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From Sight To Insight There is a difference between what we see and how we see.Insight transforms a biased mind into clarity = divine splendour. The true voyage of discovery into the origin of our reality lies not in seeking … Continue reading →

We Know About Plato’s Cave … But Do We? We’ve all seen the drawings and descriptions of the cave with projections on its wall which represent consciousness thinking that the image on the wall of the mind is our reality. … Continue reading →

Loving Labels – Others’ Labels We take pride in knowing names and labels because they serve as a powerful form of social currency. Even though we didn’t create the products or the words ourselves, knowing them signals our status and … Continue reading →

There Is No Dharma, No Buddhism, Nothing Interesting In meditation, there is nothing other than spontaneous presence, the essence of non-duality.By getting hung up on labels, we create a duality and lose this moment Meditation is resting in pure, unconstructed … Continue reading →

Retreats, And Going For A Bun After decades of retreats, the best thing now is not going.🙂Once you get it, you’ve got it.Total freedom and inexpensive. The best thing about retreats is the treat of leaving at the end and … Continue reading →

How Do We Know We Are Dreaming? We’re in a dream state when we’re lost in thought, and consciousness is caught up in autopilot predictable text. When we’re talking about the past or the future, we’re being self-hypnotised. We project … Continue reading →

Are We Awake Or Dreaming? How do we know which? We’re awake when there is observation of thoughts and behaviour.We’re dreaming when we believe these thoughts and behaviour are what we are. There are two states of consciousness.Our dream state … Continue reading →

Did You Get What You Came For? Did you get you came for?Or did you just follow others’ desires? Some of us feel that this life isn’t right. That feeling is the question we want answered. We were – and … Continue reading →

Words Are Nearly True The reason this blog goes on and on about words is because of the pride to which we all succumb in using them. Words are nearly true. They are the menu that we have to taste. … Continue reading →

If You’re Bonkers And You Know It, Clap Your Hands If you know it, celebrate.🙂 We’re brought up in bonkers environments of likes, dislikes and indifference, but if you know it, you’re in excellent company. The really bonkers people are … Continue reading →

Do You Want To Be A Bodhisattva? The right intention. There are nine levels of bodhisattvas, up to enlightenment. This vow to work for the benefit of others is not to be approached lightly, and means one’s life will never … Continue reading →

The Importance Of Understanding What do we think life is all about? Our answer will reveal what life means to us.Is it about wealth, power, cleverness, skill …or understanding? The word ‘understanding’ does not mean knowing about something; it literally … Continue reading →

We All Have Dark Pasts Dark means troubled.That’s why we’re here – to either lighten up or cover up! The purpose of life is to enlighten up, to know what we are, and leave all speculation behind. In taking our … Continue reading →

Words Fill Our Minds Words fill up our minds, obscuring consciousness. To see past the veil of words, we practise witnessing by simply notice them passing through the mind. This creates a gap of silence between the words, allowing consciousness … Continue reading →

Unblocking Enlightenment Unblocking enlightenment requires shifting our approach from seeking a goal to undoing conditioning. The ultimate barrier to awakening is the intense desire to reach it. Because our true nature is already complete, the frantic search itself creates the … Continue reading →

Social Grooming Social grooming is achieved through interaction as a way to keep humans in check by maintaining the network of conformity. Life may look as if different scenarios are happening, but it’s all about conforming to a type – … Continue reading →

Stop Looking: Just See, Just Hear … We look for something interesting to occupy us. The moment we become attached to the noise or the scrolling, we’ve lost contact with reality. We’re trapped in a fiction, never notice we are … Continue reading →