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- 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
- WE’VE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED March 30, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
- OUR COLLECTIVE PROBLEM March 28, 2026
- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD March 27, 2026
- WHEN NEWS IS PROPAGANDA March 27, 2026
- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
- ONE LIGHT OR MANY LIGHTS? March 23, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR COMMON GROUND? March 23, 2026
- DON’T LET DAMAGE CONTROL YOUR LIFE March 23, 2026
- BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY March 22, 2026
- BELIEVING AND DEBUNKING March 22, 2026
- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS March 21, 2026
- GROUPS ARE CONFORMITY March 21, 2026
- PRACTICAL PRACTICE TO PRACTISE March 21, 2026
- WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS? March 20, 2026
- IS THERE A HIERACHY ON EARTH? March 20, 2026
- WORLD EVENTS CHANGE OUR THINKING March 20, 2026
- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
- SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM March 18, 2026
- EVIL TRANSFORMS INTO WISDOM March 18, 2026
- THE COMFORTABLE DECEPTION March 18, 2026
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- WHAT ARE MORALS? March 17, 2026
- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
- REGRETS ARE MEMORIES March 16, 2026
- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
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THE INNER GORILLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo If you haven’t seen this video before, watch it before reading on…I don’t want to spoil the ending! The “Invisible Gorilla” experiment shows how, when we are obsessed, we can miss what is actually in front of us – … Continue reading
BREAKING KARMIC PROGRAMMING
Breaking Karmic Programming Karma is our mental library of reactions acquired through our past reactions from beginningless time, which creates the world in which we live and the situations we have to face. It is necessary to break out of … Continue reading
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IT IS A DARK, DIRTY WORLD
It is a Dark, Dirty World It’s a dark dirty world. This has to be changed. But how? We change it by changing ourselves. By doing nothing! We don’t actually do nothing. We merely drop our current ideas of consenting … Continue reading
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BREAKING OUT OF THE PROGRAM
The real Dharma is breaking out of the programme completely. “The closer you look, the less you see.” This is the illusionists mantra. Looking is not seeing. When we see, we recognise. Looking is merely distraction. We talk about the … Continue reading
KARMA = HYPNOSIS
Karma = Hypnosis Hypnosis = Karma We self hypnotise: we are hypnotised by an image of ourselves, which creates a programme to which we adhere. A hypnotic state is believing something to be real when it’s not. It permits a … Continue reading
CLEVERNESS CAN OBSCURE WISDOM
Cleverness Can Obscure Wisdom I came across this poignant three minute video yesterday evening: it exemplifies perfectly the danger of a lack of humanity in academic learning. Talk about synchronicity! There is a great difference between how we should … Continue reading
THE OPPOSITE OF DEPRESSION IS DELIGHT
The opposite of depression is delight. It’s Amazing!E ma ho! Delight comes from resting at ease naturally, in an uncontrived state, with whatever happens. Delight is already within us, but we misperceive ourselves. After a day’s fishing, a man was … Continue reading
LOW SELF ESTEEM
Low Self Esteem “Low self esteem!? I thought the idea was to get rid of self esteem!” Our view of ourselves, and the views which we hold, are a hinderance to pure perception – but we do have conventional relative … Continue reading
WE HAVE THREE SELVES
We have Three Selves This is just another way of seeing our make up. Original wakefulness Deluded self image Programmed expression Original wakefulness – pure essence awareness Deluded self image – ego clinging Programmed expression – the vehicle to project … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY IS NOT “AIRY-FAIRY” – IT’S JUST AIRY!
Spirituality is not ‘Airy-Fairy’…it’s just Airy! The reason I write this blog is to offer access to Buddhist teachings – a feel of the teachings and how they work. Of course, there are many teachings available in books and videos, … Continue reading
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RECOGNISING THE DARK IS ‘BEING’ IN THE LIGHT
Recognising the dark is ‘being’ in the light The light is our natural clarity recognising temporary dark confusion. In the relative world, others may seem more knowledgable than us, about this and that. We merely have to recognise our own … Continue reading
TRAUMA IN CHILDHOOD DAMAGES DNA
Trauma in Childhood Damages DNA “A new Tulane University School of Medicine study finds that the more fractured families are by domestic violence or trauma, the more likely that children will bear the scars down to their DNA.” This is … Continue reading
MEDITATING IN AN AVATAR
Meditating in an AvatarNow, more than ever, is the time to meditate. Our bodies are under attack from bad food, bad medicine, bad water and bad electrical atmosphere. Our bodies are stressed out and exhausted: all of these affect our … Continue reading
EVEN THE DHARMA CAN IMPRISON US
Even the Dharma can imprison us The Dharma is the teachings of the Buddha about reality.The reality of the Buddha’s teachings is in the actualexperience. When we are caught up in any activity in the mind, we imprison ourselves.There are … Continue reading
SEEING BUT NOT LOOKING
Seeing but not Looking In meditation, especially in awareness meditation, the body, speech and mind are immobile. Then there is the gaze. The eyes are open, as are all the senses. Not staring: just open. Be aware of your peripheral … Continue reading
BEING ORIGINAL
Being Original Being original is going back the source of inspiration: the origin. The thoughts in our minds are not original, as they are the result of other causes and conditions. To put it bluntly, “We do not have an … Continue reading
MEDITATION – BEYOND JOY AND HAPPINESS
Meditation – Beyond Joy and Happiness I know this is a strange thing to say, but bear with me. Meditation works on three levels: body, mind and spirit.We can meditate to relax and relieve stress – our health.We can use … Continue reading
RE-COGNISE
Re-cogniseTo recognise, is to re-cognise, to know again, to validate. So when we recognise truth this is because we recognise what is already known. That is how we know. We only doubt because of not being quite sure what is … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS BEING ORDINARY
Meditation is Being Ordinary Meditation is just being.That ‘just being’ is being happy.Just being happy is our natural state.Due to this, we naturally love.Because we love, we have confidence, and are therefore compassionate.Meditation is just a reminder of our true … Continue reading
HOW DID EVIL START?
How did evil start? Everything has a cause. We may be able to answer the question “What is evil”if we start with what meditation is.Meditation is simply correcting a mistaken view.Instead of always looking outwards,we turn our attention inwards,to the … Continue reading
HOW WE POISON OURSELVES
How we poison ourselves If we think life is a battle to be won, we will find the world a lonely place. In suspecting everyone and everything we practice the evil art of self preservation. We become nasty, bitey creatures, … Continue reading
‘TO BE’ AWARE OR ‘NOT TO BE’ AWARE
“To be” aware or “Not to be” aware.That is the question! Most of the time, we are unaware of our own awareness.We are a little too busy being aware of something– usually our own puffed-ness – rather than the awareness … Continue reading
THOUGHT IS SAMSARA AND NIRVANA
Thought is Samsara and NirvanaThought is ignorance and emptiness. When we, as empty essence, are snared by thought,we ignore our true natureand so create the illusory appearances of samsara. When we, as empty essence, recognise thought,we recognise our true nature … Continue reading
HEALING THE EFFECTS OF EVIL
Healing the effects of evil Even though evil is a psychological problem, it is dealt with from a spiritual perspective. Evil is that which causes harm. The process of protecting ourselves and others, and thereby healing, is by not consenting … Continue reading
BUDDHA WASN’T BUDDHIST – CHRIST WASN’T CHRISTIAN
Buddha wasn’t Buddhist – Christ wasn’t Christian Within essence there isno see-er,no meditator,no reference point. (Buddha was Hindu and Christ was Jewish!)
THE STEPS TO ENLIGHTENMENT
The Steps to Enlightenment(getting out of a sticky mess) First, recognise that the nature of mind is clarity. It is clear.Second, maintain that clarity, by not clouding clarity with attachments. Our conduct – which is the continuity of clarity – … Continue reading
WE LEARN AND LEARN LITTLE
We learn and learn little. On completing his studies, the wise old master said to the student, “Every situation is an opportunity.” The student went away with joy on his heart. Second scenario. On completing his studies, another student said … Continue reading
TRUTH NEEDS REPEATING
Truth need repeating. The Buddha said, “Do good Do no evil Tame the mind.” This sounds so ordinary, but is so profound. The Buddha knew his statement would last for thousands of years, because of its simplicity and profundity. Every … Continue reading
THE BUDDHA SAID
The Buddha said: “Do good. Do no evil. Tame the mind”. The word Buddha comprises of two syllables:Bud – recognising our awakened nature = Gooddha – purifying defilements in the mind = Evil Taming the mind is recognising our true … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING THE FORMULA
Understanding the Formula To understand the answer we have to understand the formula (the process), or the outcome is meaningless. In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the ultimate answer is 42, which doesn’t make sense without the correct question.It’s … Continue reading
MEDITATION WITHOUT COMPASSION
Meditation without Compassion The whole point of meditation is the release from suffering, not to make us more efficient at suffering. Corporations are using ‘mindfulness meditation’ for their workers, so that they become more effective…at making money. As a banker once … Continue reading
EFFORT
Effort To realise effortless effort, we have to make effort.The Buddha said, “Not too tight and not too lose”. There is a fine line between maintenance and allowing.
How the world has gone nuts!
In the Dharma we talk about Samsara (the vicious cycle of existence), but now we know that there are those who profit from Samsara, making life miserable for others causing suffering. WE CAN NO LONGER IGNORE THIS!
THE STAINLESS SPHERE OF NO CIRCUMFERENCE
The Stainless Sphere of No Circumference This is mind essence. Pure awareness. Sacred space. It is what we are.This stainless sacred space embodies, through ignorance, a temporary form as dictated by karma. Mind essence is pure. Through the bodily senses, … Continue reading
Q. WHAT IS OBSCURING OUR VIEW?
Q. What is obscuring our view?A. Wrong view! We are looking the wrong way. Let’s say ‘mistaken’ view. The problem is that we do not think this is important enough to rectify. We prefer to stick to what we ‘know’. … Continue reading
DEALING WITH KARMA
Dealing with Karma in our Minds, and the Minds of Others Although we create our own karma, which results in ingrained concepts in our mind and limits our view, making us a little neurotic (make that ‘very’ 😉 ), we … Continue reading
TWO THINGS TO UNDERSTAND
Two Things to Understanding Two things to understand:reality, and that which obscures reality. Recognising our absolute natureis not really that difficult.Recognising what is obscuring that absolute natureis not really that difficult. Stopping one’s habitual patterning is.There ‘I’ go again.
THE DISTORTION OF EVIL PART TWO
The Distortion of Evil(dealing with demonic forces) We have to recognise evil in order to know what we are dealing with. Once an obstacle is recognised, it can no longer causes harm in the mind. However, before recognising the obstacle, … Continue reading
THE DISTORTION OF EVIL
The Distortion of Evil (Mundane reality)(actually, evil has no reality!)(but still there is reality within the non-reality!)(This is the Buddhainthedirtyenergy!) Our essential nature – what we truly are – has wisdom qualities: the three kayas, the five wisdoms and the … Continue reading
SELLING OUR SOUL FOR COOKIES
Selling our Souls for Cookies We sold our souls for cookies lifetimes ago, by forgetting who we are. (In this context soul is just a euphemism for our essential nature.) We take our concepts as being real, and because of … Continue reading
THE VALUE OF EVIL
The Value of Evil From a spiritual point of view, our enemy is our best friend.Friends tend to agree with the status quo, but enemies want to provoke reaction. The power of evil is quite mundane, but has the same … Continue reading
DELIGHT IN VIRTUE
Delight in Virtue Virtue is doing good,not doing evil,and taming the mind. To purify our habitual tendencies,delight in instruction to purify our habitual tendenciesand delight in virtue.Then we are spiritual practitioners. “Purify our habitual tendencies” means putting an end … Continue reading
PROTECTION
Protection. Just to clarify, I am not a teacher, but a student who has spent over 40 years studying the subject of spirituality. Of course, it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. Meditation is a practice in stillness. Protecting is … Continue reading
QUESTIONS
I was wondering, if anyone wanted to ask a question, but didn’t want to put a question out in the open. I could create an email address for private questions. If the question is about dharma and not too private, … Continue reading
BE TOTALLY CONFUSED
Be totally confused! In the last verse in one of Gampopa’s prayers he states: “May confusion dawn as wisdom.” That, in a nutshell, is the Buddha’s teaching on the two truths! Our present state of mind is confusion about our … Continue reading
THE BANALITY OF EVIL
The Banality of Evil Evil is an act of deliberately or unwittingly causing harm to others, in body, speech or mind (‘unwittingly’ because at the back of our mind, in our conscience, we know what we are doing but we … Continue reading
KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge. Knowledge is neutral, it is how we use knowledge that matters.If it is used for selfish gains, we end up in mental turmoil.If it is used for gaining wisdom, we end up in inner peace. Selfish gains take no … Continue reading
PROTECTION
Protection Protection comes from the Light of Clarity.Light either clear demons from our mindor makes us demons run away.We have both potentials of Light and Dark within us.This is expressed in our reaction. The recognition of the Darkis our own … Continue reading
PRECIOUS HUMAN BIRTH
Precious human birth. There are an incalculable number of sentient beings on this planet. Anything that moves and makes a decision is sentient..having a mind. Therefore has Buddha nature! Some of these beings are human. Most humans spend their lives … Continue reading
KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge. Knowledge is neutral, it is how we use that knowledge that matters.If it is used for selfish gains, we end up in mental turmoil.If it is used for gaining wisdom, we end up in inner peace
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 