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- NO LONGER SATISFYING June 14, 2026
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- 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
- DESTROY CLARITY, DESTROY THE WORLD May 23, 2026
- EVIL HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT May 23, 2026
- THERE ARE NO MORE WORDS TO LEARN May 22, 2026
- THE CLEVER BLIND SPOT May 21, 2026
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WHAT IS STOPPING US KNOWING? IT IS BELIEF
What Is Stopping Us Knowing? It Is Belief. Belief is second-hand information – hearsay rather than direct observation or experience. Belief is thinking that we know. This causes insecurity, defensiveness, and aggression. Belief is a con trick, destroying confidence and the ability … Continue reading
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GOODNESS AND EVIL
Goodness And Evil Goodness is clarity, transparent, as it is. Evil is opaque, obscure, not as it is. ‘As it is’ is direct seeing. ‘Not as it is’ is interpretation. Happiness is the relief from suffering, seeing through interpretations. Unhappiness … Continue reading
THE SUBTLE CHANGE IN AWARENESS
The Subtle Change In Awareness Awareness of awareness isn’t pure awareness, as it’s still a duality of being aware of some aspect, and relating to this. In pure awareness, there is no notion of being aware; there is just awareness … Continue reading
IMPRISONED BY DOCTRINE
Imprisoned By Doctrine The problem with adherence to doctrine/ideology/scriptureis emotional immaturity,and a lack of tolerance and compassion. Religion – or any ideology – seems to make people narrow-minded. They can quote doctrine and talk the talk, but this is meaningless … Continue reading
UNIVERSAL INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Universal Individual Consciousness Consciousness is universal, and is the essence of all sentient beings. This is not saying that there is one universal consciousness ‘out there’ which we emulate or are part of; it is the perfect being that we … Continue reading
EMOTIONS DISPEL DARKNESS
Emotions Dispel Darkness We have everything upside down. At the lower levels of information, the emotions are our enemy; we mustn’t feel desire, hatred, jealousy, pride, irritation, unhappiness, disillusionment … it’s a long list. 🙂 But what if these emotions … Continue reading
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THE RAT RACE
The Rat Race The trouble with the rat race (the competition for intellect, wealth or power) is that even if we win, we’re still a rat. 😀 Spiritual progress is knowing when we have had enough of this obsessive exhausting, … Continue reading
IS THERE A GOD OR NOT?
Is There A God or Not? This is a pointless debate as it’s a personal issue. No one should impose their views on to others – and criticising those who believe/don’t believe is futile. What matters is how we feel … Continue reading
FREE THINKING
Free Thinking Free thinking and free speech only work in a stable and homogenous society, and this is something we don’t have. When conflict is promoted, confusion and chaos ensues, speech is exaggerated and people become divided. The Buddha taught … Continue reading
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DZOGCHEN ISN’T A TEACHING
Dzogchen Isn’t A Teaching Dzogchen is another name for what we are: pure consciousness. There’s no getting away from it. 🙂 If we think Dzogchen is something extra – extra special to make us extra, extra special – that is … Continue reading
DECEIVED BY KNOWING ‘ABOUT’ THE TRUTH
Deceived By Knowing ‘About’ The Truth Our minds are hijacked by knowing about the truth; absolute truth is being the truth. We can actually be deceived by the truth; this is extremely subtle, but not once we see it. The … Continue reading
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KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
Keeping Up Appearances The need for validation is deeply ingrained within human nature. Humans consciously and subconsciously look to those around them for confirmation of their social, economic and spiritual status. This perpetuates the mind in which we all live; … Continue reading
WHAT IS WORSE THAN BELIEF?
What Is Worse Than Belief? Worse than belief is wanting to believe There are two obscurations in the mind: ignorance of our true reality, and the maintenance of that ignorance. When we stick to one side about whatever we read … Continue reading
THE PETTY ILLUSION: WE THINK WE ARE AWAKE
The Petty Illusion: We Think We Are Awake While engaged in either dream states of thought or vacancy, we ignore our ever-present reality of pure consciousness. We are science fact in science fiction. Fact is awareness. Fiction is whatever we … Continue reading
THE ARAB SPRING, OPEN BORDERS, AND MASS MIGRATION
The Arab Spring, Open Borders, And Mass Migration I’m not a political person, but politics – the governing of people – affects our minds and distracts consciousness. Things do not just happen; there are causes, when the ‘right’ conditions are … Continue reading
BEING HAPPY, BUT NOT FEELING HAPPY
Being Happy, But Not Feeling Happy Until enlightenment, we will feel a residue of karmic confusion. We can be happy, but not feel happy; in fact, we may even feel sad. In realising our simple essence of pure consciousness, we … Continue reading
WHO CREATED OUR REALITY?
Who Created Our ‘Reality’? This ‘reality’ was created by those who convinced people to believe in truth, rather than knowing truth for themselves. We therefore became reliant on them. Convince: to cause to believe firmly in the truth of something, from Latin convincere, from con‘with’ + vincere … Continue reading
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THE WIND UP IS A COVER UP
The Wind Up Is A Cover Up Being wound up is being anxious, fearful or angry about a state of affairs. Our minds are constantly held captive, and we’re so distracted that we cannot see the causes that created this … Continue reading
THE WORLD HAS BECOME MORE INSIDIOUS
The World Has Become More Insidious Insidious: from Latin insidiosus ‘cunning’, from insidiae ‘an ambush or trick’. The world has become more insidious to cause trouble and chaos. Natural differences are being exaggerated, and dividing peoples. Why? To push an agenda that we should all think … Continue reading
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THE GREAT RESET
The Great Reset ‘The Great Reset’ is restoring our minds to its natural state, so that we can think clearly, and not be a reactive automaton. Our minds have become so distorted that we’re in conflict with everything and everyone. … Continue reading
LIVING OUTSIDE THE MATRIX
Living Outside The Matrix Living outside the matrix is living outside the mind. Our mind is formed by the society we live in – the collective social mind of limitations, and the topics we don’t talk about; if we do … Continue reading
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WHEN SPIRITUALITY BECOMES POLITICS
When Spiritual Becomes Political Political: social manipulation to secure and maintain influential positions, motivated by belief. When spirituality is organised, it becomes a religion, with the creation of hierarchies to maintain influential positions by belief. This causes dependency within a form. We … Continue reading
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ORDINARY: NOTHING SPECIAL
Ordinary: Nothing Special Through the realisation of our true reality, we realise how ordinary it is, and how ordinary we are, just being pure consciousness – the true essence of all sentient beings. People cannot accept being ordinary, and make … Continue reading
HAS INNER AWARENESS CHANGED OUR ATTITUDE?
Has Inner Awareness Changed Our Attitude? Has our practice of being aware of our state of mind improved our behaviour and attitude towards others? Are we less judgmental, less standoffish, less reactive, less emotional? Are we more understanding of how … Continue reading
THE CLARITY THAT DISPELS CONFUSION
The Clarity That Dispels Confusion Confusion will not mean the same to everyone. The moment when we experience confusion (having no answers) is the moment of enlightenment. That confusion of “I don’t know” – that vacancy – is the very … Continue reading
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OUR OTHER PROBLEM
Our Other Problem Our other problem is that we are far too inventive; we’re too clever for our own good, and very proud to be regarded as being in-the-know, all of which distracts to a state of madness. 🙂 Perhaps it’s … Continue reading
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DIVINE DISCONTENT
Divine Discontent We all feel there is more to us, but we don’t know what that is. It’s the knowing itself. It’s that simple. It’s that subtle. And it’s what we constantly ignore.
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I AM FULL OF DOUBT
I Am Full Of Doubt I am full of doubt, and never feel good enough. That is my mental state, brought about from early life. All the while, perfect consciousness watches on. This conceptual me isn’t what I am; it … Continue reading
WE ARE THE ORIGIN OF EVIL
We Are The Origin Of Evil We are the origin of evil, but our actual origin is pure consciousness and compassion. These two opposites cause us inner conflict. We’re wanting answers, when we are the answer. Each of us turned … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM IS EXAGGERATION
Our Problem Is Exaggeration We exaggerate our self by identifying with something other than what we are. The human body and mind are capable of great feats and creativity, and that’s how we’re taken over, mesmerised by the exotic, and … Continue reading
EVIL IS THE OPPOSITE TO TRUTH
Evil Is The Opposite To Truth Evil is the opposite to truth. Truth is what is natural; evil is unnatural. Ignorance of reality causes conflict in the world, and is meant to. The world is infected with ignorance that comes … Continue reading
TRUTH NEVER CHANGES
Truth Never Changes Material reality changes as all things are impermanent. Thoughts are also impermanent and changeable. Neither can be said to be true, as that which is true can never not be true, and is therefore unchanging. If we … Continue reading
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WHEN WOUNDS GET WORSE
When Wounds Get Worse In meditation, thoughts seem to get worse; they’re not – we are only noticing more. Everyone has wounds or traumas due to early experiences that influence our later life. These traumas are either hurtful events, or … Continue reading
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HOLLOW FORMS
Hollow Forms A form is an empty mould into which material is placed in order to activate a replica, a copy, a clone. That is what has happened to our minds, and is the reason why we are habitually and … Continue reading
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WHY DO WE MAKE EXCUSES?
Why Do We Make Excuses? Excuse: justifying a fault or injustice. Why are we so ready to take sides? Do we make excuses for a cosy life? Is “I believe” our downfall? Why do we make excuses for others when … Continue reading
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THE SCIENCE OF MEDITATION
The Science Of Meditation This is the most important science that we need to know about what we are, otherwise we are literally dreaming, living in our minds. That’s no way to live. It is only through meditation that we … Continue reading
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BELIEF IS ANTI-INTELLIGENCE
Belief Is Anti-Intelligence Belief is the core of human suffering. This cannot be repeated enough; belief is the core of human suffering. Whether it’s a belief in my self or God, our antics and debates are the cause of conflict. … Continue reading
WHY I ONLY FOLLOW THE BUDDHA’S ADVICE
Why I Only Follow The Buddha’s Advice Why I follow the Buddha’s advice and don’t believe it: he said, “Test the truth for yourself”. How else will we know? This is in contrast to being told by Buddhist teachers, “Don’t … Continue reading
ANCIENT SECRETS AREN’T ANCIENT SECRETS
Ancient Secrets Aren’t Ancient Secrets The mystery is that we have lost what is natural. Knowledge and wisdom are right here, right now, and is has always been so. People make this out to be some special hocus pocus – … Continue reading
ESCAPING THE GREAT ILLUSION
Escaping The Great Illusion Escaping the great illusion. And escaping the ‘escaping’ of the great illusion. 🙂 There are many levels of misunderstanding. Believing that our mental self is permanent and that we can’t change, is the illusion. Our reality … Continue reading
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REINVENTING THE DHARMA WHEEL
Reinventing The (Dharma) Wheel This is what we all have to do to realise the real Dharma, and it’s the reason why the Buddha said, “Do not take my words for the truth; test them for yourself”. The Dharma is … Continue reading
BELONGING: PROPERTY OF
Belonging: Property Of When we belong to any ideology, we are that ideology’s belongings; this forms our bindings, which limit being. To be a full being, we traverse the path of the middle way beyond sides, beyond stickiness. The middle … Continue reading
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GOD? SELF? CONSCIOUSNESS?
God? Self? Consciousness? This is a matter of individual understanding, rather than group-think. Some believe in a God-creator. Some believe in a self identity. Some believe they are consciousness. Eloquent people discuss/argue, “There is God!” / “There is no God!”. … Continue reading
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THE POWER OF IGNORANCE
The Power Of Ignorance We’re full of information which isn’t knowledge; it’s just enough to sound ‘knowledgeable’. Real knowledge is actual experience. Once we acknowledge experience, confidence arises in the form of wisdom, knowing how and when to apply this … Continue reading
MISUNDERSTANDING ALL WE SEE AND HEAR
Misunderstand All We See And Hear The pineal gland, also known as Peniel, Penuel or Pniel, Pnuel; Hebrew: פְּנוּאֵל Pənūʾēl: “Face of God”, the Third eye, The Awakening, Pure Consciousness, The Lamb, is the face of what we are. Whether we are awaiting the first coming or … Continue reading
HAS THE MESSAGE GOT THROUGH?
Has The Message Got Through? The masterminds who are minding our mindsdon’t want us to master our minds. Dharma is freeing our mind by opening it up to clarity. It’s not an act, and it’s why we need a little … Continue reading
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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. 
THE YOGA OF ONE TASTE
The Yoga Of One Taste We all like to feel good. We like to be with our guru or lama, go to temples, walk in the mountains, chant prayers with others, eat nice food … but feeling good isn’t the … Continue reading →