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“It’s Beyond Me!” It’s not complicated, it’s not difficult, it’s not time consuming. It’s natural. What’s ‘it’? It is the pure, natural understanding of intelligent life within – pure consciousness, beyond self, beyond the mind which is an identification, a … Continue reading →

Trying To Explain Something Beyond Explanation Trying to explain something beyond explanation cannot be done. Any explanation or commentary is inaccurate. Pure consciousness can only be realised without words.

Relating And Not Relating Relating to others can only be a generalisationas we each have individual karmic attitudes. Words are also a generalisation;they’re not the real thing, as that has to be experienced individually. The closer we come to reality, … Continue reading →

Form And Formless Stuck and unstuck. Form is the material world of ideas, rituals, words and symbols. Formless is what we are – pure consciousness. Meditation is the form. Non-meditation is formless. Form is ‘religion’. Formless is the fruition when … Continue reading →

‘Good’ Trauma …? Trauma is usually associated with unpleasant events or conditioning which leaves it mark throughout our life. They are ‘wounds’ we carry around – fear, anxiety, phobias – and this gives us the potential of being able to … Continue reading →

The Invasion Invasion: an intrusion into another’s domain. That domain is the mind. There are physical invasions, but before that comes the mental invasion – the preparation of the mind by agent provocateurs. In modern terms, this is referred to as ‘undercover operations’ to entice … Continue reading →

The Problem With Insightful Statements Throughout history, there have been many insightful statements – which make no difference to us. They are mainly filed at the back of our mind as clever and interesting, but they don’t change our attitude. … Continue reading →

The Highest Form Of Ignorance “Condemnation before investigation is the highest form of ignorance.” Albert Einstein If we condemn others before we know why they think the way they do, we are peddlers of ignorance. The Buddha said, “Do not … Continue reading →

Before Awareness Is Emptiness The ultimate teaching. We open a book and, in the very, very first instant before being aware, before being aware that we are awareness, and before we start reading, emptiness is present. As a note for … Continue reading →

Playing A Part We all play a character that thinks it’s fixed. Character: via Latin from Greek kharaktēr ‘a stamping tool’, a distinctive mark, a token, feature, or trait: a description, especially of a person’s distinguishing qualities. This persona comes from adopting the social I created during our upbringing. It is a … Continue reading →

Thinking And Consciousness Whatever and whenever we think, consciousness – pure consciousness – is already present. We merely have to recognise this, and realise the significance. It sounds so obvious when we say it, but it’s what we ignore in … Continue reading →

Staying Alive Staying alive is staying open to all possibilities in the moment now. It’s not about carrying a load of information around, or being mindful; these are merely devices to remember to be aware. Awareness itself needs no devices. … Continue reading →

Judging Others From Our State Of Mind Our personal mind is limited to our perception – the way we see. Whatever we think we know, others will know much more. We judge from mind memories; this merely makes us predictable … Continue reading →

Knowing What’s Within Teaches Us What’s Without A teacher is something or someone whose advice can dispel anxiety, alleviate worry and enlighten darkness, so giving confidence. A mind-wound or trauma from early life may still be present, but now it … Continue reading →

Differing Views Cause Conflict We may differ on what we see, but we can never differ on pure awareness. People can argue about this and that quite eloquently; humans are very good at making their views believable, but we cannot … Continue reading →