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- BUDDHA DHARMA IS NOT A HIERARCHY October 30, 2026
- NAIVETY TRANSFORMS INTO DISCERNMENT October 29, 2026
- HOW THE ELITE OPERATE October 29, 2026
- WHIMSICAL DHARMA October 28, 2026
- VALUING LIFE October 27, 2026
- NOTHING TO DISCUSS? October 26, 2026
- WHAT REALLY IS HAPPINESS? October 25, 2026
- WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE DISLIKED October 24, 2026
- DHARMA ISN’T SOMETHING RIGID October 24, 2026
- SKY DANCER / SPACE GOER October 24, 2026
- THE VOICE OF THE SUBTLE BODY October 23, 2026
- LIFE SEEMS LIKE HELL, BUT IT’S ACTUALLY A BLESSING October 23, 2026
- DEMENTIA AND CONSCIOUSNESS October 23, 2026
- BEYOND COMPREHENSION October 22, 2026
- BEING AWARE OF AWARENESS VERSUS BEING AWARENESS October 21, 2026
- BEING TAKEN IN BY DAILY LIFE MAINTAIN THE ILLUSION October 21, 2026
- POINTING TO CONSCIOUSNESS AND MISSING THE POINT October 20, 2026
- WE DON’T HAVE TO BE GREAT MEDITATORS October 19, 2026
- THE MIND IS FULL OF ILLUSIONS October 19, 2026
- INTERACTING WITH MENTAL BOUNDERIES October 18, 2026
- ARE WE THE BADDIES? October 18, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW YOU AREN’T BRAINWASHED? October 18, 2026
- THE FINGER POINTING TO THE MOON October 17, 2026
- WHAT IS PROXY? October 17, 2026
- THE PROXY TRAP October 17, 2026
- THE WORD CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT IN ANY BIBLE October 16, 2026
- BEING WATCHED, BEING PREDICTED October 16, 2026
- THE STATE OF OUR MIND October 16, 2026
- THE MORE WE REALISE, THE MORE EVERYONE IS STRANGE October 15, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE TO NOT KNOWING IS KNOWING October 15, 2026
- TENACITY REWARDS October 15, 2026
- TOO DRY OR TOO WET October 14, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INTELLECTUALISM October 14, 2026
- OUR LIFE IS THE RESULT OF OUR PAST DECISIONS October 13, 2026
- THIS WILL EITHER LIBERATE OR … ? October 12, 2026
- WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN … October 12, 2026
- THE MOST PROFOUND ADVICE October 11, 2026
- CONFIDENCE HAS NO ATTITUDE October 11, 2026
- THE AWE-FUL TEACHER October 10, 2026
- NOT SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES October 9, 2026
- THE CATCH IN THE BARDO = THE WINDS OF KARMA October 9, 2026
- WATERED-DOWN DHARMA October 8, 2026
- THE CONSTANTS October 8, 2026
- GURUS ARE PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE ARE GURUS October 7, 2026
- DOUBT AND CONFIDENCE October 6, 2026
- 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
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WHERE IS THE HOLY LAND?
Where Is The Holy Land? The idea of a ‘holy’ land diverts attention away from the truth. It is our pure mind that is wholesome, and not a place. A place is just a sentimental idea that people fight over. … Continue reading
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WHERE DOES EVIL COME FROM?
Where Does Evil Come From? To own, or to hack into another’s mind is what evil does. Any being able to think is sentient and conscious – in essence, pure consciousness. In an infinite universe, there are infinite beings who do … Continue reading
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OUR ATTITUDE IS OUR PROGRAMMING
Our Attitude Is Our Programming Attitude: a settled way of thinking or feeling about something. Without effort of generosity, patience, morality, discipline and concentration, it’s hard to get free of the frame of mind which causes the way we constantly react. We see everyone else having an attitude, … Continue reading
ESSENCE AND FORM, TRUTH AND FICTION
Essence And Form, Truth And Fiction Essence is pure cognition; the truth of an uncontaminated mind. Form is a projection, an illusion, a fiction which contaminates the mind. Consciousness perceives through the senses, and it is in that very instant … Continue reading
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THE PROMISED LAND
The Promised Land The promised land is pure consciousness, our original reality. It’s not a place to fight over. Why would it be a geographical location? Stories lead us up the garden path of deception, creating ideas in the mind … Continue reading
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Distinguishing Between Mind And Consciousness … Distinguishing between mind and consciousness … and their unity. Consciousness – or rather, pure consciousness – is the cognisant essence of mind. It is what we are – pure perception, uncontaminated knowingness before anything … Continue reading
FILLING OUR MINDS
Filling Our Minds What we fill our minds with matters. Our mind is a sensitive tool, quick to detect and able to analyse vital information and turn it into knowledge for the welfare of others. Just filling the mind with … Continue reading
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TESTING THE MIND
Testing The Mind Think of infinity. It’s not possible; consciousness just has to accept it. Consciousness is infinite; the mind just has to accept it.
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LOST IN THOUGHT?
Lost In Thought? The moment we notice we are lost in thought, we aren’t! That moment is pure consciousness. All we need to do is value it; it’s what we are – totally objective – and not dependent on the mind for existence. Objective: free, not influenced by personal … Continue reading
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BRAIN STOP?
Brain Stop? “How did the universe start?” A pointless question, as our usual brain cannot go that far. What we hear is “Big Bang!” or “God!” What did the Big Bang bang in? What is God doing now, in an … Continue reading
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“WHY?” OR “WHAT?”
“Why?” Or “What?” The question “Why?” relates to the past. The question “What?” relates to now. We ask the question why in relation to a scenario, but what do we then do about it? In dwelling on the past, we … Continue reading
WE DON’T SEE HOW THINGS ARE
We Don’t See How Things Are We don’t see how things are: we see how we are. How we are is the folly of consuming selected beliefs, models and theories without understanding the complete picture. The result is nonsense in, … Continue reading
PRIDE AND HUMILITY – continued
Pride And Humility – continued Pride constantly has to prove and justify itself. Humility has nothing to prove or justify.
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PRIDE AND HUMILITY
Pride And Humility Pride is high self-importance. Humility is low self-importance. Pride fills the atmosphere. Humility has no atmosphere. Pride chatters and disregards. Humility listens. Pride is our Achilles heel. Humility is our protector. Pride is mind. Humility is pure … Continue reading
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WHAT IS IGNORANCE?
What Is Ignorance? Pure consciousness is knowingness. Ignorance is not knowing. The most important thing we ignore is our actual practical reality. Pure consciousness is present whatever we do, say or think, but we’re too distracted to notice this obvious … Continue reading
DO NO HARM continued
Do No Harm – continued “Do no harm.Be harmoniousTrain the mind.” ‘Do no harm’ doesn’t mean that, if we do or say nothing, we are safe, because we are still ignoring others to protect ourselves. This happens in all religions … Continue reading
DO NO HARM
Do No Harm “Do no harm. Be harmonious Train the mind.” – Buddha. Do no harm: not causing disagreement or hostility between people. Be harmonious: bring about constant wholeness. Train the mind: be skilful in behaviour through instruction and practice over a … Continue reading
THE DZOGCHEN TEACHINGS
The Dzogchen Teachings It is said that the Dzogchen teachings are only available in a dark age of conflict and confusion. This is because of the rawness of life is more conducive for those who want change; if we were … Continue reading
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WHICH CAME FIRST, TEACHER OR TEACHING?
Which Came First, Teacher Or Teaching? This presupposes a beginning. Before there is teaching on pure consciousness, there has to be pure consciousness present already. Truth cannot change. Like pure space, pure consciousness is constant and infinite. It cannot start … Continue reading
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TWO ASPECTS TO MEDITATION
Two Aspects To Meditation There are two aspects to meditation, form and essence. Form is the method and ritual that becomes a way of life. Essence is the understanding and realisation of life itself. Form is something we relate to, … Continue reading
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COUNTING THE BREATH
Counting The Breath Meditation is primarily to control our mind from wandering, so that clarity can occur in a stable mind. This allows consciousness, the essence of mind, to rest in non-dual awareness, without taking sides, and realise our ever-present … Continue reading
HEARD ANYTHING NEW?
Heard Anything New? We go round in circles, not realising that we’ve been here before and heard it all before. Same theme of deception, with different packaging. Illusionists fool humanity into believing in a selected reality that has been pumped … Continue reading
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NATURE, NURTURE AND NATURAL
Nature, Nurture and Natural Nature: innate essence. Natural: according to nature; not caused by humans. We marvel at nature’s natural cycles, forgetting that we are nature with natural cycles of birth, dwelling, old age and death. Our innate nature/essence is … Continue reading
THE DULL DHARMA CLUB
The Dull Dharma Club No rushing off to yet another an interesting lecture. No exotic words and mudras. Pure consciousness is perfectly ordinary, and natural to any culture. It is both dull and brilliant. Dull, because it isn’t interesting. Brilliant, … Continue reading
EGO ACTIVITY
Ego Activity Ego activity: “Believe me.” Enlightened activity: “Just see.” Evil is make-believe. Wisdom is pure seeing. The empty essence of mind is pure consciousness which we fill with fixations. The eternal conflict of wisdom and evil is not out … Continue reading
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THE JOY OF ANGER
The Joy Of Anger Why do we get angry? We see that something or someone isn’t right. In the first moment of seeing and before judgement sets in, the mind is stimulated and brightens. It is then when we decide … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AND LOSING FRIENDS
Spiritual Awakening And Losing Friends Drifting apart from friends and feeling isolated comes with spiritual awakening. We aren’t antisocial, we just see life differently as it has a purpose. Throughout history, there’ve been individuals who seek something beyond mere belief … Continue reading
CAN A BEGINNER KNOW DZOGCHEN?
Can A Beginner Know Dzogchen? Can a beginner know Dzogchen? Certainly. Beginner mind, Dzogchen mind, pure consciousness! What’s it all about? Just stay there … rest in open awareness. Not knowing, but realising knowingness is present, is Dzogchen. Pure consciousness … Continue reading
THE RABBIT HOLE AND DZOGCHEN
The Rabbit Hole And Dzogchen ‘Down the rabbit hole’ is a quotation from the fantasy story of “Alice In Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, where things got curiouser and curiouser. We live in such a place of illusions in our minds, … Continue reading
WHY SHOULD I GO WITHIN TO FIND HAPPINESS?
Why Should I Go Within To Find Happiness? “Why should I want to go within to find happiness? I enjoy music, science, art – that is happiness to me.” What is it that is enjoying this music, science, art? We … Continue reading
OFFICIAL DISINFORMATION
Official Disinformation ‘The elephant in the room.’ ‘The elephant in the room’ is a major problem or controversial issue which is obviously present but is avoided as a subject for discussion. Censorship is a policy that divides people. Are we … Continue reading
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THE FALLACY: WE LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE
The Fallacy: We Learn From Our Experience The fallacy: we learn from our experience. The truth: we learn from experiencing and understanding. This could be the difference between left brain and right brain dominance.:-) If we actually learnt from our … Continue reading
NO PRACTISE, NO SUBTLE EXPERIENCES
No Practise, No Subtle Experiences No practise, no subtle experiences. Know practise, know subtle experiences. If we don’t practise, we cannot enable refined subtle experiences of genuine inner peace, compassion, inspiration, contentment, happiness, confidence and power, in order to endure … Continue reading
WHATEVER WE PRACTISE BECOMES PART OF OUR BRAIN
Whatever We Practise Becomes Part Of Our Brain We all practise something, and whatever we practise becomes part of our brain, and forms our approach to life. If we practise having a clear, open mind, we are more positive, and … Continue reading
THE LOGIC BEYOND LOGIC
The Logic Beyond Logic Ordinary logic: we think this and this and this, because we have always thought this and this and this. Transcendental logic is the realisation that that which observes ordinary logic has to be present to observe … Continue reading
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WHEN WE THINK WE ARE THE MIND
When We Think We Are The Mind When we think we are the mind, which is full of ideas, we cannot stop talking. This is how we remain confused, not stopping to draw breath, and not pausing for a moment … Continue reading
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WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES
We Learn From Our Mistakes That’s if we recognise the mistake 🙂 Do not feel guilty – celebrate!
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OUR REALITY IS CENSORED
Our Reality Is Censored Our reality is censored in favour of politics, which is governing people. Censorship: officially examined books, films, news, etc. that are about to be published and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a … Continue reading
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EVERY THOUGHT IS ENCODED WITH SAMSARA
Every Thought Is Encoded With Samsara It starts with ‘I’ think, and leads to ‘I’ believe … Our thoughts are merely bits of programming in the mind that limit understanding. Seeking happiness when our essential nature is perfectly happy is … Continue reading
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NOT CONFIRMING IS REMAINING IN BELIEF
Not Confirming Is Remaining In Belief Relying on belief without confirmation is ignorance. Verifying is putting a proposal into practice, and then deciding if it is true. Try meditation: see what happens, and what isn’t happening!
SECRET: HIDDEN – IN PLAIN SIGHT
Secret: Hidden – In Plain Sight The best sort! Plain sight: pure consciousness. Pure consciousness is where everything begins and ends. It is really that simple. The bit in between is just confusion. What others call ‘secret’ is their hidden … Continue reading
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OUR THOUGHTS ARE SAMSARA
Our Thoughts Are Samsara Samsara: a Sanskrit word for the vicious cycle of existence, in which we chase our tails to find happiness. All our thoughts are an expression of Samsara. To understand Samsara, we first have to see that … Continue reading
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OUR LEADERS (INFLUENCERS) ARE NOT ENLIGHTENED
Our Leaders (Influencers) Are Not Enlightened This is the world – and the age – in which we live. Our leaders and their media representatives select partial truths, and never truth itself because they have an agenda which we select … Continue reading
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TESTING THE DREAM STATE AND WAKEFULNESS
Testing The Dream State And Wakefulness We are consciousness, and nothing else. Thinking we are something ‘else’ is just a confused idea of self that has an attitude. It is rare that we test our attitude-self which is, in reality, … Continue reading
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REALISATION LEADS TO REALISATIONS
Realisation Leads To Realisations Realisation not a static thing. Once we come to a realisation about the nature of reality, all the doors that kept us locked in fly open, and the nonsense of belief evaporates. Evil in the world … Continue reading
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REACHING THE POINT OF SANITY
Reaching The Point Of Sanity If we can observe and control what we’re thinking, saying and doing, we have reached the point of sanity. Most of us jump to conclusions, deciding too quickly that something is true or false, when … Continue reading
SELF IS OUR KARMIC HISTORY
Self Is Our Karmic History Self is our karmic history. It is our manual for this lifetime. Self is a mental construct that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. All the while, timeless being – pure consciousness – … Continue reading
ENLIGHTENMENT IS WHAT WE ARE
Enlightenment Is Being What We Are Enlightenment is being what we are: Just consciousness. If we think we are something else, what could that be? It is only through the silence of awareness, when we drop all assumptions, that we … Continue reading
LOVE AND DETACHMENT
Love And Detachment Ordinarily, we think of love and detachment as being opposites. Not so. Ordinary love is conditional love that associates with the ‘right’ conditions, the ‘right’ people, ‘my’ people. True love realises the hidden, unconditional love in all … Continue reading
THE EVERYDAYNESS OF BUDDHISM
The Everydayness Of Buddhism The essence of the Buddha’s teaching is without elaborations; there is no other. It is moment-to-moment pure awareness. No burden of VAT – value added tax. The Buddha realised the singularity of the Vedas – no … Continue reading
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