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WE ARE MORE THAN JUST RECORDING MACHINES

We Are More Than Just Recording Machines A recording is a repetition which is acceptance without verification. We are more than just recording machines; we have intuition. Intuition: the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning, denoting spiritual insight. We are intuition itself, … Continue reading

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WE DON’T HAVE TO BE A PROPHET TO BE PROPHETIC

We Don’t Have To Be A Prophet To Be Prophetic There is nothing new under any sun. Here’s one prophecy: Governed by their likes and dislikes, people will ignore their true reality. Here’s another: If we become reliant, we will … Continue reading

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NITPICK YOURSELF

Nitpick Yourself Instead of finding fault with others, first seek out your own faults. “Seek and you shall find.” Having identified our faults, we can empathise with how others got theirs. Every emotion that they’ve ever felt, we have also. … Continue reading

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PURE AWARENESS CAN NEVER BE WRONG

Pure Awareness Can Never Be Wrong Ideas and beliefs can be wrong, but pure awareness is never wrong. It is this that people cannot understand. Prove pure awareness wrong …

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BELIEVE IN A SELF; BELIEVE IN A PLACEBO

Believe In A Self; Believe In A Placebo Placebo: a psychological effect that has no reality, and is caused by a person’s belief. From Latin, literally ‘I shall be acceptable or pleasing’, from placere ‘to please’. We do and say things to please others in … Continue reading

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MEDITATION: FORMAL OR INFORMAL?

Meditation: Formal Or Informal? ‘Formal’ is having a regular time and place to meditate, to be purely aware. ‘Informal’ is the naturally relaxed being of pure awareness itself. As these develop, they become one and the same, anytime, anywhere. ‘Form’ … Continue reading

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NEGATIVE, POSITIVE AND NEUTRAL

Negative, Positive And Neutral Being negative, we become judgemental. Being positive, we become empathetic. Being neutral, we just watch. Just watching is the presence of pure consciousness, where we can then decide how to respond to a situation, rather than … Continue reading

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THE AGE OF HATRED

The Age Of Hatred This is said to be the age of the Kali Yuga, the age of conflict. Conflict breeds hatred. In the dictionary, hatred is defined as intense dislike. We can read all about this in the ‘news’ … Continue reading

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WE ARE COAXED INTO IGNORING

We Are Coaxed Into Ignoring We are coaxed into ignoring that we are, in reality, the essence of pure consciousness. Why are we coaxed? In favour of a belief system. Why? Partiality controls people with an incomplete picture that stimulates … Continue reading

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DELIBERATE AVOIDANCE

Deliberate Avoidance Deliberate avoidance is shunning a fact as being an enemy. This is just another name for ignorance. Avoidance is the result of our fear of not knowing, when we pretend that the other side of a narrative doesn’t … Continue reading

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WE ARE EXTREME CREATURES

We Are Extreme Creatures We are extreme creatures imprisoned by fascinations that become our habitual life style. Extreme: far from moderate. Entertained by intrigue, fascination and nostalgia, we busy ourselves, looking for and maintaining something that isn’t out there – … Continue reading

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IT ALL ADDS UP

It All Adds Up  It all adds up – lots of small parts gradually making a complete picture of life. Realisation of the complete picture depends on how fast we can let go of the parts. The levels or yanas … Continue reading

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WE ARE BROUGHT UP WITH IDEAS

We Are Brought Up With Ideas We are brought up with ideas – and we think we think for ourself. We live in a mind-field of borrowed ideas, concepts, fixations and obsessions, all of which distract us from experiencing the … Continue reading

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‘INFLUENCERS’ WANT REACTIONS

‘Influencers’ Want Reactions There are so many issues that are made so obvious, daring us to react to them and then condemning us for reacting. Everything is done for a purpose. Things do not just happen. We are encouraged to … Continue reading

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A BELIEF IS ONLY A POSSIBILITY

A Belief Is Only A Possibility A belief is only a possibility. It isn’t the complete truth until we test it – and ourselves – for ourself. Assumptions ruin lives. We can assume that the toaster doesn’t work because of … Continue reading

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ARE THERE HIGHER BEINGS IN THE UNIVERSE?

Are There Higher Beings In The Universe? This question can only be answered by each individual, based on their experiences. I say ‘experiences’ because inspiration has to happen regularly to be more than a coincidence. Reason says that things happen … Continue reading

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

All You Need To Know You are all you need to know. You are the pure knowingness of consciousness, which is mind essence. We have all ignored this in favour of ideas programmed in our mind. With realisation, we see … Continue reading

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THE FLIGHT OF THE GARUDA

The Flight Of The Garuda The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says: “The Dzogchen Tantras, the ancient teachings from which the bardo instructions come, speak of a mythical bird, the garuda, which is born fully grown. This image symbolises our … Continue reading

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IMPOSTER SYNDROME

Imposter Syndrome Religion projects perfection, when perfection is what we already are. Imposter syndrome is the psychological feeling of insecurity and self-doubt, manifesting as a negative self-image, when we are actually quite capable people. Imposter syndrome is a misunderstanding of perfection, … Continue reading

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OBSERVATION ALWAYS OVERRULES SPECULATION

Observation Always Overrules Speculation Once we start along the path of theories, there is no end to it. Speculation adds complications and division. Only pure observation, common to all, is trustworthy. That pure observation is pure awareness – the first … Continue reading

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WHETHER THE BUDDHA SAID

Whether The Buddha Said … Whether the Buddha actually said … “I am only able to point the way for you.” “Be a lamp unto yourself.” “Conditions are subject to decay.” “No thing has the power to create itself.” … … Continue reading

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MEDITATORS GET IT TOGETHER

Meditators Get-It-Together … or should do. 🙂 To meditate is to make a decision, and take positive action in one’s life to have a sense of direction. The decision is to achieve one’s full potential of a harmonious frame of mind, an enlightened mind. If we … Continue reading

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REFINING THE MIND

Refining The Mind The essence of mind is an empty screen or mirror which is cognisant. Thoughts about outer and inner phenomena are projected on to this screen/mirror which, in the very first instant, just reflects. This clarity of mind … Continue reading

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IT’S A CORRUPT WORLD

It’s A Corrupt World It’s a corrupt world. It’s not enlightened, being driven by self-obsession. Everything that we think is tainted with misunderstanding. We swim in an ocean of illusion in the mind. The very essence of mind is the … Continue reading

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PREJUDICE INHIBITS OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Prejudice Inhibits Open-Mindedness If we are locked in pre-conceived ideas about ourself and others, it is we who become the problem. We cannot put the world right, but we can put our selves right. When we live within a material … Continue reading

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FOLLOW THE SCIENCE? FOLLOW THE TEACHING?

Follow The Science? Follow The Teaching? This an extract from yesterday’s UK Covid enquiry: ‘Professor Vallance (top scientific advisor) admitted there is “no such thing as ‘the science’”. “Science, by its definition, is a moving body of knowledge that tries to … Continue reading

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CAN YOU LAUGH AT YOUR SELF?

Can You Laugh At Your Self? Does your old self make you feel ‘icky’ … unpleasantly sticky? We all do and say daft things that we picked up from others. It’s not our fault – unless we keep doing and saying … Continue reading

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JUST FUNCTIONING

Just Functioning Most humans function on a limited level of existence. In fact, we are malfunctioning. If our only concerns are family, career, entertainment (which include politics, technology and religion), we are merely going round in circles, repeating the same … Continue reading

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ALIENS – WHO NEEDS SPACESHIPS?

Aliens – Who Needs Spaceships? Aliens are embodied beings … us! If there is life after death, we all transmigrate. In the Tibetan Book Of The Bardo, consciousness is said to be nine times more acute after death than in … Continue reading

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THE TERM ‘HIGHER SELF’ IS A MISNOMER

The Term ‘Higher Self’ Is A Misnomer There is no ‘higher self’, but there is a lower self – the one we walk around with. The term ‘higher self’ is used by those who think our true reality is a … Continue reading

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HAPPINESS IS UNDERSTANDING

Happiness Is Understanding Happiness is understanding the cycle of things: we do not empower charades. We may not live in wealth or even have a comfortable life, but we understand the nature of reality, how the universe works, our likes … Continue reading

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BEING SELF TAUGHT

Being Self Taught Consciousness learns from a self which is a construct in the mind, and therefore, our mind is programming consciousness by mistakenly giving reality to an illusion. Consciousness assumes that mind is self when, in truth, consciousness is … Continue reading

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WHILE MY KEYBOARD GENTLY WEEPS

While My Keyboard Gently Weeps We became perverted through the feeding of our desires, maintaining obsession and addiction. Through unhappiness, we chase after rainbows which are impossible to attain. Our natural state is already happy. ‘Hap’ means fortunate or lucky, … Continue reading

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MEDITATION IS OUR NATURAL STATE OF BEING

Meditation Is Our Natural State Of Being When we are not in vacancy or thinking and talking, we are just being aware, open to the elements with the the senses fully experiencing, watchful, able to see clearly and at peace, … Continue reading

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WE ARE AN INVENTION OF THE MIND

We Are An Invention Of The Mind We are an invention of the mind … clones of others’ minds. Are you doing or thinking anything original? Our only originality is the essence of consciousness. It’s original because it never changes. … Continue reading

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LOSING LOSING YOUR TEMPER

Losing Losing Your Temper Temper: an angry state of mind. Temperamental: the tendency to behave angrily or emotionally. The speed at which we lose our temper and become angry indicates the degree of volatility in the mind we are working with. When we lose … Continue reading

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WHEN LIFE BECOMES OVERWHELMING

When Life Becomes Overwhelming Remember: nothing lasts, but that which is aware of being overwhelmed. That – and not what happens – is the secret of life. Pure consciousness is the only stable truth. We may look at politics, religion, … Continue reading

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THE SIMPLE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE

The Simple Laws of the Universe In order to realise the simple laws of the universe, we don’t have to look to the exotic. The simple laws of the universe are the simple laws of the mind – sentience. We … Continue reading

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OVERWHELMING NEGATIVITY

Overwhelming Negativity Overwhelming negativity is due to a closed mind. The meaning of the word ‘negative’ is denial. This can become a cultural meme through the propaganda machine that sees to it that we stay trapped in the illusion of … Continue reading

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THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

The Purpose Of Life There’s a purpose? 🙂 Those who say, “There is no purpose to life” are usually people who hold negative views, and who see those who think there is a purpose as making that purpose up. Are … Continue reading

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CONTROL YOUR SELF, CONTROL MARA

Control Your Self, Control Mara Our self or I is ego. ‘Ego’ is the Latin word for I = self-importance. Ego is consciousness clinging to ideas about likes and dislikes. Because ego is based on these negative emotions of likes … Continue reading

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THE QUALITIES OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS

The Qualities Of Pure Consciousness The very essence of pure consciousness is the quality of clarity. One might say, “Is that all?” Clarity: Middle English (in the sense ‘glory, divine splendour’): from Latin clarus ‘clear’. Meditation is a method to open the mind to realise the … Continue reading

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DHARMA IS REMEMBERING THAT WE FORGOT WHAT WE ARE

Dharma Is Remembering That We Forgot What We Are Meditation is remembering that we forgot what we are. Enlightenment is never forgetting for an instant. When we remember that we are pure consciousness, there is no Dharma, there is no … Continue reading

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KARMA BRINGS SELECTED INFORMATION

Karma Brings Selected Information There is good karma and not-so-good karma; it all depends on our attitude. It’s strange that, in life, certain knowledge will come our way, but it won’t to others. It’s as if a teacher was transmitting and … Continue reading

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OUR KARMIC DEBT AND ITS EFFECTS

Our Karmic Debt And Its Effects Our attitude and behaviour are created by our past experiences, and our reactions to those experiences. This is how we learnt to be ‘us’, our social I. This karmic load of I, which made … Continue reading

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KARMA

Karma Karma operates as a self-sustaining mechanism – as natural universal law without any need of an external entity to manage it. The subtle natural law of the universe is wisdom, knowing the causes and effects of karma.

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MEDITATION IS TOTAL RELAXATION WITHOUT DISTRACTION

Meditation Is Total Relaxation Without Distraction ‘Without distraction’ is neither falling into vacancy nor circling thoughts. Being aware of the dream states of both vacancy and thoughts shows us the state we are in, and that’s good. Merely recognising these … Continue reading

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EVERYTHING IS A DISTRACTION

Everything Is A Distraction Everything is a distraction so that we don’t notice our reality. Once we realise our reality, everything is recognised as a distraction. While we are looking one way, something is happening elsewhere. While we are looking … Continue reading

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THE MIDDLE-EAST MATTER

The Middle-East Matter Is it a secular or spiritual matter? Judaism is a religion of the old Bible. Followers of any religion have a right to practise non-violent contemplation. We may not agree with their ideas but, going into another’s … Continue reading

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IGNORANCE VERSUS WISDOM

 Ignorance Versus Wisdom Because we ignore our own reality of pure consciousness, pure mind, we create suffering for ourselves and others. This ignorance of the wisdom within solidifies the ideas of self and our world, and maintains the three poisons … Continue reading

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