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- TIMELESS TIME May 13, 2026
- IS MEDITATION ENOUGH? May 13, 2026
- EARTH: THE HISTORY OF EVIL May 12, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WAS A WEIRD ONE May 11, 2026
- PATHOS IS THE PATH TO ENLIGHTEMENT May 10, 2026
- IS PREDICTION POSSIBLE? May 9, 2026
- WORDS CONTROL OUR MIND May 8, 2026
- THE WORD WEIRD IS WEIRD May 8, 2026
- WHAT IF WE’RE ALREADY ENLIGHTENED? May 7, 2026
- THE MEANING OF LIFE May 7, 2026
- PURIFYING THE MIND May 6, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE PURIFYING? May 5, 2026
- THE MIRROR, MIND ESSENCE, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS May 5, 2026
- THE TRAP OF DISPLAY IN DZOCHEN AND KABBALAH May 5, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN UNENLIGHTENED WORLD May 4, 2026
- GO FORTH AND SPARKLE May 4, 2026
- EVERYONE KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG May 4, 2026
- ORDINARY REALISATION FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE May 4, 2026
- THE TWO STUPIDITIES May 3, 2026
- WHAT KNOWS? May 2, 2026
- WHAT TO DO AFTER REALISATION May 2, 2026
- OUR LIFE IS A PREDICTIVE SCRIPT May 2, 2026
- ALIENATION May 1, 2026
- WE GET OLD BECAUSE WE STOP PLAYING May 1, 2026
- INFINITY CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED May 1, 2026
- THE HEART SUTRA May 1, 2026
- THE SPIRITUAL INNER CIRCLE May 1, 2026
- SPIRITUAL JOBSWORTHS May 1, 2026
- WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG? April 30, 2026
- OUR MORAL LANDSCAPE April 29, 2026
- FOR COMPASSION, WE NEED EMPATHY April 29, 2026
- COMPOS MENTIS – NON-COMPOS MENTIS April 29, 2026
- CONQUERING THE UNIVERSE April 28, 2026
- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT April 26, 2026
- WE FEAR COMMUNICATION April 25, 2026
- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
- THE ASPECTS OF SELF April 24, 2026
- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
- OUR FABULOUS TEACHER April 21, 2026
- THE NON-PERSON MOMENTS April 21, 2026
- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE ACT OF REBELLION April 15, 2026
- AN ALIENS VIEW April 15, 2026
- PRAYER IS HOPE April 14, 2026
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SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
Spiritual Materialism We are so much less. We’re so engaged with the ideas of others that we ignore the simplicity of pure consciousness which is observing. The more we seek titbits of information, the less we know. It’s a shock … Continue reading
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EVIL TRANSFORMS INTO WISDOM
Evil Transforms Into Wisdom Evil transforms into wisdom when consciousness is alert to the fact that it’s being trapped in a cyclic chaos of existence. If we’re diverted from reflection to reaction, from essence to labels, the result is that … Continue reading
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THE COMFORTABLE DECEPTION
The Comfortable Deception Humanity has been dumbed down through a belief in words. The great paradox is that this systemic suppression of actual experience is the catalyst for human awakening as this friction offers the fastest path. The ground is … Continue reading
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IT’S AN ANCIENT TRICK
It’s An Ancient Trick Anchoring the human mind in the self in the form of ego/identity/a sense of tribalism ensures that humanity remains a collection of clashing fragments rather than an unity. The illusion of choice provides a selection of … Continue reading
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WHAT ARE MORALS?
What Are Morals? Morality is knowing what is beneficial and what is harmful; much depends on context. In the first instant of pure consciousness, there is no idea of right and wrong; there is just pure perception before any decision … Continue reading
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A POSITIVE OUTLOOK
A Positive Outlook Without consciousness, nothing would be known, but we’re actually oblivious to what we are.Consciousness is observation; pure consciousness is pure observation. It isn’t a feature of the universe or the body; it’s the clear screen in the … Continue reading
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REGRETS ARE MEMORIES
Regrets Are Memories Regret is essentially a memory with a heavy emotional judgment attached, when we look back and imagine a better version of reality that didn’t happen. Rather than letting regrets linger like unfinished novels, we should write endings … Continue reading
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THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS
The Two Veils Of Unhappiness The two veils form a barrier that prevents realisation of our true essence of pure consciousness. Unfortunately, when we read about these ‘two veils’, it sounds extremely complicated. The first is the mental trap of … Continue reading
WHAT IS SUCCESS?
What Is Success? It is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. We need an aim or a purpose for success.If there is no aim or purpose, there’s no success. Without a purpose, we’re just running, but we aren’t actually … Continue reading
KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE
Karma Is Our Manual For Life Karma is our manual for life… and our teacher. Our karma is our manual for life; it’s the architect of what’s to come. Rather than a system of rewards and punishments, karma is the … Continue reading
DZOGCHEN
Dzogchen ‘Dzogchen’ just means pure consciousness. It’s nothing amazing; it’s reading these words without comment.The moment we start commenting, we lose Dzogchen. If, however, we have realised pure consciousness,then comments are an expression of that realisation. Saying this, comments are … Continue reading
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WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS
We All Give Off Signals We all give off signals which make a statement about us that either calms a situation or exacerbates it. People see their script as the guardian of their world, so we have to treat them … Continue reading
INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY
Institutional Insanity Institutional insanity escalates reactions to create more insanity. Problem, reaction, solution: create a problem, get a reaction, apply the solution that was intended in the first place. When officialdom exaggerates and exacerbates a situation rather than calming it, … Continue reading
CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS
Clarity Is Vividness Living in vividness is living vigorously through clear seeing or pure consciousness.Vigorous: from Latin vividus, from vivere ‘to live’. If our mind is not clear, it is dull.Dull: lack of brightness. Old English dol ‘stupid’, related to Dutch dol ‘crazy’. Holding on to ideas limits panoramic vision … Continue reading
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WE INHERIT MEMORIES
We Inherit Memories We inherit ways of thinking and speaking, and these define personal identity. In our early years, we’re very susceptible and it’s then that our programming is particularly effective as we’re easily influenced or harmed by emotions and … Continue reading
FINDING EGO
Finding Ego Ego is consciousness clinging to ideas. A person who can’t stop fixating about those ideas has a strong ego, and so they become predictable. An artist, a musician, a speaker, a writer … they all have certain ways … Continue reading
HOLDING ONTO ANGER
Holding On To Anger As we get older, we either refine our understanding, or we hold on to what we think we know. Let’s say there are two sides to a conflict, and we support one or the other. We … Continue reading
WE WERE WARNED
We Were Warned The Buddha said,“Do not take my words for the truth: test them for yourself.” This was a warning, because to just believe in written or spoken words without practice and experience creates a false reality. Belief in … Continue reading
TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS
Transcending The Levels There are levels of realisation, levels of stupidity, levels of suffering, and levels of compassion.We’re not all in the same place at the same time. Realisation started when I realised how stupid I was – and still … Continue reading
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THE AI LAMA
The AI Lama From AI:“AI is increasingly stepping into the role of a spiritual teacher, acting as a non-judgmental ‘digital mirror’ for seekers. Unlike human gurus, AI offers constant availability and a safe space to explore deep vulnerabilities without fear … Continue reading
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CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY
Cloning: Control Belief, Control Humanity Belief is the powerful mechanism by which ideas clone themselves into new and impressionable hosts. Shared belief is human cloning. Indoctrination strips away individuality, and the original reality of pure consciousness is ignored. When everyone … Continue reading
GHOST IN THE MIND
Ghost In The Mind The ghost in our mind is our idea of self, created by subtle traumas that become memories and haunt a person’s current reality and emotional state. These memories disturb our inner peace and obscure our everyday … Continue reading
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
Know The Difference Consciousness – the observer.Pure consciousness – the observation.
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SPIRITUAL INBREEDING
Spiritual Inbreeding To be spiritually inbred means to be so isolated within a specific religious or ideological group, acquiring mannerisms that put others off, and losing touch with the outside world. We actually create aversion which restricts growth and inclusivity. … Continue reading
THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK
The Ultimate Jailbreak The ultimate jailbreak:breaking out of the programme. It’s a provocative truth about humans: we are heavily programmed, culturally and linguistically. Neurolinguistic programming is repeat something often enough that people will believe it. We can see this going … Continue reading
“WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?”
“Who Ordered The Big Bang?” In order for there to be a big bang, there have to be the elements present for a big bang to bang. 🙂 Scientist and theists argue about a beginning; if you’re wondering whether there … Continue reading
RULES OVER WELLBEING
Rules Over Wellbeing Rules over wellbeing:the maintenance of suffering. Conformity is a deliberate feature of social control, groupthink and the creation of funds. When a system is designed to be blind to our struggles, it only sees tick boxes that … Continue reading
MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT
Mara Is Not Insignificant Mara rules the world through weak minds.And Mara is … the path to enlightenment– the path that illumines limitations. Mara is the personification of our desires, aversions, and delusions that keeps beings trapped in the cycle … Continue reading
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SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG
Suddenly, We Realise We Were Right All Along We’ve all been touched-in-the-head. Everybody wants to be a somebody, when they’re everybody, and so, a nobody. In the universe, we are specks on a speck, in a galaxy that is a … Continue reading
WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY?
Why Do We Shy Away From Simplicity? Why do we shy away from simplicity?Do we think that the more complex the Dharma, the better it is? The completion stage – the end of any practice – is resting in emptiness, … Continue reading
THE SUBTLETY OF BEING
The Subtlety Of Being This is the most refined level of absolute being, often described as extremely subtle, pure luminosity or primordial consciousness. Beyond the everyday gross mind of sensory perception and conceptual thought is subtle being where we just … Continue reading
CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION?
Can We Recognise Deception? How do we know we aren’t being deceived? There those who say “Believe me” with the intention to deceive – “Buy this idea now!” And of course, there are those who readily believe in that idea, … Continue reading
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REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED
Realisation And Being Offended … Realisation and being offendedcannot occupy the same space. The test of realisation – the experience of knowing our true reality of pure consciousness – is that realisation cannot be offended as it cannot be denied. … Continue reading
NICE PEOPLE
Nice People We all want to be thought of as nice people.Why? Have you ever felt uncomfortable around nice people? People who do and say the ‘right’ things, the ‘polite’ things, the ‘agreeable’ things that are actually nonsense. This is … Continue reading
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OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE
Our Natural State Is Meditative It’s quite ordinary. Meditation is merely being aware of being aware,realising we are that awareness and resting there.This is what we are: pure consciousness. Our practice is to preserve this inner peace.We meditate twice a … Continue reading
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG
The Purpose Of This Blog The purpose of this blog is not to teach; it’s purpose is shared awareness. This is so that, when others go to Dharma centres, read books, or watch videos, they are aware of the essence … Continue reading
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WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS
Why We Ignore Consciousness People ignore consciousness to avoid self-examination, prioritising immediate gratification with yes/no answers, and looking no further. Taking consciousness for granted, we prefer tangible material results over subjective experience where we discover objective consciousness, which is pure … Continue reading
THE ART OF LIVING
The Art Of Living Why problems in life are inspiring. Ordinarily there’re not, but when we know the laws of the universe, we find that they are our escalator to enlightenment. Why? Because there’s always an opposite, and that’s inspiring … Continue reading
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DISSOLVING DUALISTIC MIND
Dissolving Dualistic Mind A dualistic mind continually relatesthrough attachment. The nature of mind is clarity, uncontaminated awareness, pure consciousness. It is pure perception. It is neither intellectual nor academic – it just observes. This is the esoteric wisdom of a … Continue reading
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EMPATHY FOR STUPIDITY
Empathy For Stupidity Been there, done that. ‘Been there, done that’ is an expression that means we’ve experienced the same situation, felt the same way, believed the same thing. We feel stupid for having gone along, but remember that we … Continue reading
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HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED
Humanity Has Been Deceived The manufactured reality of life is designed to maintain order and consumption. The illusion of choice is a simulation of freedom where endless distractions prevent us from seeking deeper meaning or authentic identity. Throughout history, concepts such … Continue reading
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HOW DID IT ALL START?
How Did It All Start? It didn’t. To say ‘start’ suggests there that was something before to make it start. What was that something, and what caused that something? “Oh, that something was the infinite.” See the problem? For most … Continue reading
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THE POINTLESSNESS OF EXISTENTIALISM
The Pointlessness Of Existentialism Existentialism is a philosophy focused on the individual, emphasising personal freedom and choice, and the absence of inherent meaning in the universe. It asserts that humans are not born with a pre-set purpose, but must create … Continue reading
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THE WISDOM OF FAILURE
The Wisdom Of Failure The wisdom of feeling a failure is seeing obstacles – the rawness of the path – which helps us empathise with others, while ‘success’ keeps us on autopilot. A sense of failure prevents personal stagnation, forcing … Continue reading
THE MIND IS A MENTAL SOLAR SYSTEM
The Mind Is A Mental Solar System The forces that govern everything.Human stress responses are localised expressions of universal laws. The mind is essentially a mental solar system, with thoughts orbiting within our empty essence. There is a tug-of-war between … Continue reading
INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM
Intelligence And Wisdom Which do we follow?Which do we value? Intelligence is the ability to acquire, process, and apply knowledge.Wisdom is the deeper, patient application of experience, empath, and sound judgment to understand the broader, often paradoxical nature of life … Continue reading
INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE
Inner Peace Takes Discipline There has always been unease in the world, because humans have two sides to them: reaction and inner peace. Discipline is maintaining this inner peace, which is our original state of pure consciousness. We choose sanity, … Continue reading
DANGER WAKES US UP
Danger Wakes Us Up Danger wakes us up.Comfort puts us to sleep.If we think we’re awake,we are still thinking.🙂 If the world was a happy place, we wouldn’t want to change. We’ve been lulled by distraction; this is the dark … Continue reading
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WHEN WE IGNORE EVIL
When We Ignore Evil Evil is whatever causes suffering or disquiet. If we ignore evil/suffering, we have no hope of enlightenment – the clarity that perceives the befuddlement in which we all live. It is undeniable that, throughout history – … Continue reading
CONFUSION IS MEANT TO CONFUSE
Confusion Is Meant To Confuse Nothing keeps a crowd in check like a little strategic confusion. If you can’t convince ’em, confuse ’em. 🙂 Keeping the truth messy and layered with contradictions maintain chaos. It forces people to stop thinking … Continue reading