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- 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
- 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
- IT’S AN ANCIENT TRICK March 18, 2026
- 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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PURITY
Purity. Acquiring purity is impossible.Essence is already purity.There are merely sedimentsfloating around essence. I once observed a dance by young Tibetan nuns in Nagi Gompa near Kathmandu. They did a Cho dance, with damaru drums (12” drum with a handle, … Continue reading
I’M CONFUSED
I’m confused “I’m confused,about the truth.”Show me your confusion. “I’m confused about how to thinkabout the truth.”Don’t think anything. “No, no, I don’t know what to do,about finding the truth.”Recognise the awareness of whatever comes up. “No, no, I … Continue reading
PADMASAMBHAVA CONDENSED INSTRUCTION PART 4
Padmasambhava’s final condensed instruction to Dakini Yeshe Tsogyalfrom Dakini Teachings, Rangjung Yeshe Publications Part 4 [This is the end portion of Padmasambhava’s teaching to Yeshe Tsogyal. I hesitate to put it on as has a ‘Samaya Seal’ on it. However, … Continue reading
PADMASAMBHAVA CONDENSED INSTRUCTION PART 3
Padmasambhava’s condensed instruction part 3. [Precision in recognising, takes careful awareness.] …”All experiences of rainbow lights are the natural forms of your own mind. All the peaceful and wrathful forms are the natural forms of your mind. All sounds … Continue reading
KNOWLEDGE AND IMAGINATION
Knowledge and Imagination. From an ordinary point of view, knowledge is experience gained from information. From an extra-ordinary point of view, knowledge becomes wisdom – when one recognises one’s true nature and that of everything else. From an ordinary point … Continue reading
SOLVING PROBLEMS
Solving problems. If you are having a problem with someone, remember, it is you who is having the problem. People are the way they are because that’s the way they are. In samsara there will always be irritations: irritations is … Continue reading
PADMASAMBHAVA PART 2
Padmasambhava’s final condensed teachingpart 2. [This could be rather unnerving if it’s the first time you have heard such a description. It is said that our awareness out of the body is nine time that of being in the body, … Continue reading
GETTING PERMISSION TO EXPRESS
Getting permission to express. A couple of years ago, while on an intensive retreat, during a Yidam deity practice, and after much doubt and questioning, I realised that the three Kayas were none other than the so-called poisons, and vice … Continue reading
DAKINI TEACHINGS OF PADMASAMBHAVA
Padmasambhava’s final condensed instruction to Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal from Dakini Teachings, Rangjung Yeshe Publications [We should continually return to the authentic ancient teachings: please note that content in the [ ] is my – hopefully clarifiying! – commentary] Lady Tsogyal: “I … Continue reading
THE PRECIOUSNESS OF A HUMAN BODY
The preciousness of a human body. Although we speak about this body and mind being an illusion, it is still very precious and should not be taken for granted. When we think of all the sentient beings (that’s anything that … Continue reading
BREAKING THE PROGRAMMING
Breaking the programming. From childhood, we are bombarded with subtle traumas, even in game play and interactions. Every time we react, this increases our karma. Karma is the result, or imprint, left in the mind, due to our fixations, … Continue reading
AM I THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE?
Am I the centre of the universe? When you think about it, life is all about me.We know this ‘me’ isn’t real, so, no one else’s me is real either.Are we alone with our projections? Yes and no. Relatively it’s … Continue reading
DHARMA; COMPLEX OR SIMPLE
Dharma; complex or simple. Un-fabricated naturalness is our being: it is being ordinary – purely being there. That is the key. If we are not being ordinary, we are being something else – complex. Ordinary being is our original state. … Continue reading
OVER-STIMULATION
Over-stimulation. We are embodied beings in an over-simulated environment. Our whole essence is spiritual. Through ignorance of not recognising our true nature we inhabit a body, with sensitive senses and minds. Somehow we have to balance respect for this relative … Continue reading
ADDICTION
Addiction. We are all addicts. This human realm is created by desire. We find it difficult to get what we want, so we get frustrated. That leads to more desire, which leads to addiction…! The causes of addiction are the basic … Continue reading
MARA – DEMONS
Mara – Demons Mara are demonic influences that create obstacles for practice and enlightenment. Mara symbolises one’s own ego-clinging (consciousness-clinging) and preoccupation with the eight worldly concerns: Attachment to gain, pleasure, praise and fame.Aversion to loss, pain, blame and bad … Continue reading
THE FOUR TYPES OF SPIRITUAL TEACHERS
The four types of spiritual teachers. 1. The first teacher is the person who directly points out the essence of your mind. 2.The second teacher is a lineage scriptorial teacher (person or text or manual to study). 3.The third teacher is … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING, RECOGNISING AND RESTING
Understanding, Recognising and Resting. Understanding is knowing. Recognising is awareness. Resting is Shunyata (emptiness). No doing is involved. Merely understand, recognise and rest. In other words, look, see, drop! The pointing out instruction. Understanding is knowing the nature of whatever … Continue reading
DOUBT
Doubt. I doubt.It is not the I that doubts –there is no I to doubt.Doubt reveals the confusion.Doubt is both wise and silly. With doubt, we know that something is wrong, so that’s good. But let’s be clear here: the … Continue reading
TRUTH IS NOTHING ELSE
Truth is nothing else Truth looked outwith panoramic vision,seeing but not looking,and at peace. One dayTruth’s focus narrowed and looked:simultaneously,attraction and repulsion were born.And so, the universe was created. Focusing on the universe,Truth ignored panoramic vision,and the karmic cloud of … Continue reading
I CANNOT SEE THE TRUTH
I cannot see the truth. It’s Truth that sees an I where no I exists. I gets in the way of Truth. A non-existent I cannot see Truth. Whenever an emotion arises, Truth Awakens, and so does an I. Pride … Continue reading
There is hope for the future!
There is hope for the future when a twelve years old, understands the situation, better than the people running the country. With this boy and others like him, the world WILL BE a better place. Thank you young man. May … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL INFORMATION AND STUDY
Spiritual information and study. Study is acquiring teachings, reflecting, experiencing and turning the information into knowledge. Through study, we can join up the dots, and recognise the complete picture of the nature of mind. It goes without saying that meditation … Continue reading
DESERVING TO RULE THE WORLD
Deserving to Rule the World. I have wondered for some time about the connection between Spirituality and the Rulers of the World, and yes! There is one, and it’s subtle – and ordinary! It seems that they both deal with … Continue reading
EMOTIONS ARE UNRECOGNISED EXPRESSIONS OF ESSENCE
Emotions are unrecognised expressions of essence. Essence has three qualities Emptiness, Cognisance and Unlimited Compassion. From this five other qualities manifest as mirror-like wisdom, all-accomplishing wisdom, discerning wisdom, wisdom of equality, and all-encompassing space. These five qualities are known as … Continue reading
SPACE CANNOT VANISH
Space cannot vanish. As space cannot vanish Essence-emptiness cannot either. Within space anything may be accomplished within empty essence anything may arise Space is pure. Empty essence is all accomplishing purity Perhaps MC Hammer was right “Can’t touch this!”
APPRECIATION TAKES TIME
Appreciation takes time. When we hear teachings, we can take them for granted, assuming that they will always be freely available to us (by ‘freely’, I mean accessible). These teaching are the path to enlightenment: they are sound, complete and … Continue reading
PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
Psychology and Psychiatry The problem with modern psychology and psychiatry is their attempt to normalise already deluded minds into maintaining their delusion. Both professions are concerned with ‘mental disorders’. The problem is, how do they know what a mental disorder … Continue reading
A WORD OF WARNING
A word of warning. Padmasambhava said, “Though your view is higher than the sky, keep your deeds finer than barley flour.” He is talking about receiving exalted teachings on the view, but not caring about our conduct. As Tulku Urgyen … Continue reading
DEALING WITH NEGATIVITY
Dealing with negativity. This is a fundamental, vast and complex subject. It is to do with open-ness and closed-ness – clarity and confusion. There are two aspects to negativity: one is directed at ourselves, and the other, towards others. Just … Continue reading
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Who guards the guards?
WHO GUARDS THE GUARDS? High level surveillance is being used to spy on the ‘guards’ who spy on us. Why? There is only one reason: blackmail. Blackmail is the control mechanism to keep people in their place – to maintain … Continue reading
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LOOKING FOR A HIGHER SELF
Looking for a Higher Self. The truth is at the beginning, middle and the end. There are many levels, each using the same words, but the meaning changes – perception refines – the cloud clears. Truth shines though all the … Continue reading
TIME AND SPACE
Time and space. From an absolute point of view, time does not exist. It only relates to things that change, and space cannot be said to exist or not exist Here we are going to talk about relative time and … Continue reading
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CONSCIOUSNESS
Consciousness. This is a very tricky subject. It’s a word that can have different meanings, depending who is using it. Some people may use the word ‘consciousness’ to mean our absolute nature, whereas others may use this word as a … Continue reading
ALIENS FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION
Aliens from another dimension. It’s us!We are not what we seem to be.We are not of this physical dimension. Awareness is the bridgebetween this limited dimensionand beyond. This awareness travelsthe universelooking for its home. Finally, awareness looks in on … Continue reading
THE BUDDHA WAS WRONG
The Buddha was wrong. The Buddha was wrong. Laugh…….! The Buddha only teaches about suffering. Laugh…….! I know more than the Buddha. Laugh…….! Is the Buddha wrong? Or is it our misunderstanding? The Buddha only taught the cessation of suffering. … Continue reading
EXPECTING MEDITATION TO GET BETTER
Expecting meditation to get better. We expect meditation to get better, but find nothing happening and get disheartened. We hear all sort of stories about meditation but nothing happens to us. We just sit. And nothing happens. We see all … Continue reading
Understanding the West today.
To understand the western world, and the psychology behind it, there are two books to read: George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldus Huxley’s Brave New World. These two men were members of the Fabian society, so these are not just stories. Orwell’s … Continue reading
DON’T BE SO BUDDHIST
Don’t be so Buddhist. Don’t be so Buddhist. Be yourself. Be relaxed. You don’t have to be like anyone else. It’s not about acting a certain way. It’s about deepening our understanding. Being relaxed about being ourselves and expressing love. … Continue reading
THERE IS NO BAD MEDITATION
There is no bad meditation. When cognisant emptiness is recognised, there is no bad meditation: everything that arises is within emptiness. “I can’t meditate!” “Why is that?” “Too many thoughts.” “But you are aware of the thoughts, right?” “Of course!” … Continue reading
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THE JOY OF DISCOVERING AN UNTRUTH
The joy of discovering an untruth. The only thing better than discovering truth, is discovering an untruth. Personal opinions are accompanied by self interest. Truth is accompanied by compassion. As scientists we are happy to eliminate what is untrue, to … Continue reading
THE ALIEN QUESTION
The Alien Question. We experience what we believe.We believe what we experience.We believe what we believe.What we believe, we become……and the mind can be Photoshopped! We are all aliens: embodied sentient beings. If we recognise that we are not this … Continue reading
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STILL PUTTING ‘THINGS’ OFF?
Still putting ‘things’ off? A man called Longchen Rabjam meditated for many years, under an overhang in a cliff in the mountains. He only had a hemp-cloth sack as clothing and bedding. Every day, when he went to urinate, he’d … Continue reading
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Not all conspiracies are theories.
This shocked me. There are two types of people is this world – those who know and those who do not. Of course it all depends on what they think they know…! This video is about the death of Michael … Continue reading
WHAT CREATED DELUSION?
What created delusion? Our present moment of delusion is created by the previous moment of delusion. That how it works. It becomes a pattern of behaviour – a personality We are deluded about our true nature. Once we recognise our … Continue reading
ARE WE ALL HYPNOTISED?
Are we are all hypnotised? Perhaps we are all hypnotised? Self hypnotised? And, perhaps meditation is the way out of this trance, if viewed properly with true compassion. Taking anything seriously only deepens the trance. Ignorance of the true qualities … Continue reading
WHAT THE BUDDHA MEANT TO SAY
What the Buddha meant to say. You are fake. Your reaction is fake. Your pure awareness of that fake reaction is real. 🙂 .
BUDDHA ESSENCE IN A NUTSHELL
Buddha Essence in a Nutshell and we’re the nuts… Our true nature is awareness, pure awareness. That’s what we are! However, most of the time, we are something else: occupied, vacant or asleep. And so we are not aware of … Continue reading
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. 