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- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
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- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
- GHOST IN THE MIND March 10, 2026
- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
- CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION? March 5, 2026
- REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED March 4, 2026
- NICE PEOPLE March 3, 2026
- OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE March 2, 2026
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG March 1, 2026
- WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS February 28, 2026
- THE ART OF LIVING February 27, 2026
- DISSOLVING DUALISTIC MIND February 27, 2026
- EMPATHY FOR STUPIDITY February 27, 2026
- HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED February 27, 2026
- HOW DID IT ALL START? February 27, 2026
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF EXISTENTIALISM February 27, 2026
- THE WISDOM OF FAILURE February 26, 2026
- THE MIND IS A MENTAL SOLAR SYSTEM February 25, 2026
- INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM February 24, 2026
- INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE February 24, 2026
- DANGER WAKES US UP February 23, 2026
- WHEN WE IGNORE EVIL February 23, 2026
- CONFUSION IS MEANT TO CONFUSE February 23, 2026
- A LACK OF CONTINUITY February 22, 2026
- MEMORIES SEPARATE US February 21, 2026
- THE FOUR ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITIES February 20, 2026
- LIVING A SHARED FICTION February 20, 2026
- WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED? February 20, 2026
- DOES RELIGION WAKE US UP? February 19, 2026
- MEDITATION GAZE February 18, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING CONFUSION February 18, 2026
- FRUSTRATED AT BEING FRUSTRATED February 18, 2026
- CYCLES: THE HABITUAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR February 17, 2026
- BUDDHISM AND THE VEDANTA SEE THE UNIVERSE AS INFINITE February 16, 2026
- AI THE NEXT RELIGION February 15, 2026
- WE SHOULD ALL ASK, “WHAT IF I’M WRONG?” February 15, 2026
- NO MORE TO LEARN February 15, 2026
- MISSION CREEP AND SCOPEMONGERING February 14, 2026
- THEY DIM OUR LIGHT February 13, 2026
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT A RELIGION February 12, 2026
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WHAT IF WE SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY?
What If We See The World Differently? Is that anti-social? The Buddha saw that life has meaning. Introverts look inwards; extroverts look out. Are introverts anti-social? We live in confused times.
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HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE’RE RIGHT?
How Do We Know When We’re Right? We are the only ones to know rightness, not intellectually, but in actuality. We can’t rely on anyone else to say, “You’re right.” They can only say, “I found that also.” The indication of rightness … Continue reading
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THE CONSTANT BATTLE OF GOOD AND EVIL
The Constant Battle Of Good And Evil Good and evil have been with humanity for thousands of years. It is a battle between clarity and confusion. Actually, there is neither battle nor confusion when clarity is present. Confusion is an … Continue reading
EVERY EXPERIENCE POINTS BACK TO PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
Every Experience Points Back To Pure Consciousness Every experience points back to pure consciousness.That’s ‘it’. It isn’t the experience that is ultimate truth;that which experiences is the ultimate truth.
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NO WORDS, NO CONFLICT
No Words, No Conflict Of course, we need a few words to get through life, – the same as we need a little ego –but using words to promote ego only leads to conflict. Addiction to words = addiction to conflict. … Continue reading
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INTELLECTUALISATION NEVER FINDS INNER PEACE
Intellectualisation Never Finds Inner Peace Intellectualisation never finds inner peace, only conflict. We become a type – armchair philosophers dwelling in the fabric of the mind. If we don’t practise and experience, we’re in danger of mixing metaphors. This causes … Continue reading
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DON’T ASSESS YOUR WORTH BY OTHERS’ STANDARDS
Don’t Assess Your Worth By Others’ Standards We are all at different stages in the evolution of understanding our true reality. There is no one to impress, as most people are either book-learnt or just follow others. This is especially … Continue reading
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WHAT DOES ONE DO WHEN ONE IS RIGHT?
What Does One Do When One Is Right? That isn’t to say that others are wrong. Things are just right for an individual, and their set of questions. This isn’t ego as we feel confident in the experience of pure … Continue reading
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FIFTY YEARS OF IDIOT MEDITATION
Fifty Years Of Idiot Meditation I spent fifty years of practising without knowing what meditation is really about because it had been coloured by culture. So I dropped the culture and, for the past 11 years, have had freedom from … Continue reading
WE ARE INDIVIDUAL PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
We Are Individual Pure Consciousness “We?” “Individual?”This is our conundrum 🙂 We only have to remember one thing: that every sentient being is individual pure consciousness that hasn’t changed throughout life. It is our constant reality, like space and formula. Once … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS INCONCEIVABLE
Pure Consciousness Is Inconceivable Inconceivable: not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable. To conceive – to form an idea in the mind – is a process that takes time.Pure consciousness is not an intellectual exercise; it is inconceivable in … Continue reading
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BORED AND DISSATISFIED?
Bored And Dissatisfied? Bored and dissatisfied?Good.What is presented as ‘life’ is futile diligence. Religion ties us up in a neat package,and we no longer face the rawness of life.We become lazy. Reality is direct sensory perception without concepts.
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PEOPLE LIKE ME SHOULDN’T KNOW
People Like Me Shouldn’t Know We assume that people who look the part are special, and if we believe, we can be special too. The true route to enlightenment isn’t through belief,it is realising why we are inthe mess and confusion we are … Continue reading
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IN LOVE WITH THE GURU
In Love With The Guru When we fall in love with the guru – a person – we accept everything they say, endowing them with special qualities. By association, we think we have those same qualities, so we’re covering up … Continue reading
BUDDHA & MARA
Buddha & Mara We are both Buddha and Mara: clarity and confusion.Some more, some less. We dwell in a form and mind in keeping with our levels of realisation and delusion.Our Mara side thinks it’s here to entertain itself – … Continue reading
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HOW REALISATION WORKS
How Realisation Works Realisation is an evolving process, while belief is static; it’s at the end before we even start. When we let go of belief, we are in no-man’s-land, and that is the beginning of realising our true potential. When we … Continue reading
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ONE DAY, THE RIGHT WORDS WILL COME ALONG
One Day, The Right Words Will Come Along One day, the right words at the right time and in the right order will come along – and we’ll get it. The right words are … “Don’t believe the words.” It doesn’t matter what people say; the reality … Continue reading
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DO WE HAVE TO LEARN THE DHARMA?
Do We Have To Learn ‘The Dharma’? The Dharma is all about our true reality right now; it’s not about where we came from, and it’s not someone else’s history. We merely have to recognise our true reality of pure consciousness through silent … Continue reading
THERE IS NOTHING NEW
There Is Nothing New We will never hear anything new about our true reality of pure consciousness; there can only be a new understanding for each individual. We all live in layers of mental fixations and confusion which have to … Continue reading
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A STRANGER RESIDES WITHIN OUR MIND
A Stranger Resides Within Our Mind The ‘stranger’ that resides in our mind is a construct that we’ve adopted from birth in order to conform, and it’s caused us inner conflict and suffering ever since. When it’s recognised, this stranger, this self is … Continue reading
IS THE INFLUENCE OF BUDDHA MAITREYA BEING FELT?
Is The Influence Of Buddha Maitreya Being Felt? Is the influence of Buddha Maitreya being felt more than that of Buddha Gautama? Maitreya is the future Buddhawho will come when there’s a need. Maitreya’s teachings will be focused around re-establishing the Dharma on … Continue reading
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EMPATHY
Empathy Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Empathy is not about sharing ideas. A feeling is an emotional state attached to an idea. We all have ideas, but being stuck in an idea causes stress. We can all empathise with stress.
INTERACTION IS THE PATH
Interaction Is The Path The real Dharma is without formalities.It is pure experience. Interaction tests our mind.Is it still reactive? No progress is made without testing.Opening up is the process of clarity. Truth is the natural wisdom of empathy.Communication is … Continue reading
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THE MIDDLE WAY
The Middle Way The middle way is not a philosophical idea to debate; it is the practical psychology of the Dharma and its application, which is actually quite rare. The middle way is between the two extremes of “It’s all … Continue reading
DISMISSING, OR EVEN HATING THE TRUTH
Dismissing, Or Even Hating The Truth “No one is more hated than those who speak the truth.-Plato People hate an absolute truth as there is no getting away from it because it cuts through all assumptions. We dismiss the truth of … Continue reading
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CONTINUATION FROM YESTERDAY …
Continued From Yesterday … All people and cultures have their own temperaments. Some are laid back, some are more devotional, and others are wound up. A spiritual practice has to work for the individual to bring them back to balance; … Continue reading
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ME?
Whatever Happened To Me? ‘Me’ is an idea held in the mind, a conglomeration of adopted concepts and traumas that consciousness believes it is, and which clouds pure perception. This is our guiding darkness. 🙂 Our guiding light, however, is … Continue reading
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FIND THE TEACHER, FIND THE TEACHING
Find The Teacher, Find The Teaching There are many types of teachers – humans, texts, Tathagatsas (the enlightened ones) – but they all lead to the teaching relating to appearances in the mind. We can work on our own – … Continue reading
WE NEED A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE DANGER
We Need A Constant Reminder Of The Danger We need a constant reminder of what is reality, and what seems like reality. When we’re lost in either intellectualisation or vacancy, we forget our reality of pure consciousness in favour of appearances which seem to be … Continue reading
THE TRUTH IS BEYOND WORDS
The Truth Is Beyond Words The truth is beyond words – really! Going beyond the words is resting in original experience, rather than in a facsimile. Once this is experienced, realisation that there is no observer occurs – there is … Continue reading
HIGHER SELF v NO SELF
Higher Self v No Self The idea of a higher Self subtly misleads, and that locks us into intellectualisation. This concept creates a cyclic existence of relating to high Self, low self, high Self, low self … thus, a duality. … Continue reading
WE JUDGE BY OUR OWN STANDARDS
We Judge By Our Own Standards When we judge by our own standards, we reveal our state of mind.
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THE DHARMA ISN’T AN ANCIENT TEACHING
The Dharma Isn’t An Ancient Teaching The Dharma isn’t an ancient text to devour.The Dharma is unpretentious adaptability.
OFFICIAL WISDOM AND UNOFFICIAL WISDOM
Official Wisdom And Unofficial Wisdom Official: having the approval or authorisation of an authority. Official wisdom: the approved version learnt from a book or by word of mouth.Unofficial wisdom: pure consciousness – intuitive, spontaneous, unlearned. How do we tell the difference?One speaks; the other listens.
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PHILOSOPHERS LOVE PHILOSOPHERS
Philosophers Love Philosophers Philosopher: from Greek philosophos ‘lover of wisdom’. A love of wisdom is an infatuation with knowledge, and it’s a dualistic activity. Realisation is knowing that we are already the wisdom of pure consciousness, and that words/ideas in the mind obscure this realisation. Philosophy … Continue reading
KNOW WAFFLE
Know Waffle ‘Spiritual waffle’ refers to speaking or writing in a vague, nonsensical manner without getting to the point. It’s cultural intellectualisation rather than direct teaching, and can provide temporary comfort, but that’s all. As waffle never gets to the point, we keep … Continue reading
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ARE GURUS ACTORS WITH GOOD SCRIPTS?
Are Gurus Actors With Good Scripts?🙂 In all walks of life, we get carried away by words and names. Once these are learnt, we act out our part, constantly referring to the script. Are gurus and students actors with good … Continue reading
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ARE THERE LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS?
Are There Levels Of Consciousness? Are there levels of consciousness?No.There are levels of obscuration. Consciousness is clarity. The unenlightened see obscurations in others.A Buddha sees Buddha nature. (Obscuration: fixating and holding on to ideas and obsessions that have been inserted … Continue reading
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RECOGNISING THE INABILITY TO COMPREHEND
Recognising The Inability To Comprehend Recognising the inability to comprehend is wisdom in action:“What do I say?”In that gap, reflection and insight can arise. That recognition is the beginning of true compassion for self (our mind’s construct) and others (mind constructs). Recognition is … Continue reading
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THE CREATION OF OUR BRAIN ARCHITECTURE
The Creation Of Our Brain Architecture The creation of our brain architectureis the pathway to heaven or hell. The brain is our hard drive; our mind is the software, or memories.Delete the software, and reboot the hard drive to repair … Continue reading
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ULTIMATE TRUTH
Ultimate Truth Ultimate truth – the clarity of consciousness – is ignored daily. We just don’t value the fact that we are fortunate to be here to realise this. It’s not a theory to believe in; it’s the essence of … Continue reading
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REINVENTING REALITY
Reinventing Reality To say that reality is like this or like that obscures the direct vision of pure consciousness which is the only provable reality that never changes. Seeing must obviously come first. As pure consciousness is non-dual, it does … Continue reading
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WHY DON’T WE VALUE OUR TRUE REALITY?
Why Don’t We Value Our True Reality? Do we value our true reality of pure consciousnessor do we value ‘interesting’ phenomena and fantasies more? Valuing that which perceives those ‘interesting’ phenomena and fantasiesis the essence of wisdom: our ultimate reality of … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING AND NOT UNDERSTANDING
Understanding And Not Understanding Understanding isn’t accepting and repeating a set of words and beliefs that saturate the mind. Understanding comes from raw practice, and direct insight into the nature of mind; without this, we’re guessing. Hearsay is gossip – … Continue reading
WHAT IF THERE WAS NO RELIGION?
What If There Was No Religion? It’s an old question. Even if there was no religion, there would still be conscious awareness for, without that, nothing could be known. The essence of all beings is conscious awareness. Why make a … Continue reading
WHY WRITE?
Why Write? So much is pointing us in an opposite direction. By becoming caught up in the form of life – conforming by performing – we may doubt what we are and what we’re supposed to be doing. I’ve always … Continue reading
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EVIL DOESN’T KNOW IT’S EVIL
Evil Doesn’t Know It’s Evil Evil doesn’t know it’s evil;it thinks it’s righteous. Confusion obscures clarity.Clarity is insight.
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WHY THIS SITE ISN’T PUBLICISED
Why This Site Isn’t Publicised This site isn’t published or promoted as it’s not of general interest. Society is made up of individuals who are fixated on ideas, blurting them out and running away. They are wannabes – they want … Continue reading →