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Existentialism Is A Misnomer Existentialism: a philosophical theory which emphasises the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. The misunderstanding here is that it makes us believe we have … Continue reading →

Blaming The Distraction There is suffering in the world, and we blame the effects but not the actual causes. Nothing just happens; problems are orchestrated by the ‘right elements’ in order to create suffering and produce a desired effect. Why? … Continue reading →

Is Enlightenment Simple, Or Out Of Reach? Enlightenment’s simple. There is nothing to it! 🙂 If we become stuck with the idea that our true reality is something out of reach, extra special, secret with complicated rituals, we will remain half-hearted about … Continue reading →

Leaving the Auditorium We live in a theatre, repeating our script every day, and making our entrances and exits. Karma sees to it that we are always on cue, our signal for reaction. All the while, we misuse the space … Continue reading →

Once We Realise The Truth Once we realise the truth, we realise what is a substitute for the truth.

The Pointing Out Instruction And The Realisation (Previous pointing out instruction at https://buddhainthemud.com/?s=the+pointing+out+instruction) The way we hear this will depend on our being mentally uncluttered, having the right intention, and being totally confused (which means we aren’t holding on to any … Continue reading →

The Satisfaction of Accuracy  We all have different levels of satisfactionbecause of different levels of accuracy. This is why one person’s satisfaction is another’s poison.That same poison, conversely, is another’s satisfaction. Negative emotions (poisons) become wisdom. The more accurate we … Continue reading →

We Grow When We Feel Uncomfortable We are sensitive creatures living inside a hard shell.Times of stress signal growth; we evolve through adversity.  If we yearn for a pleasant life,and have people only say nice things about us,we cannot grow.Ego … Continue reading →

Dealing With Vacancy In Meditation In meditation, it’s easy to fall into a state of vacancy – a not knowing, that creates sleepiness. Merely be aware of that which is aware of this state; that is our true reality. We … Continue reading →

Stupid People Don’t Have A Problem Ignorance is bliss.🙂 It’s we who have the problem … that’s if we’ve recognised how stupid we’ve been. We cannot engage with stupid people, because we will always be talking at cross-purposes or with contrary intentions. Unable … Continue reading →

The Requirement Of Sanity  Sanity is the ability to reason how this self is constructed, and what is actually observing this process. Insanity is adopting others’ thoughts as the basis of our thinking. Self is a construct of traumatic insanity, … Continue reading →

Spirituality Without Religion Spirituality is personal endeavour. Religion is group guided. Pure consciousness is our spiritual reality. Religion is belief in our spiritual reality. Having experienced suffering, we can empathise with how depressing it is.Belief in suffering is guessing, which lacks empathy.  There is a big difference between spirituality and religion.

The Saddest Thing The saddest thing is not being able to resolve differences with others. Even if we do talk, old influences block the way.  This is the saddest thing we have to live with.

Beyond Memory The more we learn, the more we fill our minds with acquired memories, the cleverer and more special we think we are, and the more we become baffled as we’re fascinated by ourselves. Memories are that baffle, preventing … Continue reading →

Understanding Misunderstanding & Misunderstanding Understanding When we realise that the world (people) is crazy, everything makes sense. This isn’t some cute saying on a t-shirt; it’s the Buddha’s teaching. Pure consciousness sees that we are governed by our mind’s likes, … Continue reading →

Each Generation Is Indoctrinated Each generation is indoctrinated to rebel against the previous generation or culture. This how the world’s instability is maintained. There is always something ‘old’ to rebel against – a ‘new’ cause – which is the continuous … Continue reading →

The Dharma – Correcting Misunderstanding The Dharma corrects any misunderstanding of reality. The Dharma is definitely not about just acquiring answers, and then believing or assuming that we know. That is a misunderstanding; the academic way is reliant on words … Continue reading →

Suddenly, The Words Make Sense We have known words all our life. We’ve known about the words because of what others say, but suddenly we know what they mean, and how they work.  Why do we suddenly know? Goodness knows – it just happens. … Continue reading →