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- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
- THE AI LAMA March 11, 2026
- 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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GENUINE SEEKERS ARE NON-CONFORMISTS
Genuine Seekers Are Non-Conformists We have to be! Genuine seekers of ultimate truth find that they are non-conformists. They don’t choose to be so, but find conforming to social mores limiting (as any sane person would 🙂 ). Mores: manners, customs, … Continue reading
THAT FARAWAY LOOK
That Faraway Look If someone has a faraway look, it’s as if they are not with us, or aware of what’s happening around them. They are distant, remote, dreamy, absent-minded, living through their memories. This faraway look has ramifications. When we … Continue reading
IS RELIGION THE OPPOSITE TO TRUTH?
Is Religion The Opposite To Truth? Without knowing it, is religion the antithesis of what it purports to be – the arbiter of truth? Thinking the unthinkable … A person may have realised the absolute truth, but the words that person … Continue reading
WHO KNOWS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH?
Who Knows The Ultimate Truth? The Buddha! Jesus! Plato! Confucius! My Guru! My Lama!How do you know they know the truth? The only person who can know the truth is you.You authenticate whether their words are the truth.Don’t rely on them.🙂 If … Continue reading
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THINKING WE KNOW THE TRUTH IS CORRUPTION
Thinking We Know the Truth Is Corruption The ultimate truth cannot be comprehended or grasped mentally. Whenever we do this, we corrupt the pure experience. Comprehend: Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.Corrupt: Latin corrumpere ‘to mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor-‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’. Pure consciousness is beyond words, definitions, and long, … Continue reading
TEACHINGS ARE EVERYWHERE
Teachings Are Everywhere Inner peace in contrast to inner reaction. Every time anyone speaks, it’s a teaching.How?People reflect the misinformation taught to them. Every time we react to someone speaking, it’s a teaching.How?We lose our inner peace. Everywhere, we see … Continue reading
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WHAT’S THE BEST FEELING?
What’s The Best Feeling? Finding out! … Realisation! … Clarification! … Validation! … Verification!😀 It’s not about being told something, it’s about realising it. That is totally satisfying. Finding out doesn’t mean we have to then do something with it by adorning … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM: SEEKING VALIDATION
Our Problem: Seeking Validation Validation: recognition or affirmation that our feelings or opinions are valid. This state of mind keeps us needy, insecure, defensive and aggressive. It’s our Achilles Heel, our weak spot. In the ordinary run of things, this is the way in which we conform. Someone says, … Continue reading
WE CAN’T STOP THE WORLD
We Can’t Stop The World We can’t stop the world (people believing what they believe) and we can only get off at death, but we can be slightly out of synch. We don’t want to be totally at odds with … Continue reading
WORSHIPPING A.I.
Worshipping A.I. If we think A.I. (artificial intelligence) is nothing to do with us, then we’re already in its domain. “Don’t be daft! I know the difference between what’s real and what’s not real.” Books have done the same thing for … Continue reading
I DON’T BELONG HERE
I Don’t Belong Here Do you ever get that feeling? We do belong here as this is our karmic destination, but once our karmic load lessens, we are no longer part of the illusory social fabric that binds us all together. The … Continue reading
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FORGETTING OUR BASIC GOODNESS
Forgetting Our Basic Goodness Just seeing without an opinion is the basis of goodness – we haven’t judged yet. That ‘just seeing’ is pure consciousness as opposed to our usual consciousness which identifies with thoughts and our rules of engagement. … Continue reading
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REALISATION IS LIKE A BONFIRE
Realisation Is Like A Bonfire Realisation is like a bonfire; at the right time, the wood ignites, and burns itself out! The sap has dried up. Likewise, all our opinions and beliefs dry up, and burn themselves out. At the … Continue reading
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MEDITATION DOESN’T MAKE US NICE PEOPLE
Meditation Doesn’t Make Us Nice People In fact, we can become cold. Even though we meditate, we still have to deal with our attitude – that aspect of our mind that thinks it’s special, and has to protect itself. That … Continue reading
THE ONLY MYSTERY
The Only Mystery The only mystery is that people want to believe there’s a mystery. People like intrigue; we comment on it, claim it, and believe it. Why?We cannot handle the simple truth. Intrigue: early 17th century -‘deceive’, ‘cheat’ from French‘to tangle, to plot’, from Latin intricare which was influenced by a later French sense … Continue reading
WE’LL NEVER GET THE ULTIMATE ANSWER FROM THE INTERNET
We’ll Never Get The Ultimate Answer From The Internet Why not?It’s not enlightened. It’s all a simulation.Even the Buddha’s words are a simulation and cannot enlighten. The ultimate answer is our reality of empty awareness.Suck it and see. The only … Continue reading
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TWEAKING REALITY BY GASLIGHT
Tweaking Reality By Gaslight We are constantly being tweaked – change slightly – in order to comply with being made more correct, effective or suitable. But for whom, and for what purpose? We are tweaked to ignore that which is … Continue reading
ADVANCED MEDITATION
Advanced Meditation Advanced meditation?Drop it. Keep on dropping it. Meditation is merely a method to remember that we are awareness. Empty awareness. Once we remember, we drop the method as there is absolutely no point in holding on. Once we forget, … Continue reading
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DON’T LOVE YOUR SELF; APPRECIATE IT
Don’t Love Your Self; Appreciate It Your self. Your! Do you get it This self is not what you are;it’s a programme you’ve acquired and believe in. You are pure consciousness – the very essence of pure mind. Self is a construct in … Continue reading
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WE ARE ALL FANATICS
We Are All Fanatics Fanatic: a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause … or appearance, intelligence, skills, status, family, sport, films, books … or we are perceived as fanatics by not conforming to the above list. If we disagree with a left-wing government, … Continue reading
WHAT IF YOU CAN NO LONGER BELIEVE?
What If You Can No Longer Believe? What if everyone else is right in that they just believe? We can either give up, or see what remains after belief. It’s interesting that belief is an idea that comes from others. … Continue reading
HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET
How Quickly We Forget How quickly we forget – and how quickly we can remember –the first instant of perception. That is the puzzle we live in. That instant of remembering is our reality of pure consciousness. This is the eternal … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL CONSUMERISM AND MATERIALISM
Spiritual Consumerism And Materialism We are being played, made fools of, tricked without realising it. It’s easy to fall for shortcuts to ‘heaven’ – “If you do this and this, you’ll get this.” Get what? There is a saying, “If … Continue reading
THE HISTORY OF STUPIDITY
The History of Stupidity It all starts off with a belief in an illusory self, a mental attachment of consciousness to an idea of something out there. This duality – me and something else – is what causes confusion and … Continue reading
TRUTH IS NOT A RELIGION
Truth Is Not A Religion Truth is not a religion, or an academic theory. Our essential nature is not a religious thing; it is the followers who turn it into something religious. We are consciousness, aware of whatever is taking place … Continue reading
THE CLARITY THAT DISPELS CONFUSION
The Clarity That Dispels Confusion We look at the world, and we are confused.We look at the mind that looks at the world, and we are confused. What looks at the world and the mind, isn’t confused.It is merely distracted, and believes … Continue reading
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OUR SUPERFICIAL EXISTENCE
Our Superficial Existence Our superficial existence is, “Oo… that’s interesting!” 😀 Our life appears to be true or real only until it’s examined more closely; we come to realise that it not complete, and our superficial knowledge lacks any depth of compassionate understanding. As long as we have toys to … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS SHOULDN’T BECOME A RELIGION
Pure Consciousness Shouldn’t Become A Religion Pure consciousness should never have become a religion or a philosophy. It is what we are already, not what we can become. Rituals and academic understanding are props and supports. These systems are a … Continue reading
COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT FOR THE UNIVERSE
Complaints Department For The Universe We all want someone to complain to!The complaints department is in our own mind. Any sentient beings one billion billion light years away in infinite space have the same problem as us – not knowing … Continue reading
WHY WRITE SO MUCH?
Why Write So Much?😀 The world is full of lies, deceit and corruption that have sequential knock-on effects on ordinary people. We are so used to not knowing the ultimate truth that we live uncomfortably with this corruption, and become … Continue reading
MAKING OUR CONNECTION
Making Our Connection When we open to the possibility of realising absolute truth – and that there is such a thing – we have taken our first steps on our path to enlightenment. We start to express ourselves commensurate to … Continue reading
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HAVE THEY LOST THE PLOT?
Have They Lost The Plot? They haven’t lost the plot – we have.Their plot of corruption is going very well. The plot is to stop us from knowing what we truly are. When things are going wrong, we complain, gossip, tell-it-like-it-is, … Continue reading
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WE DON’T HAVE TO BECOME A TYPE
We Don’t Have To Become A Type Becoming a type is an act. So-called ‘spiritual’ people are duped into making a peculiar display of elitism and aloofness, which gives rise to a lack of empathy. This is not spirituality; it’s … Continue reading
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MISSING THE POINT
Missing The Point Missing the point –the point of awareness. Awareness is the moment now, but for most people, awareness is captured by thoughts and emotions about the world around them. What we think we know creates pride. What we miss … Continue reading
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NIHILISM = NO PURPOSE: ETERNALISM = CREATING A PURPOSE
Nihilism = No Purpose: Eternalism = Creating Purpose Understanding people. Nihilism is a philosophical and ethical stance which holds that nothing in the world has any meaning, value, or purpose. Eternalists create their own transitory purpose or meaning. A nihilist … Continue reading
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WE COME WITH A MANUAL
We Come With A Manual We come with a manual;it’s called ‘self’ – a karmic instruction programme. Ordinarily, we hear the word self, and just get on with it,believing that is all we are. Realising that this idea of self … Continue reading
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HOW DO WE GET TO HEAVEN – OUR HAPPY PLACE?
How Do We Get To Heaven – Our Happy Place? We have to die first – not physically but self-ishly.Drop self-importance, and there we are.We can all do that right now. We merely have to look and see how simple … Continue reading
THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE
The Centre of The Universe You are the centre of the universe! The centre cannot be anywhere else; the universe is infinite, so there is no centre. It’s not in space or another dimension. It’s not on a mountain, inside … Continue reading
MORAL CODE
Moral Code What sort of moral code do we have? One: Survival of me and mine?Two: Understanding the nature of reality for all = empathy? There are many degrees of knowing right from wrong. We have to constantly check our … Continue reading
THE SADDEST THING
The Saddest Thing The saddest thing is people spending their lives without knowing their true reality, and then dying. The sadness is in seeing that people are constantly engaged in entertaining their minds, filling up that precious space of pure … Continue reading
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THE BUDDHA STUDIED THE UPANISHADS AND VEDAS
The Buddha Studied The Upanishads And Vedas The Buddha wasn’t Buddhist. The texts he read were the teachings of the Upanishads and Vedas, but books are only the beginning. Our journey starts by being open, inquisitive and skeptical towards whatever we … Continue reading
EVIL MIMICS
Evil Mimics Evil has no originality; it mimics reality – it copies, interprets, and elaborates. Evil uses whatever is available, just like a comedian, to entertain us and direct our attention. This is why it’s easy to fall into the … Continue reading
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WHAT DOES REALISATION MEAN?
What Does Realisation Mean? Realisation is personal verification, and meditation is the method for verification. Realisation is not regurgitation – the repetition of information without analysis or comprehension. When people start knowing through experiential practice rather than believing, the world will be a better place; … Continue reading
THERE’S A DANGER WHEN TALKING ABOUT TRUTH
There’s A Danger When Talking About Truth There’s a danger when talking about truth – and that includes this blog. When we talk about ultimate truth, this isn’t the truth. The truth is personal discovery, uncovering our actual reality through experience. When talking about the … Continue reading
ARE WE INDIVIDUALS OR PART OF A WHOLE?
Are We Individuals Or Part Of A Whole? It’s up to each individual to come to their own conclusion.😀Some believe we’re part of something, while others see that we are individuals – like everyone else.😀 When we realise that we can’t … Continue reading
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THE ACCELERATION OF STUPIDITY
The Acceleration Of Stupidity When people cannot think, they judge. Thinking is spontaneous reasoning.Thoughts, on the other hand are regurgitated memories by which we judge, creating a judgemental mentality. I once asked a psychologist, “What is your job?”She replied, “Getting people … Continue reading
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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. 