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- THE AWE-FUL TEACHER October 10, 2026
- NOT SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES October 9, 2026
- THE CATCH IN THE BARDO = THE WINDS OF KARMA October 9, 2026
- WATERED-DOWN DHARMA October 8, 2026
- THE CONSTANTS October 8, 2026
- GURUS ARE PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE ARE GURUS October 7, 2026
- DOUBT AND CONFIDENCE October 6, 2026
- HAVING SOMEONE TO TALK TO October 5, 2026
- MISTAKING DISTRACTION FOR PURPOSE October 4, 2026
- WE ADOPT A STORY October 3, 2026
- SANITY IS WISDOM October 3, 2026
- SOCIOLOGY AND THE DHARMA October 3, 2026
- LIVING IN OUR BUBBLE October 3, 2026
- FEEDBACK IS VITAL FOR PROGRESS October 3, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS INNOCENT October 2, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE PSYOPS October 1, 2026
- WAKING UP IS DISTURBING October 1, 2026
- FROM SIGHT TO INSIGHT September 30, 2026
- WE KNOW ABOUT PLATO’S CAVE … BUT DO WE? September 30, 2026
- LOST SOUL, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS September 29, 2026
- RITUALISTIC DHARMA AND REAL DHARMA September 29, 2026
- LOVING LABELS – OTHERS’ LABELS September 28, 2026
- THERE IS NO DHARMA, NO BUDDHISM, NOTHING INTERESTING September 28, 2026
- RETREATS, AND GOING FOR A BUN September 27, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE DREAMING? September 27, 2026
- CLEARING AWAY THE DARK IGNORANCE OF MIND September 26, 2026
- IS THE EXOTIC ESCAPISM? September 26, 2026
- WHY DOES LIFE FEEL LIKE A SCAM? September 26, 2026
- KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT COMPASSION September 25, 2026
- BELIEVING VERSUS KNOWING September 24, 2026
- BORN INTO A WAY OF LIFE September 23, 2026
- COMPASSION ONLY FOR THOSE AFAR September 22, 2026
- ARE WE AWAKE OR DREAMING? September 22, 2026
- DID YOU GET WHAT YOU CAME FOR? September 22, 2026
- REALISING THE REAL TEACHER September 22, 2026
- BELONGING TO AN UNSTABLE TRIBE September 21, 2026
- WORDS ARE NEARLY THE TRUTH September 20, 2026
- THE LESS THE JUDGEMENT, THE MORE THE INSISIGHT September 19, 2026
- IF YOU’RE BONKERS AND YOU KNOW IT, CLAP YOUR HANDS September 19, 2026
- THE DHARMA IS IN LIFE, NOT IN A BOOK September 18, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNISING BLIND ALLEYS September 18, 2026
- SPIRITUALITY ISN’T A PERFORMANCE September 17, 2026
- WHY GO ON ABOUT HAPPINESS? September 17, 2026
- TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE? September 16, 2026
- WHY DON’T PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE? September 15, 2026
- DO YOU WANT TO BE A BODHISATTVA? September 14, 2026
- WISDOM IS USELESS UNLESS IT IS PRACTISED September 13, 2026
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? September 13, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING September 12, 2026
- WE ALL HAVE DARK PASTS September 12, 2026
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WORRY
Worry. Worry isolate us. Worry is dis-ease. If we are ill-at-ease Our minds are disturbed. Being at ease is natural. Worry…Anxiety…Fear…Depression…depleted immune system…poor physical and mental health…all these arise from dis-ease. This is our ‘lot’. This human realm is governed … Continue reading
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AKASHIC RECORD
What suffers? Whatever harm may occur in the world, Whatever fear and suffering is felt, Know it is because of ego-clinging. Ego-clinging is a personal identification With whatever happens. Nothing actually happens. We are embodied beings Dwelling for a while … Continue reading
LOVE IS ABSENT MINDED
Love is absent minded. Love is spontaneous and carefree. It’s nothing you do, but are. Love does not seek recognition, it is absent minded. Dignity with no expectation. Repetition. Throughout life we practise our karmic behaviour. If not countered, we … Continue reading
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I LIKE ME
I like me. When I found that I didn’t have fit into others’ expectations, I was free. Why bother? You don’t, that’s why you’re still not bothering. Spirituality does not exist. It only exists when we are still … Continue reading
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OM MANI PEME HUM
There are many tunes to this mantra. Just chose one that suits you. It is the mantra to engender compassion. The first video describes its meaning as well as a recitation. The second video is Imee Ooi, who has such … Continue reading
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APATHY AND EMPATHY
Apathy and Empathy. Apathy is self destroying. Empathy is destroying the self. There is a personal drama unfolding. Apathy does not understand Empathy. Empathy understands Apathy. Waking up means toughening up All we need is to lose the separation. Compassion … Continue reading
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HOW DOES ONE PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF ‘BEING’?
How does one prove the existence of ‘being’? One of the reasons I keep writing is because we have to keep looking at truth from all angles, and maybe a phrase will truly hit home. There could be an crazy … Continue reading
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WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? WHAT ISN’T SPIRITUALITY?!
What is spirituality? What isn’t spirituality?! Sometimes we use the word spirituality in a general way, and so experience, experiencing and experiencer get a bit muddled up, and we end up just sniffing incense! But to be more specific I … Continue reading
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THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
We think the four noble truths are for beginners – they are a lifetimes work!
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THE KEY IS THE REPTILIAN BRAIN
THE KEY IS THE REPTILIAN BRAIN. The reptilian brain is a name for our basic primitive brain, with its basic function to survive – fight, flight or freeze. The term reptilian brain can be misleading, and can become a bogey … Continue reading
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RARE YOGIC MASTERS
This is a rare view of what practise is all about. In the third video notice the eyes or ‘gaze’- that is pure perception.
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EGO
Ego. Ego is just our mind desperately clinging to a self identity, that’s all. It shouts and screams, obscuring pure perception. Pure perception sees through ego’s games. “There I go again!” Little devil… .
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AWARENESS IS LIKE SPACE
n this short video, Tibetan meditation teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche explains how the nature of awareness is like wide open space. By exploring awareness itself, he explains, we come to see that all the fleeting thoughts and emotions that move … Continue reading
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DIFFERENT APPROACHES
This is a very instructive video, showing two different approaches. Krishnamurti with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, part 4 of 5.
EXCHANGING NEGATIVE ENERGY FOR POSITIVE ENERGY
Exchanging negative energy for positive energy. To combat negative energy with more negative energy is foolish: this just makes a bad situation worse. Fighting a concept with another concept results in the the mind never breaking free. Rather, it … Continue reading
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THE LIGHT RECOGNISES THE DARK!
In a funny old way, this crazy world is actually helping us To evolve in the fastest possible way Because this crazy darkness is uncovering the darkness in our own minds. That’s the special quality of the Kali Yuga.
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THE BEAUTY OF THE DARK
We are pure awareness. Sacred clarity. Everything arises within this, and the awareness stays pure. When fixation on appearances within this sacred clarity Obscures pure awareness, Darkness rule. We have two potentials – light and darkness. The … Continue reading
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SATAN IS NECESSARY
Satan is necessary Mara is the Buddhist equivalent of Satan. It is also part of us, and we need it to find the Buddha (‘bud’ means awake, and ‘dha’ means pure, with all karma exhausted). The Buddha describes Mara as … Continue reading
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EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY (2)
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody 2. Everybody said, Nobody should meditate. Somebody asked if Everybody knew if Anybody meditated. Anybody assumed Nobody meditate. And so Nobody did. Somebody asked did Everybody ‘know’, Everybody thought Somebody ‘knew’. Anybody could … Continue reading
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NOBODY, EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY AND ANYBODY
Nobody, everybody, somebody and anybody. I am nobody, Nobody is perfect. Everybody is perfect, But Nobody knows. Somebody knows, That Anybody could be perfect, But Nobody was. I am Nobody, You are too
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STOP THE KILLING!
Stop the killing! Finding yourself, is an impossibility. Not finding a self, is possible. If you find a self, kill it. That which seeks to find, is already found, That which keeps looking will never be found. If you find … Continue reading
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REACTION AND KARMA
Reaction and karma. Just to clarify. If we merely react in a negative way, we deepen the imprint in the mind, and deepen our bad karma. If we do nothing and ignore the situation, we create an imprint in the … Continue reading
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UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Unconditional love. We can spend our precious life looking outside for answers about our true identity, where none will be found. Even if one goes to teachings, but still we have to do the real work ourselves. The answer is … Continue reading
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PROOF THAT THERE ARE ALIENS ON EARTH
Proof that there are aliens on Earth. …….it’s us 😉 ! If we can agree that Essence, and this temporary body, are not the same thing, and that rebirth does take place – then we must have come … Continue reading
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BEING JUDGEMENTAL
Daisy posted a query about being judgemental. Being able to judge if something is correct or not is part of being sentient. We all have a longing for things to be perfect. I know I do, for if everyone was … Continue reading
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JESUS AND BUDDHA
Jesus and Buddha. It could be seen that the Buddha and Jesus say the same things. Firstly, I have to say that, as a Buddhist, I do not believe in God – but I believe in the very nature of … Continue reading
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EVIL
Evil We will all have a problem with this word “evil”, because of our background and education: it is a trick of religion to control and generate guilt. when looking at this word, we have to suspend our preconceived ideas … Continue reading
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MANIPULATING THE POPULATION
Manipulating the population. We all know the old ‘good cop bad cop’ routine. Well, this is exactly what is happening in the world, at both international and local levels. ‘Someone’ has their hands on a metaphorical social-political-military ‘Machine’ with knobs … Continue reading
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KARMIC RECOGNITION
Karmic Recognition Sometimes we hear a name, or a sound, or read a word and it sparks something within us: we may get a tingling sensation of recognition. It could be that we have a karmic connection from a previous … Continue reading
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OM MANI PADME HUM
The following text accompanied the Youtube video: it details the meaning of Om Mani Peme Hung. However, if one just has a sincere feeling of compassion, that is enough. OM MANI PADME HUM ( OM MANI PEME HUNG ) The … Continue reading
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THE DALAI LAMA AND QUANTUM PHYSICS
His Holiness has always been interested in science, as a child he would take watches apart and mend them. This video is an annual meeting with scientist.
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INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM
Teaching have to be logical and provable. The Buddha said, “Only respect my teachings only after your own investigations and experiment.”
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COMPASSION IN ACTION
Compassion in action. Compassion is a tricky subject. We start by being kind to ourselves…”There I go again! But at least I learned something.” We all assume that we are compassionate – until the moment our button gets pressed, and then … Continue reading
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SIX ADVANCED PARAMITAS
Six Advanced Paramitas. There are six aspects that help us on our journey: they are called the six paramitas – generosity, discipline, patience, perseverance, meditation and transcendent knowledge. When we first look at them, they sound straightforward enough. They are practised … Continue reading
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MANTRAS
Mantras. Where science meets the spiritual. A mantra (Devanāgarī: मन्त्र; Tib.སྔགས་ ngak; Wyl. sngags) [1] is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of “creating transformation” (cf. spiritual transformation).[2] Its use and type varies … Continue reading
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HOW ARE THINGS GOING?
Because of all our differences in understanding, and use of language, you may wish to have some expressions that I’ve used redefined, so please do feel free to question. You may want to have the distinction between “perception” and “awareness” … Continue reading
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I AM A BISCUIT
I am a biscuit – I’ll explain. For a biscuit to exists, it needs ingredients – flour, water, sugar, butter – and cooking. Every thing is made up of ingredients, just like a biscuit, and all the components have to … Continue reading
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JUMPY PEOPLE
Jumpy people. This modern world is very alert, very cognisant, and full of jumpy people. We live on speed! This has the effect of making everything seem super real…bigger…faster. It is as if someone has turned the ‘frequency knob’ up … Continue reading
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DESIRE AND FRUSTRATION CREATE ADDICTION
Desire and Frustration Create Addiction There are good and bad things happening in the universe, which we cannot know or do anything about. So there is no point worrying about them. There are good and bad things happening in our … Continue reading
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THE FIVE SKANDA
The five Skanda. In Buddhistphenomenology and soteriology, the skandhas (Sanskrit) or khandhas (Pāli, aggregates in English) are the five functions or aspects that constitute the human being. The Buddha teaches that nothing among them is really “I” or “mine”. The … Continue reading
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MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
This a good insight into mindfulness meditation. The music could seem distracting, but one can incorporate it into the meditation. It’s interesting that she calls this vipassana, when other traditions would classify this is shamata practice. Vipassana is “insight meditation”, … Continue reading
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A MOMENTS MEDITATION
This is a clever little video… I won’t spoil the ending!
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HEALTHY MIND – HEALTHY WORLD
MEDITATION = A heathy mind can help the world.
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THE TWO TRUTHS – TSOKNYI RINPOCHE
Working with a mere “i”, is working with the two truths. That is working in the Dharma.
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THE ILLUSION IS REAL
The Illusion is Real. Anything constructed in the universe is not of a permanent state. At some time every thing breaks down into its subtle elements. So, every thing only has the illusion of reality. The very nature of everything … Continue reading
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“THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES!”
“There are no Absolutes!” “Are you Absolutely sure about that?” It’s an absolute win win situation. If one says, “It is absolutely true that there are no absolutes,” then that is an absolute. If one is not sure that there … Continue reading
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THE ANIMAL REALM- CHOGYAM TRUNGPA
We have spoken about the Tibetan Buddhism six psychological realms. These are the god realm, the jealous god realm, the human realm, the animal realm, the hungry ghosts and the hell realms. I just happened to come across Chogyam Trungpa’s … Continue reading
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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
I found a couple of songs by Joe South that describe the games we play and the lack of empathy in which we engage. The funny thing is that if we listened to the words, we would understand the Buddha’s … Continue reading
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*DHARMA* AND DHARMA
*Dharma* and dharma. The Dharma is the teachings of the Buddha. There is a difference between *Dharma* practitioners and Dharma practitioners – and it’s a very delicate matter. There is theory, and there is experience. Some western Buddhists think of themselves … Continue reading
WAR IS UNNATURAL
War is unnatural. It is an invention of politics, and does not care who wins or loses. “Naturally, the common people don’t want war. Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor America. Nor for that matter, Germany. That is understood. But … Continue reading
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