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- 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
- 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
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TOO LAZY TO MEDITATE
Too Lazy To Meditate This is an idiotic statement. First of all, if someone is already lazy, they will not be interested in meditation. If someone who wants to meditate lacks motivation, however, that is the fault of the teacher. … Continue reading
THE me BEHIND ME
The me Behind Me Behind what we think we are is the essence of pure consciousness. We may think that thoughts are immediate, but it stands to reason that, before a thought can arise, there must be an awareness already … Continue reading
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PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL
Pride Comes Before A Fall If we’re conceited or self-important, something will happen to make us look foolish, and we realise that we are not as special as we think we are. Whatever we think we know, that in itself reveals partial understanding. We … Continue reading
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TWO SYSTEMS: TWO PRISONS
Two Systems: Two Prisons One totalitarian, and the other, living the dream. Living the dream? Whose dream? These states are both prisons. We may think we have freedom, and are awake. That is the illusion; we are living by others’ … Continue reading
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GOT A SPIRITUAL PROBLEM?
Got A Spiritual Problem? Who you gonna call? Ghost Busters? You can’t talk to your teacher, or to other students. Why not? They will merely give you doctrine from that tradition, and their background, but they won’t know your background … Continue reading
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WANTING PROOF
Wanting Proof The proof of truth is a precarious objective these days. It all depends on how we personally read information. Do we work through belief or intuitive experience? I have never met anyone who proves pure consciousness to me … Continue reading
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HOW MUCH MUD CAN WE TAKE?
How Much Mud Can We Take? It seems we can hold on to quite a lot of sticky matter. Everything we touch becomes contaminated. The mud is ideas that hold our persona, and is the reason why we keep returning … Continue reading
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THERE IS SO MUCH DISTRACTION IN THE WORLD
There Is So Much Distraction In The World The fact that there is so much distraction in the world is the very reason to simplify life. You are not missing out on all the fun, the politics, the news, the … Continue reading
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HOW MUCH TRUTH IS THERE LEFT IN THE WORLD?
How Much Truth Is There Left In The World? We are constantly being told how to think and how to obey. People are being ‘cancelled’ for what they think, and we’re all being forced into narrow parameters with the use … Continue reading
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WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE REACTIVE?
Why Are So Many People Reactive? Actually, most of us are reactive precisely because we are unenlightened. We just function at a certain level and stop there; All sentient beings have Buddha nature, which means their essence is enlightened – totally free … Continue reading
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THE ULTIMATE TRUTH CANNOT BE ASSIMILATED FROM A BOOK
The Ultimate Truth Cannot Be Assimilated From A Book The ultimate truth cannot be assimilated from a book; the authors had to go through much discipline, as we must. Breaking out of the illusion of ideas that we are just … Continue reading
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BEYOND EXPERIENCE IS TRUTH
Beyond Experience Is Truth Truth is beyond experience. Truth is what experiences. Truth is the seer. The seer is pure consciousness. Pure consciousness cannot see itself; it can only be realised through its reflection. Something appears in the mind, and … Continue reading
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SPIRITUALLY JADED
Spiritually Jaded Jaded: bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something. It’s easy to become obsessed with ‘spiritual’ enthusiasm, getting so involved with being part of the organisation and the various practices that we become numb and blinkered, which is a little … Continue reading
DON’T FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
Don’t Fight For What You Believe Don’t fight for what you believe, as it only causes division. Belief is accepting something as true without evidence. Reading something and saying it’s truth or not is only belief. Therefore belief has no … Continue reading
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DHARMA IS STRAIGHTFORWARD
Dharma Is Straightforward Dharma – the uncomplicated instruction on reality; easy to do and understand. Just sit in mental silence. Be aware that you are that awareness with no name. You are then able to recognise when the mind wanders … Continue reading
THE MYSTERY MACHINE
The Mystery Machine We like mysteries because they’re something that’s difficult or impossible to understand and explain. They entertain us. Watching a magician’s deception, we like to believe, and choose to ignore how it’s done. This path of the impossible … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING NEEDS A FIRM FOUNDATION
Understanding Needs A Firm Foundation Our understanding comes from a particular point of view. Where did we get that point of view from? Wishful thinking? Adopting beliefs? A book? Or a personal realisation of the nature of reality of consciousness … Continue reading
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH CRAP: THE RESIDUE OF IGNORANCE
Learning To Live With Crap: The Residue Of Ignorance We are definitely not going to change the people who indulge in beliefs of some sort. Every time someone talks, those beliefs reveal themselves … “Oh, I just heard on the … Continue reading
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WHERE DO WE GET OUR INFORMATION FROM?
Where Do We Get Our Information From? “If you don’t read a newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.” – Mark Twain We have to read between the lines; in looking for or discovering … Continue reading
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DO BUDDHISTS GET OFFENDED?
Do Buddhists Get Offended? Do Buddhists get offended? Er … yes. Buddhists are people too. 🙂 Why would anyone be called a “precious one”? Because someone said they were? Don’t be offended at this question. To question is to want … Continue reading
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THE WORLD USED TO BE CRAZY …
The World Used To Be Crazy … The world used to be crazy… now, it’s scary. In the past, mass behaviours were slow to develop, but nowadays, the process of mimicking others is changing fast, and causing great confusion. As … Continue reading
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THE TRUTH CANNOT BE HIDDEN FOREVER
The Truth Cannot Be Hidden Forever Truth cannot be hidden forever because truth is the consciousness that is always watching. When people realise that they are the truth, the way and the light, no one can ever pull the wool over … Continue reading
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WHY MAKE WHAT IS NATURAL COMPLICATED?
Why Make What Is Natural Complicated? We are pure consciousness. Why make something so natural and beautiful into something so complicated and elitist? Even through reasoning (a rare event), we can realise that we are pure consciousness. That’s if we … Continue reading
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THE STAYING POWER OF REALISATION
The Staying Power Of Realisation If we lack staying power, we give up easily because we do not understand how profoundly enlightened we actually are. Long ago, there were some very enlightened beings who realised that. For millennia, however, humanity … Continue reading
FORMULA; THE UNCHANGING NATURE OF NATURE
Formula; The Unchanging Nature Of Nature I’ve written before about the three unchangeables: space, consciousness and formula. Formula: from Latin, diminutive of forma ‘shape, mould’. Formula is how everything takes shape. It is the nature of everything. We may think of nature as … Continue reading
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DISCIPLINE! DISCIPLINE?
Discipline! Discipline? Some people – some types who are ‘lazy’ or laid back (culturally) – need focus and discipline, so certain practices are for them. But for a disciplined person who is already driven, they would go insane with the … Continue reading
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STARTING WITH FAITH AND TRUST … REALLY?
Starting With Faith And Trust … Really? Being told to have faith and trust suggest intimidation. Why would you start with ‘faith’ and ‘trust’? There has to be a reason to have faith and trust in the first place, so … Continue reading
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FLOUNDERING IN GROUPTHINK
Floundering In Groupthink Flounder: struggle clumsily in mud or water; struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion of not knowing. Groupthink: the practice of thinking as a group, typically resulting in unchallenged, poor-quality decision making. When we adopt a way of thinking by just imitating others, we lose … Continue reading
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
Jumping To Conclusions The problem with jumping to conclusions about pure consciousness is that we can come to an intellectual belief that we are pure consciousness, but is it experienced? The assumption is a good start, but then it is … Continue reading
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RIGHT INTELLIGENCE
Right Intelligence We need right intelligence to understand precisely, with an open mind that doesn’t constantly refer to memories which didn’t satisfy. If they didn’t satisfy, why hold on to them? A fresh approach needs a fresh mind for information … Continue reading
THREE IMPOSSIBLE QUESTIONS
Three Impossible Questions How is the universe infinite? Where did consciousness come from? Why does formula work? These three principles are the three unchanging elements of life. Most people ignore them, while some actually use them to confuse humanity, and … Continue reading
WE ARE INCOMPLETE WITHOUT MEDITATION
We Are Incomplete Without Meditation In the ‘normal’ run of life we panic, and exhaust ourselves, falling into vacancy. Simple meditation is sitting in silence, witnessing the distraction (panic). Gradually, we calm down, and relax by letting go of exhausting … Continue reading
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AWAKENING TO OUR ENMESHMENT
Awakening To Our Enmeshment We don’t realise how deeply enmeshed we are in concepts – even righteous ones – where we feel morally right or justified. This what we are seeking liberation from. Our relative reality (the way we relate to … Continue reading
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FEAR STOPS US BEING HONEST
Fear Stops Us Being Honest Fear stops us being honest about how we really feel. This is why we cannot communicate with one another; we talk, but it doesn’t go very far as we skirt around issues. Perhaps in the … Continue reading
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THE PRETENCE OF HARMONY
The Pretence Of Harmony The pretence or facade of promoting harmony, where we all must think the same way, is actually promoting differences, so the opposite of disharmony is actually being achieved. Society is constantly being divided by pointing out … Continue reading
THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
The Ability To Understand The ability to understand doesn’t come from mantras or scholastic study; both of these merely focus the mind with intention. Understanding comes from realising that that which rests within silent awareness is our reality – that … Continue reading
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MARA INFLUENCERS
Mara Influencers There are forces at work that want us to be dependent on them. They do not want free thinkers. Ideas are injected into a society that promote an identification with some thing or other. These memes that infect … Continue reading
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WHO OR WHAT DO WE BELIEVE IN?
Who Or What Do You Believe? This is the most important – and also idiotic – question possible. It’s tantamount to saying, “Who or what do you accept without proof?” Your life depends on the answer, and ignoring the question … Continue reading
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THE REAL TEACHING IS WITHIN
The Real Teaching Is Within The real teaching is within, and never ‘out there’. Out there is only second-hand generalisation, organisation, institutionalisation … with lots of long-winded words 🙂 The teaching within has no words.
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DHARMA IS A WAY OF LIFE
Dharma Is A Way Of Life Dharma is a way of life. It isn’t a religion. If Dharma becomes a religion, we are bound to an idea. Dharma is the psychology of mind and consciousness, observed by pure being, which … Continue reading
IS IT TRUE OR NOT?
Is It True Or Not? Just reading something and identifying with it won’t do. We have to reflect and contemplate with an unbiased eye. That, in fact, is the answer we seek. It’s not wrong to question a statement. This … Continue reading
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IS THE UNIVERSE CONSCIOUS?
Is The Universe Conscious? The universe/nature isn’t conscious; it reacts to circumstances through laws of attraction and repulsion. If we’re unaware of consciousness, we also react to circumstances governed by the same laws of attraction and repulsion. Being conscious is … Continue reading
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Tagged attraction and reupulsion, aware of consciousness, balance, conditions and consequences, cycles of existence, harmony with a situation, likes and dislikes, Meditation, middle way, primordial purity, the universe, training the mind, truth, wakwfulness, wisdom free from elaborations
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MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL FANTASIES
Material And Spiritual Fantasies If we dwell on external fantasies – either material or spiritual – we will never understand the subtle ultimate truth within. It is because the truth within is pure consciousness that everything can be known. What … Continue reading
DREAM STATE V AWAKENED STATE
Dream State v Awakened State When we merely repeat what we have heard or read, we live in our mind’s dream state. In the raw (uncooked) moment now, we wake up and wonder, “What is this?” = awakening possibilities.
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DO NO HARM
Do No Harm To do no harm requires skill. To do good requires skill. To train the mind requires skill. Skill: Old English scele ‘knowledge’, from Old Norse skil ‘discernment, knowledge’. To do no harm, to do good and to train the mind, we need … Continue reading
WHAT ARE THE LEVELS … OF GOODNESS?
What Are The Levels … Of Goodness? What is goodness? Well, it isn’t something holy, so that’s a relief. This is where we’ve been going wrong, by believing in mystery and intercessors. Goodness is caring. Caring comes from understanding; understanding … Continue reading
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KNOW THE WORTH OF OTHERS
Realising Anything Is Shock Realisation means change has occurred. Knowing about something isn’t the same as realising it. Fixation Is Addiction What we see in others is but a reflection. Thinking There Is Only One Way That is narrow-minded. Others’ … Continue reading
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FRICTION CAN BE PROGRESS
Friction Can Be Progress Friction: Reaction of two surfaces There are two possible outcomes to friction (a clash of views) – either stubbornness or progress. The outcome will depend on our level of understanding. The Buddha’s advice was to admit … Continue reading
MIXING UP MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Mixing Up Mind And Consciousness Our mind is that which translates experience related to our environment. The mind builds up memories to which we (consciousness) refer. We are not the mind; we have a mind. If we can see it, … Continue reading
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MORE COMPLEXITY = MORE RELIANCE
More Complexity = More Reliance Everything in the world has become more elaborate than is necessary. When spirituality becomes complicated, we may hear words, but do we experience them? I speak as one who has sat through decades of lectures … Continue reading
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