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- THE MORE WE REALISE June 13, 2026
- REALITY IS CONTENTMENT June 13, 2026
- THE DANGER OF ADOPTING STORIES June 13, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE A PRODUCT OF? June 13, 2026
- WHAT REINCARNATES? June 12, 2026
- THE HABITUAL LOOP June 11, 2026
- WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT LIES SO READILY? June 11, 2026
- THE PARADOX OF RITUALS AND WORDS June 11, 2026
- WHAT DO WE BASE OUR LIFE ON? June 10, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY June 10, 2026
- THINKING THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE June 9, 2026
- NOT TOO TIGHT AND NOT TOO LOOSE June 9, 2026
- OUR GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT June 8, 2026
- PRIDE STOPS US EVOLVING June 8, 2026
- THE TINKERBELL EFFECT June 7, 2026
- EVIL IS ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE SUPERIOR June 7, 2026
- FOUR OPIUMS OF THE PEOPLE June 6, 2026
- THE CONSUMER BECOMES CONSUMED June 6, 2026
- ULTIMATE MATURITY June 6, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA” June 5, 2026
- THE TWO ASPECTS OF ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’ June 5, 2026
- SULKY SELF June 4, 2026
- THE COMPLETE PICTURE June 3, 2026
- GIVING UP GUILT June 2, 2026
- TESTING MARA AND GURU June 1, 2026
- THE BUDDHA. JESUS, SOCRATES AND OTHERS WERE REBELS June 1, 2026
- ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS REALISED BY ABSOLUTE TRUTH June 1, 2026
- FINDING WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR May 31, 2026
- WE ALL LIVE IN DIFFERENT ECHO CHAMBERS May 31, 2026
- A HARD LESSON TO LEARN May 31, 2026
- BUDDHIST FORUMS CREATE CONFLICT May 31, 2026
- ONE MIND, OR MANY MINDS? May 30, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL MATERIALISM May 30, 2026
- SPONTANEITY IS THE ONLY REALITY May 29, 2026
- REALITY IS BEYOND WORDS May 28, 2026
- HUMANITY: SEEKING VALIDATION OF A SELF May 28, 2026
- DISPELLING THE GURU May 27, 2026
- EVERY DAY I THINK, “I COULD BE WRONG” May 27, 2026
- THE DARK AND UNSETTLING ASPECT OF EXISTENCE May 26, 2026
- ‘JUDGING’ FROM A DZOGCHEN POINT OF VIEW May 25, 2026
- WE BECOME THE COMPANY WE KEEP May 24, 2026
- WE ARE ALL HYPOCRITES May 24, 2026
- BECOMING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON May 24, 2026
- DEMYSTIFYING THE NATURE OF MIND May 23, 2026
- WHEN WE BELIEVE, WE WORSHIP THE DEVIL/MARA May 23, 2026
- DESTROY CLARITY, DESTROY THE WORLD May 23, 2026
- EVIL HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT May 23, 2026
- THERE ARE NO MORE WORDS TO LEARN May 22, 2026
- THE CLEVER BLIND SPOT May 21, 2026
- BUDDHAS IN BANALITY May 21, 2026
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WHAT IS UNIVERSAL MIND/UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS
What Is Universal Mind / Universal Consciousness? It comes from the Vedas. Rig Veda is the oldest of the Vedas, written in Sanskrit around 1500 BC. What is universal mind / universal consciousness? The way we view this depends on our … Continue reading
EXPERIENCE THE GIFT
Experience The Gift Gift: a thing given willingly without payment. A natural ability. The gift is the teaching on our true reality, and the experience this gives. The gift is realising our genuine uniqueness, as opposed to an adopted persona. Happiness: the relief from suffering. … Continue reading
WHY I KEEP REPEATING THE BUDDHA’S WORDS
Why I Keep Repeating The Buddha’s Words … …“Do not take my words for the truth; test them for yourself.” If we merely reiterate words and offer no explanation, we are only repeating sounds, rather than addressing the context of … Continue reading
THERE IS NO SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH
There Is No Single Source Of Truth There is no single source of truth. Truth just is. It’s like formula; it just is. It’s like space; it just is. To ask where space, formulae and truth came from is scholastic … Continue reading
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THERE IS A MANUAL FOR LIFE
There Is A Manual For Life It’s quite short; it’s karma. ‘Karma’ is just a word for the effect of previous actions that causes our habitual reactions now. This manual is our teacher, instructing us how to eliminate karma through … Continue reading
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Tagged a working manual, Compassionate activity, eliminating karma, esoteric, exoteric, habitual reactions, KARMA, karma is our instructor, karmic ledge, our attitude, personal karma, previous actions, pure consciousness, reducing the level of doubt, the levels of realisation, the manual for life, The path to enlightenment
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THERE IS NOTHING FOR A CREATOR TO DO
There Is Nothing For A Creator To Do If the universe is infinite, why would there be a creator? The infinite universe is home for infinite conscious beings, commensurate with their karmic tendencies. This consciousness is pure, and needs no … Continue reading
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THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
The Great Disappointment Realisation is disappointing. It’s no big deal. And even though we realise what we are, a great sadness arises as others haven’t yet realised that they are pure consciousness. This is where the real work begins in … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY CAN BE A PRISON
Spirituality Can Be A Prison Doubt imprisons us. Once we understand the principle of any activity, we are free to go away and develop it. When we get a glimpse that we are pure consciousness, meditation verifies it. If people … Continue reading
WHAT IS REALISED CANNOT BE UNREALISED
What Is Realised Cannot Be Unrealised Once we realise what we actually are – pure consciousness – then the whole of our history unravels, along with whatever is taking place now. We realise that everything we’ve been told is part … Continue reading
KNOWLEDGE IS OUR PROTECTOR
Knowledge Is Our Protector Knowledge is our protector. Protector from what? Belief. Empathy protects consciousness from the pride of knowledge. It is wisdom that protects knowledge.
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CLUELESS ABOUT OUR ORIGINAL NATURE
Clueless About Our Original Nature Clueless: having no knowledge, understanding or ability. Thinking we know, understand and have ability is just an act. We are clueless when we acquire others’ ideas, but have not tested these for ourselves. If we … Continue reading
APATHY IN CONSCIOUSNESS
Apathy In Consciousness Apathy is being indifferent to whatever goes on in our mind. We’d rather be drawn into what is going on ‘out there’. This is demonic activity in action = distraction/entertainment which is spiritual laziness. Spirituality is just … Continue reading
PROTECTING DIVERSITY … REALLY?
Protecting Diversity … Really? On a relative level, protecting diversity is protecting separation, rather than unity. This tells us everything that we need to know about current agendas, which create conflict, confusion and cultural collapse by dis-integration in the guise … Continue reading
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DESIGNERSAURS
Designersaurs If an unknowable entity created the designersaurs, and nature destroyed them, which is more powerful? Perhaps nature is the creatorsaur? And consciousaurus fits in where it can… It always good to think outside the box 😀
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CAN A.I. BE TRAINED TO LIE?
Can A.I. Be Trained To Lie? This is a question we should ask. If people can be trained to lie, so can A.I. It can have bias programmed into it. A.I. is not consciousness; it’s a memory ‘box’ with sensors … Continue reading
LONG TERM OR SHORT TERM VALUES
Long Term Or Short Term Values Is our personal evolution a long term or short term aim? Life is short, so some conclusion or realisation must be resolved about the value of life, sooner rather than later. Conclusion: decision reached … Continue reading
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WE ARE PRIMORDIAL PURITY
We Are Primordial Purity To most, this sounds daft. That’s because of the world we live in! When we realise we are pure consciousness – the potential of enlightenment – our world changes. We no longer fit into the common … Continue reading
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‘INTELLIGENT DESIGN’ VERSUS NATURE
‘Intelligent Design’ Versus Nature Whatever created dinosaurs, they were destroyed by nature. Nature is greater, therefore, as nature is the creator and destroyer through the natural cycle of the laws of nature. Whatever ‘intelligent design’ can create, nature can destroy, … Continue reading
USING THE DHARMA AS A WEAPON
Using The Dharma As A Weapon This happens when we intellectualise the words, and have no experience or understanding of the effect of Mara=demons=ego. Clinging to the words is ego activity. When we lie in ambush with our book learning, … Continue reading
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EVIL NEARLY WORKS
Evil Nearly Works Evil uses partial truths to make a lie believable. So that people would know if the Buddha was telling the truth, he wisely said, “Do not take my word for the truth; see for yourself.” The Buddha did … Continue reading
SHORT MOMENTS
Short Moments Meditation and daily activities should both be paused from time to time, to just be. In this way, we remember that we are pure consciousness, and never get lost in the activity. This is balancing meditation and life … Continue reading
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THE LIGHT THAT DISPELS DARKNESS
The Light That Dispels Darkness Our darkness is our absorption in being vacant or occupied. We are rarely just there, senses wide open, making no judgements. Merely look into that which perceives this absorption. The moment when consciousness recognises this … Continue reading
FACING DEATH
Facing Death What may happen after death is hearsay, but it’s worth considering as it has a psychological effect on our behaviour now. Facing death is exactly the same as facing life. Some may believe that there is consciousness after … Continue reading
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Tagged a confident life, a fearless death, are we perfect enough, Belief, consciousness after death, Death, Doubt, ethereal consciousness, facing death, illusory clutter in the mind, indifference, life, our actual reality, psychological effect, pure consciousness, pure knowingness
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THOUGHTS ARISING IN MEDITATION
Thoughts Arising In Meditation All thoughts are related to the past (memories): even if they are considering the future, they still relate to the past. So when a thought appears, just say inwardly, “Past” and let it go, just as … Continue reading
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WE BELIEVE ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH
We Believe Anything But The Truth A narrative is a story, and we like stories as they enchant us. Enchant: to fill someone with great delight; charm, put under a spell, delude. Stories and songs can put us into rapture. Rapture: seizing and … Continue reading
BALANCING THE BOOKS
Balancing The Books We each have a book – a ledger of karmic activities that have corrupted our mind through desire, creating a habitual pattern of behaviour. Our path to enlightenment is to lighten this load of precious winnings. We … Continue reading
WHY DO WE WANT FREEDOM?
Why Do We Want Freedom? Why do we want freedom? Do we assume that we haven’t got it? Why is that? We live cluttered, unnatural lives. Why is that? We follow everyone else. Why is that? We don’t know anything … Continue reading
WHEN INFORMATION IS MISINFORMATION
When Information Is Misinformation When we know that information is misinformation, then misinformation is information – and the end of confusion! 😀 If we do not test information, it is merely a belief. Repeating this belief is misinformation. Information may … Continue reading
THE MORE WE COMMUNICATE, THE BETTER THE WORLD
The More We Communicate, The Better The World To communicate is to know what we have in common. When we only spout the facts we have learnt, this isn’t communication – it’s repetitive, and can be a form of aggression, … Continue reading
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MESSING WITH OUR MIND
Messing With Our Mind It is through our mind that we communicate. If our mind is full of junk, we communicate junk. If our mind is clear, we communicate clarity. The world creates nonsense, and complaining about it fills our … Continue reading
ISOLATED FROM REALITY
Isolated From Reality The contents of the mind is our barrier to pure perception, as the mind identifies and translates almost immediately, not noticing that a moment of pure perception has taken place, and that pure consciousness is present. Ignorance of … Continue reading
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WHEN IS LIFE COMPLETE?
When Is Life Complete? Life is complete when we let go of self-memory. Mind is memories (software) stored in the brain (hard-drive). Self is created by the watcher-consciousness that clings to these memories. When consciousness is in its pure state, … Continue reading
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TRANSLATIONS
Translations If someone realises something in one language, in order to communicate this realisation, it has to be translated into others’ languages. As we know, there are many translations of the same text: much will depend on the the translator … Continue reading
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TRANSCENDENTAL UNDERSTANDING
Transcendental Understanding A transcendental experience cannot be understood in ordinary ways: meditation detaches our self-reality from our actual reality. Our actual reality is moments of pure being that gradually become more frequent with practice; our self-reality is the practice of grasping. Grasping = greedy = … Continue reading
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WHEN IS LIFE COMPLETE?
When Is Life Complete? Life is complete when we get over ourself 🙂 Life is complete when we recognise the mind’s faults and limitations which are due to our past, and are content to live with these faults and limitations, … Continue reading
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WHEN WRONG IS RIGHT
When Wrong Is Right Whenever things go ‘wrong’, there is a cause; that is the rightness about it.
INFORMATION AND WISDOM
Information And Wisdom Information is the repetition of this and that. Wisdom is the knowingness of when to apply information. Information is knowing words. Wisdom is knowing the meaning of words. Wisdom is choosing the right moment, or rather, the … Continue reading
THE AGE OF DZOGCHEN
The Age Of Dzogchen Dzogchen is the Tibetan word for the direct realisation of what we are; pure consciousness. In the Indian text, the “Mahabharata”, this is the age of the Kali Yuga – the age of conflict – but … Continue reading
OFFENDER AND OFFENDED
Offender And Offended This is the age of conflict; the Kali Yuga. If there is an offender and an offended, there is conflict. Offender + offended = conflict. If there is an offender but no offended, there is no conflict. … Continue reading
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CONSPIRACY THEORIES WORK
Conspiracy Theories Work They always have. Conspiracy theories are made to divert consciousness away from itself. The ulterior motive of conspiracy is just that, rather than the conspiracies themselves. As long as people jump up and down and complain, the … Continue reading
SORTING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF
Sorting The Wheat From The Chaff Chaff: dry worthless outer covering of wheat. Sorting the wheat from the chaff: this phrase refers to the separation of direct wisdom from empty repetition. A name or title is merely an outer covering; … Continue reading
WHO CAN I TRUST?
Who Can I Trust? Well, we cannot trust our self, as our self is merely an acquisition of ideas of others (who, in turn, trust others’ ideas 🙂 ) So, we cannot trust anyone – not even a Buddha. “Don’t … Continue reading
WHY WE BECOME EXTREME
Why We Become Extreme We become extreme because we are confused about what we are. We adopt exaggerated imitations in order to create an appearance of being ‘one-of-them’. Identifying with a certain class, gender, social group, dietary sect, political group … Continue reading
INTELLECTUALISATION BLOCKS DIRECT EXPERIENCE
Intellectualisation Blocks Direct Experience Intellectualisation blocks direct, spontaneous experience which is beyond words. If you want to know how an apple tastes, eat it! Intellectualisation is trying too hard at something that is so simple. The esoteric is intuitive, while … Continue reading
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THE SHOCK OF DELUSION
The Shock Of Delusion Delusion: believing any thing that is not true. First, we have to know what is true before we can recognise delusion. Truth is proven reality, constant and never-changing. So what is constant? No thing is constant; things have a beginning, … Continue reading
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WHY THIS BLOG ISN’T PUBLICISED
Why This Blog Isn’t Publicised ‘Dzogchen’ is Tibetan for pure consciousness – we are Dzogchen. Dzogchen isn’t exactly a secret, but it can be easily misunderstood. Those who find their way here do so through serendipity or karma. You don’t … Continue reading
THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC
The Exoteric And The Esoteric The exoteric = general discussion. The esoteric = direct experience in silent awareness. Words are a generalisation. The direct experience is the silent essence beyond words. In spring, we watch the lambs bouncing around in … Continue reading
IS RELIGION THE ULTIMATE QUACKERY?
Is Religion The Ultimate Quackery? Is religion the ultimate quackery? Promising something it cannot give? We all fall into this subtle trap, when we forget that is we who have to do the work. Religion isn’t the same as individual … Continue reading
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 