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- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
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- IT’S AN ANCIENT TRICK March 18, 2026
- WHAT ARE MORALS? March 17, 2026
- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
- REGRETS ARE MEMORIES March 16, 2026
- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
- WHAT IS SUCCESS? March 15, 2026
- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
- CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS March 13, 2026
- WE INHERIT MEMORIES March 13, 2026
- FINDING EGO March 13, 2026
- HOLDING ONTO ANGER March 13, 2026
- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
- THE AI LAMA March 11, 2026
- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
- GHOST IN THE MIND March 10, 2026
- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
- CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION? March 5, 2026
- REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED March 4, 2026
- NICE PEOPLE March 3, 2026
- OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE March 2, 2026
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG March 1, 2026
- WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS February 28, 2026
- THE ART OF LIVING February 27, 2026
- DISSOLVING DUALISTIC MIND February 27, 2026
- EMPATHY FOR STUPIDITY February 27, 2026
- HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED February 27, 2026
- HOW DID IT ALL START? February 27, 2026
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF EXISTENTIALISM February 27, 2026
- THE WISDOM OF FAILURE February 26, 2026
- THE MIND IS A MENTAL SOLAR SYSTEM February 25, 2026
- INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM February 24, 2026
- INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE February 24, 2026
- DANGER WAKES US UP February 23, 2026
- WHEN WE IGNORE EVIL February 23, 2026
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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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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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