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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 →

Holding On To The Past Holding on to the past inhibits experiencing the present. As long as we identify with the past, we deny the present, and so we continue to behave and think in the same old way. Holding … Continue reading →

What Are You Doing To Your Mind? Or rather, what is your mind doing to you? We need to be precise about this. O The essence of mind is the emptiness of pure consciousness; this clarity of direct seeing is … Continue reading →

What if God is just the three laws of the universe?  What if God is the principle of the infinite universe, and not a being? God can be understood – or misunderstood – in many ways, either to abuse mankind … Continue reading →

The Dharma Is Do-It-Yourself We can go to teachings, do retreats, read books, but these comprise generalised statements or concepts obtained by inference, just like a video on plumbing, electrics or bricklaying. We don’t actually know until we put the idea … Continue reading →

De-escalating  The ability to de-escalate a situation requires insight and wisdom. The ability to escalate a situation involves politics, manipulation and reaction. When we exaggerate or elaborate on a situation, we are lost in fault-finding, which creates further conflict. This … Continue reading →

The Esoteric The esoteric isn’t a teaching in a book of ‘mysteries’; it is that which is reading the book. The suggestion that the mystery of life – the big secret – is something written down, is the exoteric – … Continue reading →

Evil Is Out To Get You 🙂 It’s not a problem if you know. We cannot reason with evil as it has a set script. It tries to find our weaknesses, wanting to charm us, and reel us in like … Continue reading →

Mind Is Memories Mind is just memories; it’s what we juggle with, affecting our behaviour and causing discontent and suffering. When we obsess about our past, we’re not relating to now. “So-and-so said this!” So what? “Well, the Buddha said … Continue reading →

Thinking Isn’t Knowing Thinking isn’t knowing; it’s regurgitating. When we think, we live in memories, but what is it that observes these memories? It is the spontaneous presence of consciousness, our reality of knowingness itself.

Spiritually-Wise Is Worldly-Wise ‘Spirituality’ isn’t something that has been depicted for thousands of years as being up in the sky with wings. Spirituality is simply consciousness. This is not a vague idea; it is that which is aware. We are … Continue reading →

Does Religion Over-Elaborate What Is Natural? 🙂

Consciousness, Conscience, Morals And Behaviour Our morals don’t mean we are right; they’re about what we decide is right or wrong. Morals come from the clarity of mind, which comes from the clarity of consciousness (or lack of it) that … Continue reading →

The Relief Of Not Being Special We are all taught to be ‘somebody’, to be something special, to succeed, to win, to better ourselves … to be better than others? This makes life miserable, and we suffer – as do … Continue reading →

Satisfaction Is Fleeting We can complete an action or understand something, and feel satisfied … for a moment, and then we’re back to just being aware. It’s a good place to be, as holding on to the satisfaction creates pride.

Is Buddhism The Illusion Within The Illusion? The Buddha’s teaching is a realisation of the Vedic teaching of “not two” – non-duality. Any appearance is simultaneous with perception, as in a mirror and its reflection. Take note that all appearances, … Continue reading →