Spontaneous presence is the quality of consistently pure awareness, free from any contaminations. It is just being awake, although … Continue reading
THE UNIQUENESS OF OUR PATH
The Uniqueness Of Our Path Because of our personal fixations and inclinations, we have to confront a unique karmic obligation, bound by universal law. Our spiritual path (to knowing our absolute nature) is our own relative confusion that obscures that … Continue reading
THE COLLECTIVE EGO IS THE DEVIL!
The Collective Ego Is The Devil! Realising the urgency to practise There is a plethora of complexity 😉 written about spirituality and the dharma, offering lots of advice. But sometimes it may all seem too much; “Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard … Continue reading
CONTROLLING THE FLOCK
Controlling The Flock Fear = Panic = Chaos = Confusion = Conflict = More Fear This is how people are controlled Our personal suffering is maintained by joining – and therefore becoming part of – collective confusion. Experience “reaction in … Continue reading
PANORAMIC VISION
Panoramic Vision With immobile body, speech and mind, sit still and quiet, with eyes relaxed but open. We are seeing everything at once, but not focusing on anything. This includes peripheral vision, without moving the head. It’s as if everything … Continue reading
DZOGCHEN FOR THE FRUSTRATED
Dzogchen For The Frustrated Meditation, chanting, prayers and study all focus the mind when the mind doesn’t want to focus. This is why, to help us break out of our scattered mind, we have a disciplined routine. However, for some, … Continue reading
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