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- WHIMSICAL DHARMA October 28, 2026
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- NOTHING TO DISCUSS? October 26, 2026
- WHAT REALLY IS HAPPINESS? October 25, 2026
- WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE DISLIKED October 24, 2026
- DHARMA ISN’T SOMETHING RIGID October 24, 2026
- SKY DANCER / SPACE GOER October 24, 2026
- THE VOICE OF THE SUBTLE BODY October 23, 2026
- LIFE SEEMS LIKE HELL, BUT IT’S ACTUALLY A BLESSING October 23, 2026
- DEMENTIA AND CONSCIOUSNESS October 23, 2026
- BEYOND COMPREHENSION October 22, 2026
- BEING AWARE OF AWARENESS VERSUS BEING AWARENESS October 21, 2026
- BEING TAKEN IN BY DAILY LIFE MAINTAIN THE ILLUSION October 21, 2026
- POINTING TO CONSCIOUSNESS AND MISSING THE POINT October 20, 2026
- WE DON’T HAVE TO BE GREAT MEDITATORS October 19, 2026
- THE MIND IS FULL OF ILLUSIONS October 19, 2026
- INTERACTING WITH MENTAL BOUNDERIES October 18, 2026
- ARE WE THE BADDIES? October 18, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW YOU AREN’T BRAINWASHED? October 18, 2026
- THE FINGER POINTING TO THE MOON October 17, 2026
- WHAT IS PROXY? October 17, 2026
- THE PROXY TRAP October 17, 2026
- THE WORD CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT IN ANY BIBLE October 16, 2026
- BEING WATCHED, BEING PREDICTED October 16, 2026
- THE STATE OF OUR MIND October 16, 2026
- THE MORE WE REALISE, THE MORE EVERYONE IS STRANGE October 15, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE TO NOT KNOWING IS KNOWING October 15, 2026
- TENACITY REWARDS October 15, 2026
- TOO DRY OR TOO WET October 14, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INTELLECTUALISM October 14, 2026
- OUR LIFE IS THE RESULT OF OUR PAST DECISIONS October 13, 2026
- THIS WILL EITHER LIBERATE OR … ? October 12, 2026
- WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN … October 12, 2026
- THE MOST PROFOUND ADVICE October 11, 2026
- CONFIDENCE HAS NO ATTITUDE October 11, 2026
- THE AWE-FUL TEACHER October 10, 2026
- NOT SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES October 9, 2026
- THE CATCH IN THE BARDO = THE WINDS OF KARMA October 9, 2026
- WATERED-DOWN DHARMA October 8, 2026
- THE CONSTANTS October 8, 2026
- GURUS ARE PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE ARE GURUS October 7, 2026
- DOUBT AND CONFIDENCE October 6, 2026
- HAVING SOMEONE TO TALK TO October 5, 2026
- MISTAKING DISTRACTION FOR PURPOSE October 4, 2026
- WE ADOPT A STORY October 3, 2026
- SANITY IS WISDOM October 3, 2026
- SOCIOLOGY AND THE DHARMA October 3, 2026
- LIVING IN OUR BUBBLE October 3, 2026
- FEEDBACK IS VITAL FOR PROGRESS October 3, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS INNOCENT October 2, 2026
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TO BE INFERIOR OR NOT TO BE INFERIOR
To Be Inferior Or Not To Be Inferior Relating to gurus and lamas shouldn’t be like relating to a leader of North Korea; bowing and scraping and prostrating is totally unnecessary, and shouldn’t be encouraged – it’s a form of … Continue reading
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IN CLARITY, THERE IS NO DOUBT
In Clarity, There Is No Doubt How can we have no doubt?When there is just perception, just seeing, that is clarity. Doubt is being unsure about whatever is being seen; we are dubious and confused, but the pure seeing is still present. That is … Continue reading
THE ONE RING
The One Ring “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.”– Tolkien Ring: rank, belonging to or constituting a group or class. Is it making sense now? When we become attached to … Continue reading
TALKING OUT DHARMA PROBLEMS
Talking Out Dharma Problems If we don’t talk about our problems, we just become a Dharma automaton. We may learn words and phrases, but we have no practicality in benefitting others; just following by rote is self- obsession. Through questioning … Continue reading
THE POINTING OUT AND THE REALISATION
The Pointing Out And The Realisation Become aware that, although there are comings and goings in the mind, there is that which never changes. This is the pure observation of consciousness. Our original being is without thought; it is clarity … Continue reading
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FINDING OTHERS IN THE LIGHT
Finding Others In The Light Finding others in the light of reality is a rare event. Everyone is the light but they don’t know it as either their interests lie elsewhere, or the light has been formalised, dwelling in dim ideas, … Continue reading
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NEVER THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER
Never Think You Know The Answer Never think you know the answer.You are the answer! Thinking that we know is Mara activity, demonic activity, where we just go round and round in conflicting circles in pointless, polemic, controversial debate or dispute. … Continue reading
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FEAR AND HOPE IN SPIRITUAL GROUPS
Fear And Hope In Spiritual Groups Adoration is spiritual materialism. It’s the eternal play of hope and fear – hoping to be accepted, and fearing rejection. We fall into acting, while the essence of the teaching is to know thy self thy … Continue reading
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BELIEF AND AWARENESS
Belief And Awareness Belief and awareness are not the same. Belief is an idea in the mind that we accept without empirical experience. Pure awareness is empirical experience. Belief is an idea, a fantasy that gives rise to many opinions. Pure awareness is pure perception, pure … Continue reading
STILL THINK YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD?
Still Think You Can Change The World? Even a Buddha can’t do that. Wanting to change the world is futile diligence. What are you going to put in its place? People will continue to blame and complain, because they don’t … Continue reading
TO BE HINGED OR UNHINGED
To Be Hinged Or Unhinged To be hinged or unhinged; that is the question. Whether to suffer the unhinged or, by opposing, become hinged. Whether to assume we are normal or to question this ‘normality’. We all assume that we are … Continue reading
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BEING OUT OF SYNC
Being Out Of Sync We read or hear words, but they don’t quite hit the spot. Why not? We’re all at different stages of evolving/awakening; the words stay the same, but our understanding is out of sync. There is recognition, … Continue reading
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WHAT’S INSIDE COMES OUT
What’s Inside Comes Out If we have wisdom, that’s what comes out.If we have hatred, that’s what comes out.If we have indifference, that’s what comes out. Whatever’s inside comes out.
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AWAKENING CONSCIENCE
Awakening Conscience Conscience is where our morals should come from. Conscience isn’t personal likes and dislikes; that is one-sided judgement. To awaken conscience, we need to know what is good and what is evil. Conscience indicates the presence of compassion for those who must endure suffering in the world, … Continue reading
MYSTICISM
Mysticism Mysticism: Transcending ordinary human understanding. A sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination concerned with spirit, rather than with material things. Whether mysticism is a mystery or not depends on our understanding When we wake up from our idealistic dream to our reality of pure … Continue reading
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WHY WE DON’T PERCEIVE REALITY
Why We Don’t Perceive Reality Reality – which is pure consciousness – has been sidetracked due to education, society and the media to see through a veil of concepts-restrictions. Concepts alter our pure perception. As long as we go along … Continue reading
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WHAT ARE WE PROUD OF?
What Are We Proud Of? We’re proud of our menu of ideas.Menu: from Latin, minutus, ‘very small’. Pride is our personal dungeon of existence.What are we trying to impress? Others’ menus.😀
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TERMINOLOGY OBSCURES EXPERIENCE
Terminology Obscures Experience We become proud of the words we use and that, in itself, is our problem. We should choose words carefully. Terms such as ‘suffering’, ‘clinging’, ‘grasping’, can suggest something extreme, when the experience and cause is much … Continue reading
WE ARE BOUND BY WORDS
We Are Bound By Words We are bound or restricted by words,limiting the thoughts, feelings and actions,which separate us. An genuine smile and a genuine ear unite us, and we are not doing or saying anything. Unity is effortless.
EMPTINESS IS THE ULTIMATE IN SOPHISTICATION
Emptiness Is The Ultimate In Sophistication Emptiness is the ultimate in sophistication.There is nothing more sophisticated than pure awareness. Like infinite space, it contains everything.The essence of mind is total openness,without exaggerations.
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THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG ISN’T THERE?
There’s Something Wrong, Isn’t There? There’s something wrong, isn’t there?Or are things going right? It all depends on one’s point of view. If we are evil, things are going right.And if we understand about cause and effect, things are going right. … Continue reading
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BUDDHISM ISN’T ANTI-LIFE
Buddhism Isn’t Anti-Life Buddhism is living life to the full, experiencing everything that comes our way as our teacher. Life teaches us something when perception is fully open. Buddhism isn’t about suffering; it is the path to alleviatesuffering, dissatisfaction, conflict, confusion … … Continue reading
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HAVE YOU EVER MET ANYONE …
Have You Ever Met Anyone … Have you ever met anyone you can truly talk to? People talk about anything but actual reality. To truly talk, we have to step outside the cycle of speculation. Gaining confidence is expanding our horizon … Continue reading
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IT’S ALL A COVER-UP
It’s All A Cover-Up It’s all a cover-up.“What is?”Our true reality. We live in a make-believe world, where truth is rarely spoken. We may talk about a cover-up, but do we know what the cover-up is covering up? As long as we … Continue reading
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MY TURNING POINT
My Turning Point My turning point was when I realisedthat the Dharma is within,and isn’t reliant on anything or anyone external. The Buddha was right. The external is a starting point to realising that corruption and the path are the same … Continue reading
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THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF EXISTENCE?
The Vicious Cycle Of Existence? The vicious cycle of existence … really? The phrase ‘the vicious cycle of existence’ is an idiom that is trotted out all the time among Buddhists. Do you ever wonder why we say things – or rather repeat things … Continue reading
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REFLECTIONS
Reflections Inner reflection is like being given advice, not from an external source, but from the mind itself. We are assailed by both pleasant and unpleasant experiences but, in the first instant before we designate the occurrence as nice or … Continue reading
IF WE ALL COME FROM ONE SOURCE …
If We All Come From One Source … If we all come from one source,what source would that be? What qualities is this source projecting?Are people a representation of that source? We’re in constant conflict with one another.Does this represent … Continue reading
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WE ARE CLOSER THAN WE THINK
We Are Closer Than We Think How many people are stuck in their minds, in memories and illusions obscuring the present? This is the sad world we live in but, at the same time, it’s also enlightening because we see … Continue reading
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IT TAKES A CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE TO REALISE THE TRUTH
It Takes A Contemplative Life To Realise The Truth We cannot realise our true essence or compassion from a book or a chat. Realisation is difficult to talk about as people usually want an immediate answer. Much depends on the … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS IS SUPERIOR TO THOUGHT
Consciousness Is Superior To Thought We meditate to realise our true reality beyond words. Realisation allows consciousness to sparkle. Words about consciousness are vulgar intellectual repetitions; whether these are speculative theories or beautiful poetry, words create emotions. Words take us away from our … Continue reading
WHY ARE THINGS GOING WRONG?
Why Are Things Going Wrong? Have you considered the fifth column(s)?The means behind the scenes.Whatever is happening will happen anyway; it always has. “A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favour of an enemy group or another nation. “Their activities can be overt or clandestine, and can involve … Continue reading
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THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC
The Esoteric And The Exoteric Eso = within. Exo = without The esoteric:No words. Just silent experience. The exoteric:Words are splintered,causing confusion and conflict. Truth is never out there.
WE MISS THE FORMLESS
We Miss The Formless Our essence is formless, without features.Form comes from words and rituals. In sticking to the form, we ignore the formless. Essence is silent awareness.Its qualities are clarity and compassion.
FREE WILL
Free Will Free will means free consciousness. It’s not a matter of being free to choose, as that is determined by our minds’ judgements, based on preconceived ideas. Free will is being free of everything.
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EVIL TAKES NATURALLY OCCURRING EVENTS …
Evil Takes Naturally Occurring Events … Evil takes a naturally occurring eventand exaggerates it to manipulate, which will cause conflict. The natural occurring event is compassionwhich becomes my compassion, my caring.
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ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW OUR DREAMS …
Encouraged To Follow Our Dreams … Our dreams are just desires.Desires hold us spellbound. We just deal with whatever comes our wayrather than chasing sentimentalities. Our way is our path.
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LOSING THE CONNECTION
Losing The Connection When we lose the connection with reality, we lose the connection with each another. The ability to connect has nothing to do with ideas or culture.It is knowing our commonality of pure consciousness. Realising this connection is the … Continue reading
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WE THINK WHAT WE THINK MATTERS
We Think That What We Think Matters We think that what we think matters.What actually matters is realising what thinks.🙂 The mind does not think: it’s just memories and bits of information.The essence of mind is pure consciousness; it’s what … Continue reading
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RELEASE FROM MADNESS
Release From Madness The definition of madness is that it’s a mental disorder, a behavioural pattern that causes distress or impairment of personal functioning. From this definition, we can see the various levels at work. That is to say,we’re all a bit mad in someone else’s eyes.🙂 … Continue reading
WHY ARE WE OFFENDED?
Why Are We Offended? We’re offended because we don’t know that evil takes naturally occurring events and exaggerates them. We’re controlled by our ideas – or rather, others’ ideas which we’ve acquired – that form our likes and dislikes. If others … Continue reading
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HAPPY, BUT STILL FEELING WRONG
Happy, But Still Feeling Wrong Why? Most people’s happiness relies on a condition that they can talk about with others. Being happy for no reason doesn’t rely on conditions as there’s nothing to talk about. This isn’t at all interesting … Continue reading
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QUESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT
Questions Are Important When we seek an answer, it is we who decide what makes sense. A question elicits information – within our own mind.A question may be a doubt about the truth of something – within our own mind.A question requires a resolution – within our own … Continue reading
THE MAIN METHOD TO REMOVE KARMA
The Main Method To Remove Karma Listening to othersis the main method to remove karma. This is using a diagnostic tool,which shows us our habitual behaviour. If we can listen without preconceived ideas,we are being of benefit to both ourself … Continue reading
THIS CANNOT BE REPEATED ENOUGH
This Cannot Be Repeated Enough Chasing the exotic ignores that which is already present;this cannot be repeated enough. Direct awareness is common to all. Anything else is merely a symbol, and we can become hung-up on symbols. Exotic customs can … Continue reading
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TOLD HOW AND WHAT TO THINK
Told How And What To Think Whatever we think is the outcome of our history which has become our culture. Then the goal posts are moved, the rules are changed, and we’re told to think differently. This causes confusion in … Continue reading
REALISATION, OR JUST BELIEF?
Realisation, Or Just Belief? When we think about or pray to beings in the past and believe that they’re listening to us, we give up responsibility. This is a false hope that the deity is ‘doing it’ – selectively – … Continue reading
I WAS A BIT OF A DUFFER
I Was A Bit Of A Duffer When I was young, I hadn’t a clue about life, and was totally confused. So I joined spiritual groups that were even more confusing. “Am I going to end up weird like these … Continue reading
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MEDITATION: DON’T FOLLOW THOUGHTS
Meditation: Don’t Follow Thoughts Note thoughts, but don’t follow them. Thoughts will arise in meditation. Just don’t follow them.Let them go, to consider later. Be aware of the breath. This is how we train the mind not just to react to ideas, … Continue reading
WHAT OR WHOM CAN WE TRUST?
What Or Whom Can We Trust? Whatever we decide, we’re trusting in our judgement!Depending on our experience, that is the level of our judgement. Ultimately, when we realise our true reality of pure consciousness, that is where trust begins and ends. We can … Continue reading