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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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POLICING CONFORMITY
Policing Conformity Policing conformity is achieved through belief. As long as we react the same way as others, we conform to a belief. Belief can create wonderful ‘things’ and achievements, but they are all distractions to hold us to belief. … Continue reading
BODGING DHARMA
Bodging Dharma Bodging Dharma is Perfect Dharma. Bodging refers to anything done of necessity using whatever tools and materials come to hand and which, whilst not necessarily elegant, is nevertheless serviceable (the term ‘bodging’ actually comes from travelling chair makers who … Continue reading
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THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY IS …
The Science Of Spirituality Is … The science of spirituality is … consciousness, of course. Science is investigated by consciousness. Spirituality is consciousness investigating. 🙂
CONNECTING IS ONENESS
Connecting Is Oneness Connecting is unity – not two. It’s the ultimate purpose of being. When we realise we are disconnected, we realise that we lack love. Connection is silent recognition.
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WE MAY KNOW, BUT STILL FEEL UNEASY
We May Know, But Still Feel Uneasy We may feel that life is wrong. We, as people, don’t seem right – we are reactive and dismissive. So we look for an answer. Even when we finally come across a view … Continue reading
HOW TO MEDITATE WITHOUT MEDITATING
How To Meditate Without Meditating Just be aware of awareness in everything that you do and think, and equilibrium falls into place. In this way, we do not lose consciousness. 🙂 Gradually, karma (the result of previous actions and reactions) … Continue reading
FUTILE DILIGENCE
Futile Diligence Futile diligence is addiction. Life seems purposeless, so we make a purpose. When we obsess about a subject or activity, we lose sight of our actual reality, and focus on something or someone else, making our life and … Continue reading
THE WORDS OR THE MEANING
The Words Or The Meaning? What is more important, the journey (words) or arriving (the meaning)? Or the meaning of the meaning? Once we experience and realise the meaning, the result is empathetic compassion. That is when we know the … Continue reading
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THE SAD TRUTH
The Sad Truth The truth is that which is constant, like a straight line. It is the direct perception of consciousness, without contaminating presumptions.We are this pure consciousness and, as such, nothing special. Our problem is that we want to … Continue reading
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CREEPING, MALEVOLENT CENSORSHIP
Creeping, Malevolent Censorship Creeping, malevolent censorship is meant to mislead consciousness into belief. Censorship is the suppression of speech or information which leads to self-censorship, censoring one’s own discourse out of fear, without overt pressure from any specific authority. To control a population, a subconscious meme is placed into society, and spreads like … Continue reading
THE CHEESE IN THE TRAP
The Cheese In The Trap Following a ‘name’ rather than practising the meaning of the teaching, we fall into the trap of addiction. Escaping the trap: through empathy, we know the traps we all fall into. This is in no … Continue reading
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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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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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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