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- THE SECOND COMING May 14, 2026
- THE TENDER TRAP May 14, 2026
- SUPPRESSED KNOWLEDGE May 14, 2026
- TIMELESS TIME May 13, 2026
- IS MEDITATION ENOUGH? May 13, 2026
- EARTH: THE HISTORY OF EVIL May 12, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WAS A WEIRD ONE May 11, 2026
- PATHOS IS THE PATH TO ENLIGHTEMENT May 10, 2026
- IS PREDICTION POSSIBLE? May 9, 2026
- WORDS CONTROL OUR MIND May 8, 2026
- THE WORD WEIRD IS WEIRD May 8, 2026
- WHAT IF WE’RE ALREADY ENLIGHTENED? May 7, 2026
- THE MEANING OF LIFE May 7, 2026
- PURIFYING THE MIND May 6, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE PURIFYING? May 5, 2026
- THE MIRROR, MIND ESSENCE, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS May 5, 2026
- THE TRAP OF DISPLAY IN DZOCHEN AND KABBALAH May 5, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN UNENLIGHTENED WORLD May 4, 2026
- GO FORTH AND SPARKLE May 4, 2026
- EVERYONE KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG May 4, 2026
- ORDINARY REALISATION FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE May 4, 2026
- THE TWO STUPIDITIES May 3, 2026
- WHAT KNOWS? May 2, 2026
- WHAT TO DO AFTER REALISATION May 2, 2026
- OUR LIFE IS A PREDICTIVE SCRIPT May 2, 2026
- ALIENATION May 1, 2026
- WE GET OLD BECAUSE WE STOP PLAYING May 1, 2026
- INFINITY CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED May 1, 2026
- THE HEART SUTRA May 1, 2026
- THE SPIRITUAL INNER CIRCLE May 1, 2026
- SPIRITUAL JOBSWORTHS May 1, 2026
- WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG? April 30, 2026
- OUR MORAL LANDSCAPE April 29, 2026
- FOR COMPASSION, WE NEED EMPATHY April 29, 2026
- COMPOS MENTIS – NON-COMPOS MENTIS April 29, 2026
- CONQUERING THE UNIVERSE April 28, 2026
- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT April 26, 2026
- WE FEAR COMMUNICATION April 25, 2026
- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
- THE ASPECTS OF SELF April 24, 2026
- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
- OUR FABULOUS TEACHER April 21, 2026
- THE NON-PERSON MOMENTS April 21, 2026
- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
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IS MEDITATION SPECIAL?
Is Meditation Special? Special: better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual. From Latin specialis, from species appearance’ When we sit in meditation, do we feel special? No, of course not. If we did, we’d be Mara – an enlightened ego making a show. If we think meditation … Continue reading
DHARMA, DRAWING AND EVERYDAY LIFE
Dharma, Drawing And Everyday Life There are two modes of being: practice and manifestation. As an artist, I’m going to start with drawing, as this illustrates the analogy. There are two reasons to draw; one is to do an accurate, … Continue reading
THE SADDEST THING
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.
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BEYOND MEMORIES
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
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WHAT IS UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS?
What is Universal Consciousness? Is it God, a universal principle, or the laws of nature? This depends on our level of understanding. Whatever it is, the idea causes confusion and conflict. We have to ask, does this universal principle have other … Continue reading
MENTAL RESIDUE
Mental Residue Residue: a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone. We may have come to a conclusion about our reality, and have even got our emotions are under control, but we still feel something isn’t right. This is a residue in the mind from the … Continue reading
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THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT WAY
There Is No One Right Way Each of us has our own personal problems, our own individual fixations, our own confusion. That is our path to resolve. The destination will be the same – the realisation that we are pure … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING MISUNDERSTANDING & MISUNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING
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
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EACH GENERATION IS INDOCTRINATED
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
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THE DHARMA – CORRECTING MISUNDERSTANDING
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
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STILL STUPID AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Still Stupid After All These Years😀 When we think that we know, this is merely a repetition of learnt facts and fossilised ideas. Actual knowing is in the present moment, when we let go of trained thoughts and look again. … Continue reading
SUDDENLY, THE WORDS MAKE SENSE
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
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THE INQUISITION AND FREE SPEECH
The Inquisition And Free Speech An Inquisition was a procedure where the authorities could initiate, investigate and try cases, with the aim of combating heresy, apostasy and blasphemy by disbelievers who were considered to be deviants. If we don’t see this coming, then we are already self-censoring through small … Continue reading
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GET THE BIG PICTURE
Get The Big Picture We need to get the big picture before we get into the details. Essence before form. When we become wrapped up in rituals, we ignore what it’s all about. We are pure consciousness. That is the big picture, … Continue reading
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ONLY WANTING TO HEAR GOOD THINGS
Only Wanting To Hear Good Things This is especially so with ‘spiritual’ people. When we become dissatisfied with ordinary life, we look for something better, seeking a positive outlook, and to hear only the ‘good’ news. This is Mara activity, … Continue reading
HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE ARE AWAKE OR NOT?
How Do We Know If We Are Awake Or Not? Asking that question is a good start.🙂 When we are in repeat mode, we are living in the mind’s dogma, and function on a mechanical level, following a dream; certain people … Continue reading
BEING BOUND TO A TEACHER
Being Bound To A Teacher Being bound to a teacher not only creates and maintains a duality, a dependency, it is not the way or culture of modern life. The point of having a teacher is to show the student … Continue reading
WHICH PATH?
Which Path? We are all already on a path of self-discovery that we are not this self. Every path is unique. We do not have to join a religion or a philosophical group, or go to a temple or a … Continue reading
ONCE WE ARE AWAKE, WE ARE FOREVER AWAKE
Once We Are Awake, We Are Forever Awake Awake: knowing what we are before an identity.Asleep: believing we are an identity. This is what Plato’s (428–347 BC) allegory of shadow puppets in a cave is all about. This illustrates how we … Continue reading
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OUR PATH OR THE PATH?
Our Path Or The Path? Since humans inhabited the world, so did Mara.Mara is Sanskrit for demonic mind,and Mara likes world just the way it is, in chaos and confusion. Thinking we can put the world right is part of … Continue reading
IT MATTERS
It Matters It matters what we think, what we say and what we do. If we merely go through a routine and function on that habitual level, we are in a dream state. We need to break the pattern – … Continue reading
EVIL DISTORTS THE TRUTH
Evil Distorts The Truth There are three laws that control the universe, and every sentient being in the universe: desire, aversion and indifference – attraction, repulsion and inertia – fight, flight and freeze – hope, fear, and ignorance – like, … Continue reading
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CONFIDENCE AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE
Confidence And Lack of Confidence This is a difficult subject to read and to write about. There are two ways of looking at confidence, one from a practitioner’s point of view (someone who is aware of consciousness) and the other … Continue reading
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WORSHIPPING SOMETHING ‘HIGHER’ THAN OURSELVES
Worshipping Something ‘Higher’ Than Ourselves A hierarchy creates a misguided view and a separation.Hierarchy: from Greek hierarkhēs ‘sacred rule’. This is political positioning, keeping us in our place. Appreciating someone who has more knowledge or wisdom is beneficial to our understanding, because we already … Continue reading
HOW INTELLIGENT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE?
How Intelligent Are We Supposed To Be? If it’s material intelligence, then we need a high I.Q. If it’s social, then none at all. If it’s about consciousness, we need E.Q. E.Q. – emotional quotient or emotional intelligence – is the ability … Continue reading
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CONDUCT: BECOMING AN EMPATHETIC DIPLOMAT
Conduct: Becoming A Empathetic Diplomat A person who can deal with others in a sensitive and tactful way. Realising our ultimate essence is a piece of cake compared to watching our conduct. We actually ascend the levels – the yanas – through our conduct, knowing the … Continue reading
FEELING JADED?
Feeling Jaded? Jaded: bored and lacking enthusiasm; had too much of something. Spiritually speaking, we can feel a bit jaded after too many lectures, words and rituals where we hope that, by attending, we’d understand more, we’d note an improvement, we’d see it’s … Continue reading
“HMM – PERHAPS I’M WRONG?”
“Hmm – Perhaps I’m Wrong?” I ask this question every morning, noting that awareness still remains.That cannot be wrong. Some believe this awareness is just chemicals in the brain.Some believe we are created. We each have to decide,and live by … Continue reading
SPACE, CONSCIOUSNESS AND TIME
Space, Consciousness And Time If we wave our hand around in front of us, the space doesn’t change, does it? That which perceives this unchanging space doesn’t change either, does it? Time only relates to things in space and memories … Continue reading
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WHO DO WE TRUST?
Who Do We Trust? Trust: belief in someone or something: acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation. So trust is synonymous with belief. In this world, we accept a situation because others do, reassigning responsibility for our life to others. Even the Buddha said, … Continue reading
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AFTER REALISATION
After Realisation What should life be like after the realisation of our true being? Life is just as it is, with all its karmic load. But now, that karmic load is our undoing.😀 Our karma – our attitude – shows pure … Continue reading
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WHY KEEP GOING ON ABOUT THE MOMENT NOW?
Why Keep Going On About The Moment Now? Why keep going on about the moment now?Boring! Truth is all about the spontaneous moment now. It’s true because it’s always present! Everything else is a temporary phenomenon, a trifle (from old French trufe: ‘deceit’). … Continue reading
WANTING SOMETHING WE’VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE
Wanting Something We’ve Never Heard Before Wanting to hear something we’ve never heard before means that we don’t understand what we’ve already heard. We want something exotic, something special, something that takes us away from the mundane. If we think … Continue reading
LOOK AT THE CAUSE, NOT THE EFFECT
Look At The Cause, Not The Effect Treating the effect will not change the cause. This is how we’re trapped in ignorance, and why we are in the state we’re in. We feel unhappy so we try to make ourself … Continue reading
WHY DON’T WE LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE?
Why Don’t We Like Certain People? Why don’t we like certain people?And conversely, why don’t they like – or ignore – us? We can feel uncomfortable around them, and they us. We see a person in the street, and we … Continue reading
THE GREAT DEFAULT
The Great Default We are constantly being reset to default, our manufacturers’ preselected option. 🙂 Default: a computer programme or other mechanism reverting automatically to a preselected option. From Latin fallere ‘disappoint, deceive’. You’ve heard of Build Back Better, The Great Reset, The New World Order, Heresy Laws, Non-Crime … Continue reading
DEVIATIONISM
Deviationism The action of departing from an established course. Long ago, humans knew the absolute truth of their reality, which was – and is – pure consciousness. What has happened since then? We changed course to adopt forms, words and materialism. That was the deviation – from … Continue reading
CONFUSION RULES
Confusion Rules You can manipulate all the people some of the time,and some of the people all of the time,but you cannot manipulate all the people all of the time. We can only be released from foolishnesswhen we know we … Continue reading
ENMESHED
Enmeshed Enmeshed: in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape. Just like the ‘news’.🙂 When we are entangled in the contents of the mind, we’re caught and held. Thoughts are like entertainers that keep us occupied to the … Continue reading
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ISN’T LIFE FRUSTRATING?
Isn’t Life Frustrating? 🙂 Life is frustrating because we all have different points of view due to our different background experiences (karma) and different levels of understanding (reduction of karma). We can only go so far in a conversation, and … Continue reading
FEEDING A.I.
Feeding A.I. The theft of the century is the relentless pursuit of personal information to feed artificial intelligence (A.I.) that will then be repurposed to gain greater wealth and power. Any bit of information can produce masses of information about an unsuspecting … Continue reading
BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS IS BEING AWAKE
Being Fully Conscious Is Being Awake This isn’t being religious, and there’s no assumption that we are awake. “I am awake!!”Yes, the I is activated. We’re talking about consciousness before we start thinking and talking. Wakefulness is awareness beyond body and mind, … Continue reading
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WE BECOME A TRANSCRIPT
We Become A Transcript We become a transcript– don’t be so sure that we don’t! When it comes to the mind, we either mimic others or we can know how our mind works on its own. Copying something isn’t the … Continue reading
ACTUATING REALISATION
Actuating Realisation When we realise our true reality, we have arrived at what we’ve been looking for all of our life. This realisation is the purpose of life. After decades of meditation which led nowhere and had become just a … Continue reading
WARPED CONSCIOUSNESS
Warped Consciousness Warp: to make or become bent or twisted out of shape, as a result of manipulation, corruption, perversion. We use the word ‘consciousness’ generically to describe perception, as in “I have perception”, or “I have consciousness”. That word have is the warp factor. There is a choice.If we have … Continue reading
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WE SEE WHEN WE ARE READY TO SEE
We See When We Are Ready To See We see when we are ready to see– and that can be at any moment, even right now. When we stop looking for something interesting and just see, we realise the clarity … Continue reading
ZERO TOLERANCE
Zero Tolerance Zero tolerance makes people’s lives intolerable. It is anti-compassion, demanding total compliance. This is what an A.I. digital world would look like. If people go along with this system, they will suffer under an artificial intelligence. The mantra … Continue reading
TOO SPEEDY TO NOTICE
Too Speedy To Notice We are too speedy to notice our true reality. Every moment whooshes by with something to do or talk about. Whooshing and clarity aren’t accommodating bedfellows. 🙂 The silent clarity of absolute truth goes unnoticed in … Continue reading
CONFLICT IS DHARMA
Conflict Is Dharma Dharma is looking another way. This is the age of conflict – the Kaliyuga. There are many teachings out there, but the really practical teaching is within, in our conflicts with the world and others. In practical terms, conflict … Continue reading
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. 