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There Are Many Wise Words In the past couple of thousand years, there have been many wise words handed down for us to identify with. That is both wonderful, and a subtle problem. When we identify with words, we identify … Continue reading →

Don’t Follow A Name Don’t follow a name. Follow the understanding, and realise true essence, nature and expression of our reality.

Are We Conscious Or Unconscious Beings? It isn’t always obvious whether we are conscious or unconscious beings. Knowing the difference changes the quality and direction of life. Are we spontaneous presence that can adapt, or are we an act that … Continue reading →

Simply Beyond The Mind We are pure consciousness, beyond the thinking mind. When consciousness becomes caught up in thoughts, it forgets its freedom and purity. Freedom is being released from thoughts. It takes determination to realise this.

If You Can’t Explain It Simply “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein I never feel that I know enough, but then I bring to mind the Buddha’s statement, “Do not take … Continue reading →

What Is Enlightenment? We are already enlightened beings, but we disregard this and give it no value. Ignoring this enlightened state, we constantly look for ideas to adopt. Enlightenment is the continuous expression of pure awareness without sides, and is … Continue reading →

Life Is Exasperating, Intensely Irritating, And Frustrating We live our lives according to worldly and spiritual materialism, promoting a self-image that seems to be more important than what we actually are. Conflict arises everywhere, and it’s exasperating when we know it needn’t … Continue reading →

What We Are Now What we are now and what we will become will always be the same. Pure consciousness is exactly that.

Becoming Judgemental We all need to judge whether a thing is beneficial or harmful but, in being fixated and obsessed about those judgements, we become judgemental. One is momentary, while the other is our programme for life. If we do … Continue reading →

Sharing Knowledge With Dissenters Sharing knowledge with those who have a closed mind is idiotic, as it will end in conflict. Belief closes minds and destroys unity: truth and belief are not amicable bedfellows. “Do not give dogs what is … Continue reading →

Provoked Or Charmed? The moment before the Buddha attained enlightenment, he was attacked by desire and aversion. Enough said. 🙂

Sanitising The World If the rawness of life is disguised so that people do not experience emotions, wisdom will be disguised. Covering up emotions denies enlightenment. In the moment before enlightenment, the Buddha was attacked by desire and aversion. Spirituality … Continue reading →

Belief Reinforces ‘I’ The more we adhere to belief, the more we compound an illusion, engendering either insecurity or pride. In pure consciousness, there is neither insecurity nor pride. There is nothing to defend in the reality of empty cognisance. … Continue reading →

When The Chickens Come Home To Roost “When the chickens come home to roost” and “the cat is out of the bag”, all will be revealed. Why the chickens were not at home, and why the cat was in the … Continue reading →

Theorists Do Not Taste Theories make ‘something’ into ‘something extraordinary’. The moment of actual taste is silent recognition. Dharma and compassion can either be experienced, or just remain something in a book. Direct experience is silent recognition – there are … Continue reading →