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- WHY THE OBSESSION WITH THE PAST? June 16, 2026
- THE MUD IS JUST A DIRTY LENS June 16, 2026
- STARVING THE MONSTER June 15, 2026
- THE NOVELTY TRAP June 15, 2026
- NO LONGER SATISFYING June 14, 2026
- THE MORE WE REALISE June 13, 2026
- REALITY IS CONTENTMENT June 13, 2026
- THE DANGER OF ADOPTING STORIES June 13, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE A PRODUCT OF? June 13, 2026
- WHAT REINCARNATES? June 12, 2026
- THE HABITUAL LOOP June 11, 2026
- WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT LIES SO READILY? June 11, 2026
- THE PARADOX OF RITUALS AND WORDS June 11, 2026
- WHAT DO WE BASE OUR LIFE ON? June 10, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY June 10, 2026
- THINKING THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE June 9, 2026
- NOT TOO TIGHT AND NOT TOO LOOSE June 9, 2026
- OUR GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT June 8, 2026
- PRIDE STOPS US EVOLVING June 8, 2026
- THE TINKERBELL EFFECT June 7, 2026
- EVIL IS ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE SUPERIOR June 7, 2026
- FOUR OPIUMS OF THE PEOPLE June 6, 2026
- THE CONSUMER BECOMES CONSUMED June 6, 2026
- ULTIMATE MATURITY June 6, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA” June 5, 2026
- THE TWO ASPECTS OF ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’ June 5, 2026
- SULKY SELF June 4, 2026
- THE COMPLETE PICTURE June 3, 2026
- GIVING UP GUILT June 2, 2026
- TESTING MARA AND GURU June 1, 2026
- THE BUDDHA. JESUS, SOCRATES AND OTHERS WERE REBELS June 1, 2026
- ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS REALISED BY ABSOLUTE TRUTH June 1, 2026
- FINDING WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR May 31, 2026
- WE ALL LIVE IN DIFFERENT ECHO CHAMBERS May 31, 2026
- A HARD LESSON TO LEARN May 31, 2026
- BUDDHIST FORUMS CREATE CONFLICT May 31, 2026
- ONE MIND, OR MANY MINDS? May 30, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL MATERIALISM May 30, 2026
- SPONTANEITY IS THE ONLY REALITY May 29, 2026
- REALITY IS BEYOND WORDS May 28, 2026
- HUMANITY: SEEKING VALIDATION OF A SELF May 28, 2026
- DISPELLING THE GURU May 27, 2026
- EVERY DAY I THINK, “I COULD BE WRONG” May 27, 2026
- THE DARK AND UNSETTLING ASPECT OF EXISTENCE May 26, 2026
- ‘JUDGING’ FROM A DZOGCHEN POINT OF VIEW May 25, 2026
- WE BECOME THE COMPANY WE KEEP May 24, 2026
- WE ARE ALL HYPOCRITES May 24, 2026
- BECOMING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON May 24, 2026
- DEMYSTIFYING THE NATURE OF MIND May 23, 2026
- WHEN WE BELIEVE, WE WORSHIP THE DEVIL/MARA May 23, 2026
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FORGETTING OUR BASIC GOODNESS
Forgetting Our Basic Goodness Just seeing without an opinion is the basis of goodness – we haven’t judged yet. That ‘just seeing’ is pure consciousness as opposed to our usual consciousness which identifies with thoughts and our rules of engagement. … Continue reading
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REALISATION IS LIKE A BONFIRE
Realisation Is Like A Bonfire Realisation is like a bonfire; at the right time, the wood ignites, and burns itself out! The sap has dried up. Likewise, all our opinions and beliefs dry up, and burn themselves out. At the … Continue reading
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MEDITATION DOESN’T MAKE US NICE PEOPLE
Meditation Doesn’t Make Us Nice People In fact, we can become cold. Even though we meditate, we still have to deal with our attitude – that aspect of our mind that thinks it’s special, and has to protect itself. That … Continue reading
THE ONLY MYSTERY
The Only Mystery The only mystery is that people want to believe there’s a mystery. People like intrigue; we comment on it, claim it, and believe it. Why?We cannot handle the simple truth. Intrigue: early 17th century -‘deceive’, ‘cheat’ from French‘to tangle, to plot’, from Latin intricare which was influenced by a later French sense … Continue reading
WE’LL NEVER GET THE ULTIMATE ANSWER FROM THE INTERNET
We’ll Never Get The Ultimate Answer From The Internet Why not?It’s not enlightened. It’s all a simulation.Even the Buddha’s words are a simulation and cannot enlighten. The ultimate answer is our reality of empty awareness.Suck it and see. The only … Continue reading
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TWEAKING REALITY BY GASLIGHT
Tweaking Reality By Gaslight We are constantly being tweaked – change slightly – in order to comply with being made more correct, effective or suitable. But for whom, and for what purpose? We are tweaked to ignore that which is … Continue reading
ADVANCED MEDITATION
Advanced Meditation Advanced meditation?Drop it. Keep on dropping it. Meditation is merely a method to remember that we are awareness. Empty awareness. Once we remember, we drop the method as there is absolutely no point in holding on. Once we forget, … Continue reading
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DON’T LOVE YOUR SELF; APPRECIATE IT
Don’t Love Your Self; Appreciate It Your self. Your! Do you get it This self is not what you are;it’s a programme you’ve acquired and believe in. You are pure consciousness – the very essence of pure mind. Self is a construct in … Continue reading
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WE ARE ALL FANATICS
We Are All Fanatics Fanatic: a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause … or appearance, intelligence, skills, status, family, sport, films, books … or we are perceived as fanatics by not conforming to the above list. If we disagree with a left-wing government, … Continue reading
WHAT IF YOU CAN NO LONGER BELIEVE?
What If You Can No Longer Believe? What if everyone else is right in that they just believe? We can either give up, or see what remains after belief. It’s interesting that belief is an idea that comes from others. … Continue reading
HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET
How Quickly We Forget How quickly we forget – and how quickly we can remember –the first instant of perception. That is the puzzle we live in. That instant of remembering is our reality of pure consciousness. This is the eternal … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL CONSUMERISM AND MATERIALISM
Spiritual Consumerism And Materialism We are being played, made fools of, tricked without realising it. It’s easy to fall for shortcuts to ‘heaven’ – “If you do this and this, you’ll get this.” Get what? There is a saying, “If … Continue reading
THE HISTORY OF STUPIDITY
The History of Stupidity It all starts off with a belief in an illusory self, a mental attachment of consciousness to an idea of something out there. This duality – me and something else – is what causes confusion and … Continue reading
TRUTH IS NOT A RELIGION
Truth Is Not A Religion Truth is not a religion, or an academic theory. Our essential nature is not a religious thing; it is the followers who turn it into something religious. We are consciousness, aware of whatever is taking place … Continue reading
THE CLARITY THAT DISPELS CONFUSION
The Clarity That Dispels Confusion We look at the world, and we are confused.We look at the mind that looks at the world, and we are confused. What looks at the world and the mind, isn’t confused.It is merely distracted, and believes … Continue reading
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OUR SUPERFICIAL EXISTENCE
Our Superficial Existence Our superficial existence is, “Oo… that’s interesting!” 😀 Our life appears to be true or real only until it’s examined more closely; we come to realise that it not complete, and our superficial knowledge lacks any depth of compassionate understanding. As long as we have toys to … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS SHOULDN’T BECOME A RELIGION
Pure Consciousness Shouldn’t Become A Religion Pure consciousness should never have become a religion or a philosophy. It is what we are already, not what we can become. Rituals and academic understanding are props and supports. These systems are a … Continue reading
COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT FOR THE UNIVERSE
Complaints Department For The Universe We all want someone to complain to!The complaints department is in our own mind. Any sentient beings one billion billion light years away in infinite space have the same problem as us – not knowing … Continue reading
WHY WRITE SO MUCH?
Why Write So Much?😀 The world is full of lies, deceit and corruption that have sequential knock-on effects on ordinary people. We are so used to not knowing the ultimate truth that we live uncomfortably with this corruption, and become … Continue reading
MAKING OUR CONNECTION
Making Our Connection When we open to the possibility of realising absolute truth – and that there is such a thing – we have taken our first steps on our path to enlightenment. We start to express ourselves commensurate to … Continue reading
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HAVE THEY LOST THE PLOT?
Have They Lost The Plot? They haven’t lost the plot – we have.Their plot of corruption is going very well. The plot is to stop us from knowing what we truly are. When things are going wrong, we complain, gossip, tell-it-like-it-is, … Continue reading
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WE DON’T HAVE TO BECOME A TYPE
We Don’t Have To Become A Type Becoming a type is an act. So-called ‘spiritual’ people are duped into making a peculiar display of elitism and aloofness, which gives rise to a lack of empathy. This is not spirituality; it’s … Continue reading
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MISSING THE POINT
Missing The Point Missing the point –the point of awareness. Awareness is the moment now, but for most people, awareness is captured by thoughts and emotions about the world around them. What we think we know creates pride. What we miss … Continue reading
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NIHILISM = NO PURPOSE: ETERNALISM = CREATING A PURPOSE
Nihilism = No Purpose: Eternalism = Creating Purpose Understanding people. Nihilism is a philosophical and ethical stance which holds that nothing in the world has any meaning, value, or purpose. Eternalists create their own transitory purpose or meaning. A nihilist … Continue reading
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WE COME WITH A MANUAL
We Come With A Manual We come with a manual;it’s called ‘self’ – a karmic instruction programme. Ordinarily, we hear the word self, and just get on with it,believing that is all we are. Realising that this idea of self … Continue reading
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HOW DO WE GET TO HEAVEN – OUR HAPPY PLACE?
How Do We Get To Heaven – Our Happy Place? We have to die first – not physically but self-ishly.Drop self-importance, and there we are.We can all do that right now. We merely have to look and see how simple … Continue reading
THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE
The Centre of The Universe You are the centre of the universe! The centre cannot be anywhere else; the universe is infinite, so there is no centre. It’s not in space or another dimension. It’s not on a mountain, inside … Continue reading
MORAL CODE
Moral Code What sort of moral code do we have? One: Survival of me and mine?Two: Understanding the nature of reality for all = empathy? There are many degrees of knowing right from wrong. We have to constantly check our … Continue reading
THE SADDEST THING
The Saddest Thing The saddest thing is people spending their lives without knowing their true reality, and then dying. The sadness is in seeing that people are constantly engaged in entertaining their minds, filling up that precious space of pure … Continue reading
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THE BUDDHA STUDIED THE UPANISHADS AND VEDAS
The Buddha Studied The Upanishads And Vedas The Buddha wasn’t Buddhist. The texts he read were the teachings of the Upanishads and Vedas, but books are only the beginning. Our journey starts by being open, inquisitive and skeptical towards whatever we … Continue reading
EVIL MIMICS
Evil Mimics Evil has no originality; it mimics reality – it copies, interprets, and elaborates. Evil uses whatever is available, just like a comedian, to entertain us and direct our attention. This is why it’s easy to fall into the … Continue reading
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WHAT DOES REALISATION MEAN?
What Does Realisation Mean? Realisation is personal verification, and meditation is the method for verification. Realisation is not regurgitation – the repetition of information without analysis or comprehension. When people start knowing through experiential practice rather than believing, the world will be a better place; … Continue reading
THERE’S A DANGER WHEN TALKING ABOUT TRUTH
There’s A Danger When Talking About Truth There’s a danger when talking about truth – and that includes this blog. When we talk about ultimate truth, this isn’t the truth. The truth is personal discovery, uncovering our actual reality through experience. When talking about the … Continue reading
ARE WE INDIVIDUALS OR PART OF A WHOLE?
Are We Individuals Or Part Of A Whole? It’s up to each individual to come to their own conclusion.😀Some believe we’re part of something, while others see that we are individuals – like everyone else.😀 When we realise that we can’t … Continue reading
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THE ACCELERATION OF STUPIDITY
The Acceleration Of Stupidity When people cannot think, they judge. Thinking is spontaneous reasoning.Thoughts, on the other hand are regurgitated memories by which we judge, creating a judgemental mentality. I once asked a psychologist, “What is your job?”She replied, “Getting people … Continue reading
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THE WAY WE THINK IS KARMA
The Way We Think Is Karma It’s our self-identity. The effects of our habitual responses to everything are eliminated by awareness of what we are doing, saying and thinking through our tainted perception. Once we are aware of our act, … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL PRIDE
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
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ELIMINATING KARMA – ELIMINATING PROGRAMMING
Eliminating Karma – Eliminating Programming We’re here to free ourselves of programming, rather than adopting even more mental habits and ‘tics’. Life is not about being a consumer of others’ ideas; life is knowing what we are. It’s really shocking … Continue reading
A TIDY MIND
A Tidy Mind A tidy mind is an orderly mind,as opposed to a disorderly mind. This is not about having compartments;it’s about connections.
WORSHIPPING CREATES A DUALITY OF OPPOSITES
Worshipping Creates A Duality Of Opposites Worshipping gives reverence to an idea that we aren’t good enough. This inhibits our ability to progress, to be genuinely free of all ideas. Freedom is breathing on our own, where we can answer our … Continue reading
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CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT
Can’t Think Straight Thinking straight is direct perception,rather than perception through preconceived ideas. These preconceived ideas are our karma,which limits understanding. Thinking straight is observation through the senseswithout comment or judgement. Running our thumb across the cutting edge of a … Continue reading
WE’RE NOT GOING UP TO A HIGHER STATE
We’re Not Going Up To A Higher State We’re not going up to a higher state;we are coming down from a state of stupidity. Because of belief, we think in terms of ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ – that we’re in a … Continue reading
EVERYONE LIES
Everyone Lies Everyone lies.But about what? About what they are.They project an image to conceal the factthat they don’t know what they are. The truth is we’re not an image.This image has been placed before our reality. Place no image … Continue reading
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THE SCREEN OF OUR MIND
The Screen Of Our Mind The screen of our mind holds all our history to which we constantly refer, and this is how we live in a cyclic existence. We are indoctrinated at birth to see the world in a … Continue reading
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A HAPPY LIFE IS SUCCESSFUL
A Happy Life Is Successful ‘Successful’ means thatyou found out what you wanted to find out. Others may not agree,but you found out what you wanted to find out. Life may have been very unhappy,but now you know why. Take your reality back.
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COMPASSION DOES NOT COMES FROM A BOOK
Compassion Does Not Come From A Book True compassion comes from genuine understanding. True compassion has nothing to do with chanting mantras on a cushion, or spinning prayer wheels, or throwing rice into the air, or learning Sanskrit or Tibetan … 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. 