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- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
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- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
- WHAT IS SUCCESS? March 15, 2026
- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
- CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS March 13, 2026
- WE INHERIT MEMORIES March 13, 2026
- FINDING EGO March 13, 2026
- HOLDING ONTO ANGER March 13, 2026
- 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
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WORDS OBSCURE EXPERIENCE
Words Obscure Experience When we learn and repeat words, we ignore what we actually experience, and enter a world of what someone said. This can cause confusion as the true experience of reality is beyond words. The real guru is … Continue reading
MANTRAS ARE HANDY
Mantras Are Handy If we cannot stabilise our mind because it’s full of thoughts which we can’t drop, there is a method to help. A mantra is a word or phrase that we repeat; we cannot think of two things … Continue reading
THIS WORLD IS A WIND-UP MACHINE
This World Is A Wind-Up Machine It winds us up, and watches us go, just like a toy. This world is a wind-up machine, irritating us at every opportunity. 🙂 When we’re wound-up, we become tense and stressed, as words … Continue reading
TRUTH WILL ALWAYS BE SUPPRESSED
Truth Will Always Be Suppressed If people knew the truth, they could no long be controlled by belief. Once a person knows the truth of reality, they are free of beliefs provided by others. As long as people believe in … Continue reading
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BELIEF IS GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES
Belief Is Going Round In Circles Belief is going round in circles. Knowing is direct. Thinking we know is belief. Knowing is direct, spontaneous, silent experience.
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“I CAN’T FIND THE ULTIMATE TRUTH WITHIN.”
“I Can’t Find The Ultimate Truth Within” “I can’t find the ultimate truth within.” The ultimate truth is that which is looking out. “What good does that do me?” The truth within is clarity which, in the dictionary, is divine … Continue reading
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WHAT ARE ‘ESOTERIC’ AND ‘EXOTERIC’?
What Are ‘Esoteric’ And ‘Exoteric’? The esoteric is understood by the few who are practiced. The exoteric is understood by the many who do not practice. The esoteric is pure experience of pure awareness. The exoteric is knowing about pure … Continue reading
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WE ARE NOTHING SPECIAL
We Are Nothing Special We do not have to be special to realise our true reality of pure consciousness. It may not seem that way because of all the elaborate displays we see and all the stories we hear, but … Continue reading
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IF WE THINK IT DOESN’T MATTER
If We Think It Doesn’t Matter… If we think it doesn’t matter, then life doesn’t matter. Life is what we are, which is consciousness. Life isn’t what we do. If we don’t appreciate this, we will have a few interests, … Continue reading
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I GAVE UP THE BLOG YESTERDAY …
I Gave Up The Blog Yesterday … … but there’s still too much mischief-making going on, starting at the top. Mischief-making: the action of deliberately creating trouble for other people. (I actually give up the blog every day.) 🙂
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LIVING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Living Outside The Box Living outside the box, we are constantly shocked that anyone would want to live inside the box – a construct of the hive mind. The hive mentality, also known as groupthink, relies on mass decision-making. Others’ … Continue reading
THE PULL OF THE WORLD
The Pull Of The World The pull of the world creates our behaviour, and the circumstances in which we live. Are we a facsimile of others’ ideas, or are we original? Are we wise in our understanding, or are we … Continue reading
DHARMA MEANS EMPATHY
Dharma Means Empathy No empathy, no Dharma.Know empathy, Know Dharma. 🙂
UNENLIGHTENED RULERS RULING THE UNENLIGHTENED
Unenlightened Rulers Ruling The Unenlightened It must be obvious by now. This planet is ruled by the unenlightened for the unenlightened. The unenlightened only think they know what they’re doing. Our minds are full of memories of misinformation which give … Continue reading
ORDINARY CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
Ordinary Consciousness And Pure Consciousness Ordinary or common consciousness is what all sentient beings are. We find things to eat, look for interesting things to play with, and sleep. We use our mind of memories to interpret all that we … Continue reading
THE ANATOMY OF CONFUSION
The Anatomy Of Confusion Confusion is believing in opposites when, in reality, positive and negative are inseparable as they are a continuity. By virtue of one, the other is known, as in a mirror and its reflection, or dark and … Continue reading
A PROBLEM WITH TALKING TO PEOPLE
A Problem With Talking To People It’s just Chinese whispers … pass it on. Chinese whispers (pass it on) is a situation in which a piece of information is passed from one person to the next, and is changed slightly each … Continue reading
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DON’T BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
Don’t Believe In Yourself Don’t believe in yourself ; know it. Know your self to be your private dictator, which condemns you to a fixed way of life. Who or what is it that wants to be free? Consciousness wants … Continue reading
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FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
Freedom Of Thought Freedom of thought is only possible when our mind is free of previous concepts. Conversations are repetitions of others’ thoughts, and thoughts are only words and images of something already perceived. So how do we think in … Continue reading
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BEING JUDGEMENTAL IS A DIS-EASE
Being Judgemental Is A Dis-ease Being judgemental is a addiction, as we’re ill-at-ease all the time with our liking and disliking. As long as we are judgemental (which is a way of life) as opposed to merely responding to the … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIOUSNESS AND MIND
Pure Consciousness, Consciousness and Mind ii Look at the two i’s. We notice that they are not the same. That is consciousness at work. Consciousness starts to analyse with the mind, and realises that they are two different typefaces. It … Continue reading
NOT SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
Not Seeing The Forest For The Trees This is exactly our problem. Not seeing the forest for the trees is not seeing or acknowledging that consciousness comes first, before our thoughts in the mind. It’s valuing what’s written over what … Continue reading
CONNECTING WITH OTHERS
Connecting With Others Connecting with like-minded people is rare. Why? Too much fear. Through fear of change, fear of not knowing it all, we’ve gone a little skew-whiff. We cannot blame people for not knowing what they are–or even wanting … Continue reading
MORE CHOICE, MORE FREEDOM
More Choice, More Freedom The more choice we have, the freer we are. If we’re a ‘one trick pony’, we repeat the same old act, as we’re a person who knows how to do one thing, and one thing only. … Continue reading
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EVERYTHING, EVERYONE – INCLUDING MEDITATION – IS OUR TEACHER
Everything, Everyone – Including – Is Our Teacher Everything that we encounter tells us something, by creating a response in our mind that affects our behaviour. That moment either adds to the continuum of habitual reactions, or opens up the … Continue reading
CAPTIVATED NOT TO CHANGE
Captivated Not To Change Captivated by skilful artists-magicians-politicians-entertainers … we become expertly lazy, dependent, dull and weak. Those ruling humanity thrive on this arrangement, while pundits hog the microphones and divert all meaningful conversation. These ‘learned’ people are also cherished. … Continue reading
FINDING SPIRITUAL FRIENDS IN THE DARKNESS
Finding Spiritual Friends In The Darkness To find a spiritual friend, you have to be lucky –right karma, right time, right place, right motivation. Friendship in the darkness means a light touch.🙂
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WE CAN NEVER FIND HAPPINESS
We Can Never Find Happiness There’s no point in looking for happiness. Why? As pure consciousness, we are happiness itself. We don’t have to look, just see. 🙂 Pure consciousness is what we are. Happiness in the films/songs/books/news is just … Continue reading
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NO ONE HAS IMMUNITY FROM KARMA
No One Has Immunity From Karma Karma is our attitude. Those who believe that their actions are exempt are deluded. If someone thinks they have immunity, they become a bully. The problem is that you can fool most of the … Continue reading
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HOW DO WE CHANGE?
How Do We Change? Not by doing anything,but by watching what we are doing. This is consciousness watching the mind at work,as in a mirror and its reflection.
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Crimes Against Humanity Crimes against humanity have been going on for thousands of years. It’s the Mara effect of manipulating the laws which govern all unenlightened beings: attraction, repulsion and indifference. Our behaviour, on a gross level, is governed by … Continue reading
TRANSPARENCY AND OPACITY
Transparency And Opacity Seeing through a clear glass, or seeing through a glass darkly. Our minds have been made opaque by relying on others’ facts and names, rather than the transparency and clarity of our own intuitive natural state, before … Continue reading
TWO VIEWS OF MYSTICISM
Two Views Of Mysticism Mysticism: Knowledge which is inaccessible to the intellect, and attained through contemplation and self-surrender. Or. A vague and ill-defined religious or spiritual belief. When we eliminate self, we gain free access insight.
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INTELLIGENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Intelligence And Consciousness Intelligence solves problems; consciousness sees the problem. If consciousness does not see the problem, the problem cannot be solved. Consciousness is not about feelings; those are a mental issue. The clearer consciousness is, the more intelligence can … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS ISN’T AN ILLUSION
Consciousness Isn’t An Illusion An illusion is a misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. Illusion: From Latin illudere ‘to mock’, from in- ‘against’ + ludere ‘play’. Consciousness does not change, but everything else is changeable, and up for interpretation. When people deny that we are consciousness in favour … Continue reading
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THE INSIDIOUS SUGGESTION OF MEDITATION SICKNESS
The Insidious Suggestion Of Meditation Sickness Symptoms of meditation sicknessOne study found that the most commonly reported side effects of meditation were anxiety and depression, but here is a non-exhaustive list of what folks with meditation sickness may encounter: Unpleasant thoughts. … Continue reading
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HUMAN ENGINEERING – HUMAN MODIFICATION
Human Engineering – Human Modification Everything on Earth can be modified – especially our minds – and therefore, our expectations and our beliefs. This starts in our infancy with ‘sweet’, pleasing little somethings, and then we spend the rest of … Continue reading
WHAT IS LIFE?
What Is Life? Life is pure consciousness, embodied in a form commensurate with an individual’s mental formations that dull the purity of consciousness. Are there realms of existence outside this body? Our answer to that will depend on what have … Continue reading
GETTING OVER RELIGION
Getting Over Religion Getting over religion is getting out of religious fervour, and realising what life is all about. Religion can be either a preparation or a prison. We first have to be in it to know it. It’s no … Continue reading
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WORDS ARE BLUNT TOOLS
Words Are Blunt Tools The senses cannot be described; they are just experienced. The warmth of the sun, the chirping of birds, the smell of grass, the taste of our spit, the play of air on our skin … all … Continue reading
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WE ARE ERRANT BEINGS
We Are Errant Beings We are errant beings, straying from the path. “What path?” We all follow a path of some sort – a path of dreams, nightmares or awakening. Even a path of awakening can become a path of … Continue reading
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DO NOT BELIEVE THE BUDDHA OR GOD – OR ANYONE
Do Not Believe The Buddha Or God—Or Anyone Belief is acceptance without proof. Accepting anything without personal experience is futile sentimentality. The only thing that anyone can say that is true is that there has to be awareness present in … Continue reading
NO QUESTION, NO PATH
No Question, No Path Our path to enlightenment is our confusion that we have to clarify. A path isn’t about joining others on their path; we may rub shoulders for a while, but we go on alone. There is absolutely … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS NOT A TRANCE-LIKE STATE
Meditation Is Not A Trance-Like State Meditation is the very opposite to being in a trance-like, hypnotic state. It is being fully conscious and aware, while a trance-like state is being lost in clouded mind of concepts that obscure pure … Continue reading
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LEADING A FULFILLING LIFE
Leading A Fulfilling Life We look around us and see angst, anxiety and oneupmanship everywhere. Why is this? People live dual lives; one is for the outer world to impress others, while the other finds this duality unfulfilling. This isn’t … Continue reading
THE ROLE OF A TEACHER
The Role Of A Teacher A teacher is anyone who has knowledge of a subject, and has the wisdom to express it clearly. But the authority of the teacher comes from the student, who tests to decide whether the knowledge … Continue reading
THE AUDIENCE IS THE SHOW
The Audience Is The Show Entertainment isn’t about the production of a clever story with charismatic actors; it’s about capturing the mind of an audience. The producers watch the effect, for further productions or sequels. 🙂 As long as we … Continue reading
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THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION INTO THE NATURE OF MIND
The Pointing Out Instruction Into the Nature of Mind We cannot hear this enough. When our mind isn’t thinking of anything, we fall into silent vacancy. This is the state of not knowing, which is also called ‘undecided’ or ‘common … Continue reading
FACT AND FICTION
Fact And Fiction What we usually call ‘fact’ is a designation of some thing, but as all things are impermanent and have no ultimate reality, they are a fiction – and that is a fact. 🙂 Every time we become … Continue reading