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PEOPLE ARE SCARY

People Are Scary  Scary = alarming. Alarm heightens awareness. People are extremists.Our reaction to people is the teaching.

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MARA’S WORLD

Mara’s World Awareness: “It’s What We Have, To Do Things With”. That is what most of us think and, as a result, we ignore our true reality. People become competitive, outdoing one another and creating conflict. We either believe in … Continue reading

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CAPTIVATED BY STORIES

Captivated By Stories We are captivated by art, music, films, books, news, religion, sport, science, politics, conversations … all telling stories about the past. It’s a mental prison that we’re proud to repeat. Consciousness captured, we are a constant audience. … Continue reading

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WORDS ARE DREAMS

Words Are Dreams Words are not reality. Undressed awareness is.  Words are a dressing that covers a wound.The wound is belief in words. Words are not reality. Undressed awareness is. 

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ANYONE CAN LEARN THE DHARMA

Anyone Can Learn The Dharma Anyone can learn facts about the Dharma and sound authentic, but do they have insight? We so easily fall into line with anything exotic – from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’ – because we’re dissatisfied with our life, and so we’re looking … Continue reading

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THE DEGENERATION OF THE DHARMA

The Degeneration Of The Dharma The degeneration of the Dharma in degenerate times.\As foretold by Padmasambhava (circa 8th – 9th century). Degenerate: the change from a higher to a lower form. There is definitely a decline in society, with social unrest orchestrated by … Continue reading

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‘PATH’MEANS LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING

‘Path’ Means Levels Of Understanding Our path is not one idea, one identity that we carry along with us. Our path is a continuous refinement of understanding, which means constantly dropping what we thought we knew, and the type of … Continue reading

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SHATTERING YOUR COMPOSURE

Shattering Your Composure If your composure can be shattered, it’s fake. However, at that very moment when we are in shock, a gap arises. This is emptiness. Pure consciousness. Our composure is fragile until we have no self to maintain. … Continue reading

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BEING A CONSTANT PESSIMIST

Being A Constant Pessimist Pessimism: a belief that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over goodness. Being governed by negativity, we will find fault in everything – except ourselves – as we … Continue reading

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THE TRAUMATISATION OF HUMANITY

The Traumatisation Of Humanity Throughout history, humans have been traumatised by information/news/entertainment, which is programming that leads us away from our true reality. Unable to feel content, we constantly look for something different, and become addicts of the new. This … Continue reading

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TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTIVITY

Transmission And Receptivity No communication, no transmission, no reception,no spontaneous insight, no magic, no open mind, no blessings. An open mind clears all channels.

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THERE IS NO DHARMA IN THE PRESENT MOMENT

There Is No Dharma In The Present Moment In the present moment, there is nothing to hold on to – not even the Dharma, words, devotion …These separate us into a duality – me and something. The greatest trick evil ever … Continue reading

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WHAT IS WELL-BEING?

What Is Well-Being? Knowing is well-being. Wanting to know about truthindicates that we don’t know the truth. We are merely being occupied by words and concepts. Reading texts, and attending lectures and retreats means that we doubt. When we know the truth of our … Continue reading

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BEING TAKEN OVER

Being Taken Over Capturing the mind en masse is a war we never noticed. We don’t notice that we’ve been taken over by a gradual cultural change until it is too late. When people have taken on ideas, they’ve have … Continue reading

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WHAT PEOPLE SEE AND DON’T SEE

What People See And Don’t See Which is more amazing –what people see, or what people ignore? Magic is the art of deception. It has captivated and enthralled us for over 2,500 years. The first recorded magic act was by the magician … Continue reading

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WHAT IS ‘GOING WITH THE FLOW’?

What Is ‘Going With The Flow’? Whatever comes our way is due to our previous decisions that cause our re-actions now. It’s our programmed mindset, which is called karma in Sanskrit. Karma is showing us our judgemental re-actions which just create further … Continue reading

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WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT?

What Is More Important? What is more important,our thoughts or the awareness of those thoughts? One is our original reality, while the other is our interpretation, which is either a generalisation or a fantasy.  One is the common element that unites … Continue reading

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WHAT IF ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T…

What If Enlightenment Isn’t … What if enlightenment isn’tas supernatural as we’re led to believe? There are stories. We like stories. This isn’t meant to be detrimental to religion, but there is essence in the teachings of compassionate wisdom, and then … Continue reading

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IDEAS SEPARATE PEOPLE

Ideas Separate People It’s obvious that ideas separate people, but we still cling to our ideas.Why? It’s a habit, and it’s wilful – this is me, that’s you – so we appear to different, while in essence we’re not. We … Continue reading

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MATERIALISTS AND NON-MATERIALISTS

Materialists and Non-Materialists Materialists are never satisfied. Non-materialists recognise that there is no satisfaction in materialism.  Materialists are fascinated by matter and the manipulation of matter. Non-materialists recognise that matter is merely a vehicle. Materialists want a ‘perfect’ world and are zero-tolerant; … Continue reading

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LED ASTRAY

Led Astray “Woe to a world that leads people astray!” Leading people led astray is making them believe something that’s not true, causing them to take wrong decisions. In order to be led astray, something has to be believable – not … Continue reading

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EXISTENTIALISM IS A MISNOMER

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

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BLAMING THE DISTRACTION

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

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IS ENLIGHTENMENT SIMPLE, OR OUT OF REACH?

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

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THE ANCIENT TEACHINGS AREN’T ANCIENT

The Ancient Teachings Aren’t Ancient The ancient teachings on the ultimate truth about our reality aren’t ancient, they are timeless. The ultimate truth is here right now, the very essence of all sentient beings. It is the actual meaning of … Continue reading

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OMNISCIENCE – KNOWING EVERYTHING

Omniscience – Knowing Everything An enlightened being is said to be omniscient. What does that mean?  Realisation is obviously not beyond humanity, as all sentient beings have the potential to become enlightened.  It’s also obvious that enlightenment is beyond ordinary, … Continue reading

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YOU HAVE TO BE VERY INTELLIGENT

You Have To Be Very Intelligent You have to be very intelligent to realise how stupid you are. You have therefore transcended your stupidity.🙂 Never underestimate stupidity;it is the cause of suffering.

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THE ‘NEWS’ CREATES EMOTIONS

The ‘News’ Creates Emotions Be very aware when the ‘news’ creates high emotions – it’s meant to. ‘News’ is psychological manipulation to stir up the mind. This is why the ‘news’ media and the internet bombard us with ‘interesting’ things that … Continue reading

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BELIEF IS ADDICTION

Belief Is Addiction Belief is addition, and we are born into addiction. Ideas are beliefs that we adopt and become addicted to; these are then considered to be more important than friendship. We don’t like people who don’t believe what we … Continue reading

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LEAVING THE AUDITORIUM

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

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MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL

Making A Mountain Out Of A Mole Hill Making a mountain out of a mole hill is an exaggerated belief that misinterprets the reality, thus making too much out of minor issues. This is how Mara (demonic mind) subtly works. … Continue reading

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ONCE WE REALISE THE TRUTH

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

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THE THING ABOUT REALISATION …

The Thing About Realisation … The thing about realisation … it’s spontaneous. Realisation isn’t a learnt thing that we carry around – one formula which suits all.Spontaneity is the present moment now, without ideas or judgments, just perception. In emptiness we … Continue reading

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THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION AND THE REALISATION

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

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REALISATION ISN’T COMPLICATED

Realisation Isn’t Complicated We don’t have to learn special words or special rituals, or acquire mannerisms – ordinary gestures or expressions that become abnormal through exaggeration or repetition. Such behaviour makes us rigid, and separates us from others. Realisation is knowing our true reality … Continue reading

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THE MIND ISN’T A BAD THING

The Mind Isn’t A Bad Thing It’s holding on to the thoughts in the mind that makes us fixated, addicted and in conflict with others. When we do this, we cannot think or act clearly.

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INFINITY CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD

Infinity Cannot Be Understood We cannot truly understand infinity due to a limiter – ideas and words – in our mind. How can words describe infinity? It’s because we live in concepts that we can’t comprehend that there can be … Continue reading

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THE SATISFACTION OF ACCURACY

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

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WE GROW WHEN WE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE

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

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DEALING WITH VACANCY IN MEDITATION

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

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STUPID PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM

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

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DOES CONSCIOUSNESS CARE?

Does Consciousness Care? There are those who think consciousness has no morals. That is Mara at work. We are consciousness, and there are two aspects to us/consciousness; ordinary, contaminated consciousness and pure, uncontaminated consciousness. This is the proverbial struggle of good … Continue reading

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WE INHERIT BELIEF

We Inherit Belief Belief’s not something we’re born with. Once we inherit, we think we are normal – while we’re anything but normal. 🙂 The news and social chatter sees to it that the world is one huge, global echo-chamber. … Continue reading

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EVEN WITH PROOF

Even With Proof Even with proof that we cannot be anything other than pure consciousness – that which is staring at what is staring us in the face 🙂 – we still revert to a habitual way of thinking, due … Continue reading

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HOW THE MUNDANE AND SUPRAMUNDANE WORK

How Mundane And Supramundane Work The mundane and supramundane work in the same way as the exoteric (information for the many) and the esoteric (the truth realised by the few). This is the difference between knowing the truth personally, and … Continue reading

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MUNDANE AND SUPRAMUNDANE CONSCIOUSNESS

Mundane And Supramundane Consciousness Mundane consciousness is attached to ideas in the mind.Supramundane consciousness is our pure state, before the creation of ideas.  Mundane consciousness cannot see supramundane consciousness, but supramundane consciousness can see mundane consciousness. Some traditions call these self and … Continue reading

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FALLING INTO ADDICTION

Falling Into Addiction Falling into addiction – it’s easily done.Whatever we’re bound to, we become addicted to. When we’re bound, we stick. Addiction: physical and mental dependency, habit, compulsion,  fixation, enslavement. This is what happens to consciousness when we identify with an idea. Even the words of the … Continue reading

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INNER AND OUTER LIFE

Inner And Outer Life Our outer life is knowing about things and people; it’s all very interesting and stimulating. Interesting: arousing curiosity; holding or catching the attention. By holding on to fascinating facts, we limit complete understanding by being fixated. We may think that, if … Continue reading

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THE REQUIREMENT OF SANITY

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

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SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT RELIGION

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.

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