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- HAVING SOMEONE TO TALK TO October 5, 2026
- MISTAKING DISTRACTION FOR PURPOSE October 4, 2026
- WE ADOPT A STORY October 3, 2026
- SANITY IS WISDOM October 3, 2026
- SOCIOLOGY AND THE DHARMA October 3, 2026
- LIVING IN OUR BUBBLE October 3, 2026
- FEEDBACK IS VITAL FOR PROGRESS October 3, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS INNOCENT October 2, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE PSYOPS October 1, 2026
- WAKING UP IS DISTURBING October 1, 2026
- FROM SIGHT TO INSIGHT September 30, 2026
- WE KNOW ABOUT PLATO’S CAVE … BUT DO WE? September 30, 2026
- LOST SOUL, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS September 29, 2026
- RITUALISTIC DHARMA AND REAL DHARMA September 29, 2026
- LOVING LABELS – OTHERS’ LABELS September 28, 2026
- THERE IS NO DHARMA, NO BUDDHISM, NOTHING INTERESTING September 28, 2026
- RETREATS, AND GOING FOR A BUN September 27, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE DREAMING? September 27, 2026
- CLEARING AWAY THE DARK IGNORANCE OF MIND September 26, 2026
- IS THE EXOTIC ESCAPISM? September 26, 2026
- WHY DOES LIFE FEEL LIKE A SCAM? September 26, 2026
- KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT COMPASSION September 25, 2026
- BELIEVING VERSUS KNOWING September 24, 2026
- BORN INTO A WAY OF LIFE September 23, 2026
- COMPASSION ONLY FOR THOSE AFAR September 22, 2026
- ARE WE AWAKE OR DREAMING? September 22, 2026
- DID YOU GET WHAT YOU CAME FOR? September 22, 2026
- REALISING THE REAL TEACHER September 22, 2026
- BELONGING TO AN UNSTABLE TRIBE September 21, 2026
- WORDS ARE NEARLY THE TRUTH September 20, 2026
- THE LESS THE JUDGEMENT, THE MORE THE INSISIGHT September 19, 2026
- IF YOU’RE BONKERS AND YOU KNOW IT, CLAP YOUR HANDS September 19, 2026
- THE DHARMA IS IN LIFE, NOT IN A BOOK September 18, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNISING BLIND ALLEYS September 18, 2026
- SPIRITUALITY ISN’T A PERFORMANCE September 17, 2026
- WHY GO ON ABOUT HAPPINESS? September 17, 2026
- TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE? September 16, 2026
- WHY DON’T PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE? September 15, 2026
- DO YOU WANT TO BE A BODHISATTVA? September 14, 2026
- WISDOM IS USELESS UNLESS IT IS PRACTISED September 13, 2026
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? September 13, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING September 12, 2026
- WE ALL HAVE DARK PASTS September 12, 2026
- MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE PAST September 11, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEVER WRONG September 11, 2026
- IN EMPTINESS, WORDS ARE JUST NOISE September 11, 2026
- THE I GOES BACK A LONG WAY September 11, 2026
- REALISING SOMETHING IS WRONG September 10, 2026
- WORDS FILL OUR MIND September 10, 2026
- UNBLOCKING ENLIGHTENMENT September 10, 2026
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THE INNER PEACE OF EMPTINESS
The Inner Peace of Emptiness Cognisant emptiness is our original, uncontaminated state of mind, at perfect peace. We experience a glimps of this when we stop an activity, but we ignore it for something ‘interesting’ to do. This cognisant emptiness … Continue reading
TAKING THE NAILS OUT OF OUR COFFIN
Taking The Nails Out Of Our Coffin Evil wants to hold us down, knowing that realisation of our true reality sets us free. If we hold on to any idea, we bury ourselves in concepts, and that is precisely what … Continue reading
ADDICTED TO RELIGION AND TO ANTI-RELIGION
Addicted To Religion And To Anti-Religion The silliness of argument. Don’t let the religious and the anti-religious – the Creationists and the Darwinists – treat you like a four-year-old. They all need followers to keep the addiction alive. There is … Continue reading
WHAT IF GOD IS JUST THE THREE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE?
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
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THE DHARMA IS DO-IT-YOURSELF
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
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WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR DIS-INFORMATION FROM?
Where Do You Get Your Dis-information From? We are told, “Seeing is believing.” This is dis-information, but it’s the code that we live by which lies dormant in our minds but which can be activated at any moment. We are … Continue reading
DE-ESCALATING
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
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THE ESOTERIC
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
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EVIL IS OUT TO GET YOU
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
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REALISING WHERE WE WENT WRONG
Realising Where We Went Wrong We went wrong by following the unenlightened, who just followed the unenlightened. Even those who assume they are independent follow the same clichés, complaining about those who follow others. This is the vicious cycle of … Continue reading
MIND IS MEMORIES
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
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THINKING ISN’T KNOWING
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.
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SPIRITUALLY-WISE IS WORDLY-WISE
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
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DOES RELIGION OVER-ELABORATE WHAT IS NATURAL?
Does Religion Over-Elaborate What Is Natural? 🙂
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PRACTISING PRACTICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Practising Practical Consciousness We don’t have to develop consciousness; it’s already present. We just have to be aware that consciousness is not only present, it’s what we are – consciousness, pure and simple. This isn’t something we can think about, … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIENCE, MORALS AND BEHAVIOUR
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
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THE RELIEF OF NOT BEING SPECIAL
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
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BEYOND THE BASICS
Beyond The Basics Our original reality is pure consciousness; there is nothing beyond this basic truth. Anything added to this is an embellishment and a distraction – a piece of theatre, and something to behold. Theatre: from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’. Once we … Continue reading
IS FEAR HATRED?
Is Fear Hatred? A phobia is said to be fear and hatred and, on top of that, irrational; this is both misleading and confusing. Fear of the unknown is natural. What we then do is due to our understanding, or … Continue reading
SATISFACTION IS FLEETING
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.
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IS BUDDHISM THE ILLUSION WITHIN THE ILLUSION?
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
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WHAT IS BUDDHISM?
What Is Buddhism? Buddhism is knowing what we are, and what we are not.It is knowing what is our reality, and knowing what is an illusion of reality. Our reality is pure consciousness, as this never changes.The illusion is believing … Continue reading
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WE MAKE UP OUR MINDS
We Make Up Our Minds Made up: invented, not true. Once we make up our mind, we fixate on it,and then everything that we encounter is based (biased) on that view. Most of us have our minds made up for us.Meditation … Continue reading
HUMANITY AND THE ‘MACHINE’
Humanity And The ‘Machine’ Without being aware of it, we are all part of the ‘machine’, having gradually become accustomed to it.The path to enlightenment is breaking free of the ‘machine’ by recognising the effects of the machine.
MASTERING OUR THOUGHTS
Mastering Our Thoughts Mastering our thoughts is being free of others’ thoughts which master us, and this is the secret of a contented life, free from the anxiety of others’ exaggerations. The master is pure consciousness, while the slave is … Continue reading
DEALING WITH REJECTION
Dealing With Rejection There are many reason why we are rejected, and why we reject others: aversion, fear, pride, having different responses … all these cause a disturbance in the programming. We haven’t actually done anything wrong, there is just … Continue reading
DIVINE SPLENDOUR AND EVERYDAY LIFE
Divine Splendour And Everyday Life Divine splendour doesn’t mean we have no problems; we just see them clearly. Clarity: the quality of transparency or purity. Middle English (in the sense ‘glory, divine splendour’): from Latin claritas, from clarus ‘clear’.
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WHO IS ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN REALITY?
Who Is Actually Interested In Reality? How many people do you know who are interested in reality? They may be interested in philosophy, in words, in rituals, but that isn’t reality; these are things to do, to pass the time. … Continue reading
LIVING IN THE MIND
Living In the Mind When we live just in our mind, we live on memories, which are a simulation of reality. Thoughts are imagination, and have no direct reality; they merely colour everything that we see. This is the source … Continue reading
IT’S A SHOCK
It’s A Shock We are the alpha and omega – the beginning and the end. We look for the truth, and realise we are the truth, when we stop living others’ histories. Our truth is pure consciousness. Once we realise … Continue reading
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THINKING WE ARE COMMUNICATING
Thinking We Are Communicating We think we are communicating, but in reality, we are unable to communicate. We usually talk about a history we’ve inherited, which lacks empathy and relevance for what’s in front of us now. We long to … Continue reading
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LOCKED IN THE MIND THROUGH SUGGESTION
Locked In The Mind Through Suggestion Locked in the mind through suggestion: Middle English (in the sense of ‘an incitement to evil’). Hypnosis is the power of suggestion. Although not necessarily evil, it can be used in this way, as in believing without … Continue reading
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LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD
Living In The Real World The real world is conscious awareness, rather than ideas held in the mind. Life is fruitful when we realise that we are this consciousness awareness: the reality that never changes. We’re not puppets to have … Continue reading
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LEVELS OF WAKING UP
Levels Of Waking Up Knowing there are bad people in the world is not waking up. Knowing there are stupid people in the world is not waking up. It’s always been this way. We are meant to see injustice and … Continue reading
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WORSHIPPING A BUDDHA
Worshipping A Buddha Worshipping a Buddha is worshipping a form, an idea. Better to be practical, and acknowledge the worth of a Buddha through experience. Enlightenment is the experience of being a nobody; we are devoted to reality, and not … Continue reading
PURE AWARENESS IS BEING NATURAL
Pure Awareness Is Being Natural Pure awareness is being ordinary, being natural; it’s just being aware. There is no attitude, no learning, no superiority – just awareness. Meditation is just being aware, anywhere. Pure awareness isn’t an altered state of … Continue reading
HOLLOWNESS VERSUS EMPTINESS
Hollowness Versus Emptiness Hollowness is vacancy, when we feel empty inside and life seems pointless, so we constantly look for things to fill the void. This is the constructed, vicious cycle of existence, where we have no foundation of reality … Continue reading
WHY THE MYSTERY?
Why The Mystery? Because we’re led to look the wrong way. A mystery is something which captures our imagination. We like a mystery because it keeps the answer at arms’ length; if we know, this has consequences. In the completion … Continue reading
THE ENORMITY OF THE ILLUSION
The Enormity Of The Illusion Writing about this cannot give it justice – we have to see it for ourselves. As soon as we enter the gates-of-birth, we enter a mind-construct; we are given a ‘passport’ for us to identity … Continue reading
OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN COLONISED
Our Minds Have Been Colonised Our minds have been taken over, and we never noticed; we surrendered at birth, because our parents told us how to think, just as they were told how to think. We assume this is normal, … Continue reading
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THE REASON WE SEEK KNOWLEDGE
The Reason We Seek Knowledge We are hungry for an answer, while all around us are people full with information; facts provided and learned. We seek knowledge that leads to wisdom; the application of knowledge. Once we recognise wisdom through experience, then … Continue reading
THE IMMEDIATE PATH TO LIBERATION
The Immediate Path To Liberation Ordinary psychology studies (looks at) the mind. Spiritual psychology studies (looks at) that which looks at the mind – consciousness – which is pure logic, but which ordinary psychology omits. Proof of spiritual psychology is … Continue reading
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EVIL IS TRUTH’S GUIDE
Evil Is Truth’s Guide Our essential nature is the ultimate truth of pure consciousness.It’s what we have always been. Evil obscures this truth. The path to enlightenment isn’t through pretending to be spiritual, or believing in others’ words; that is … Continue reading
UNUSUAL BLESSINGS
Unusual Blessings Blessing don’t always need to inspire us; they can also stop us going the wrong way. Things may not work out the way we hoped, but instead, doors close, allowing new ones to open. We may have the … Continue reading
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THEY MAKE IT FAR TOO COMPLICATED
They Make It Far Too Complicated Who are ‘they’? Those who miss the point by dividing up attention into minute particles, thus maintaining the mystery. In every walk of life, all activities are constantly being ‘upgraded’ and made competitive. Where … Continue reading
THE WISDOM THAT DISPELS PRIDE AND ENVY
The Wisdom That Dispels Pride And Envy Pride is the wisdom-of-equality; we all have the same potential. Envy is all-accomplishing-wisdom; that quality which is recognised in another is within us already. The Dharma is practical. This is why the Buddha … Continue reading
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR LIFE?
What Are We Doing With Our Life? Is it precious, or mundane? We have the ability to realise that we are the wisdom of all enlightened beings who have transcended the hive mentality. Hive mentality, also known as groupthink, is when … Continue reading
NOT REALISING THE DEPTH OF OUR PROBLEM
Not Realising The Depth Of Our Problem The realisation of the absolute truth that we are original, pure, conscious awareness is right here, right now. It’s not ‘up there’. Enlightenment is right here, right now. Dewachen is right here, right … Continue reading
DIVIDE AND CONQUER
Divide And Conquer Being put in the impossible situation of having to accept divisive chaos and confusion, we must remain silent, or receive the consequences. Of course, there are agents who provoke a situation; they are always part of the … Continue reading
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PLACE A HIGH VALUE ON LIFE
Place A High Value On Life Place a high value on learning, study, and knowledge about our reality through meditation.The actual experience transcends opinionated theories. Base your life on empirical observation and experience, rather than theory.