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Spiritual Pride Spiritual pride is the most dangerous of prides. Intellectual pride is pathetic compared to spiritual pride, and physical pride of muscle or wealth is even more so. Spiritual pride separates us from others as we look down on … Continue reading →

“My Mind Is Made Up” Have you made up your mind, or has someone made it up for you? Have you just read something and adopted it? We assume we think for ourselves,but do we have original thought? There is no such … Continue reading →

Clever Things We are very clever creatures who can skilfully create all sorts of beautiful things for others to admire – and there’s the rub*. We become proud of recognising others achievements – even the spiritual achievements of others, where … Continue reading →

What Gives Evil Its Power? Our ignorance. When we ignore evil intent to control, it is we who become the enablers. Evil counts on ignorance to maintain confusion by impregnating the populace with ideas. Evil is anything that causes harm … Continue reading →

An Open Heart Needs An Open Mind An open heart is caring. An open mind is the ability to carry out caring. Unfortunately, just caring is sentimentality, while just having an open mind without caring is coldness. Heart and mind need … Continue reading →

The Buddha’s Teaching Is Psychology The nature of mind. It’s not a religion. It’s not about being holy. It’s not trying to convince people.It’s just revealing that we are, first and foremost, consciousness. We may call it ‘spiritual’, but that … Continue reading →

Having An Attitude Attitude: anything a person holds in mind. It’s obvious that negative thoughts give us a bad attitude which fixes our mind. Positive thoughts, which are just a temporary fix, still bind us. In the first instant of seeing or listening, there is no attitude as … Continue reading →

There Are Other People There are other people who feel the same way as you, not being one of the crowd.  They are rare, and we probably will never meet them, but it’s good to know that they’re there.  You know what I … Continue reading →

Reincarnation – A Recording We encode ourselves because we allow ourselves to be influenced by others, never realising that, in this way, a code can be slipped in, fashioning behaviour. Whether reincarnation is a reality or not, it is still … Continue reading →

Why Meditate? Proper meditation brings a calm spacious mind, where we’re able to cope with anything that appears; we are never panicked, disturbed or alarmed. We are not subject to emotions.  Meditation isn’t adopting a particular lifestyle, typically an unconventional one. It’s a practical … Continue reading →

Letting Go Of The Past It’s obvious that the past no longer exists, but its effects are still felt. This moment that we live in now will, in the future, be the past, and so won’t exist, but its effects … Continue reading →

Clarity Can’t Be A Bad Thing The definition of the word ‘clarity’ is divine splendour; it is that powerful. It’s well worth appreciating. Clarity is being open-minded, willing to consider everything in an unprejudiced way. We don’t have clarity; we are clarity – which is pure consciousness – but … Continue reading →

Writing A Blog Writing a blog is like drawing in a sketch book; through practice and realisation,  realisation evolves. You look back and see what you held on to. Realisation is an ongoing experience. It’s why I cannot write a … Continue reading →

Don’t Try To Understand You cannot think the Dharma. Dharma is pure experience.

Don’t Make A Meal Of The Dharma Don’t make a meal of the Dharma.It will give you indigestion. ‘Make a meal out of it’ is to spend more time or energy doing something that isn’t necessary. Dharma is not a … Continue reading →

What If There Was No Enlightenment Or Reincarnation? If there was no enlightenment or reincarnation, would it make any difference to the Buddha’s teaching? No. The reality that pure awareness is present in an ever-changing world of deception still holds … Continue reading →