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- THE SECOND COMING May 14, 2026
- THE TENDER TRAP May 14, 2026
- SUPPRESSED KNOWLEDGE May 14, 2026
- TIMELESS TIME May 13, 2026
- IS MEDITATION ENOUGH? May 13, 2026
- EARTH: THE HISTORY OF EVIL May 12, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WAS A WEIRD ONE May 11, 2026
- PATHOS IS THE PATH TO ENLIGHTEMENT May 10, 2026
- IS PREDICTION POSSIBLE? May 9, 2026
- WORDS CONTROL OUR MIND May 8, 2026
- THE WORD WEIRD IS WEIRD May 8, 2026
- WHAT IF WE’RE ALREADY ENLIGHTENED? May 7, 2026
- THE MEANING OF LIFE May 7, 2026
- PURIFYING THE MIND May 6, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE PURIFYING? May 5, 2026
- THE MIRROR, MIND ESSENCE, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS May 5, 2026
- THE TRAP OF DISPLAY IN DZOCHEN AND KABBALAH May 5, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN UNENLIGHTENED WORLD May 4, 2026
- GO FORTH AND SPARKLE May 4, 2026
- EVERYONE KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG May 4, 2026
- ORDINARY REALISATION FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE May 4, 2026
- THE TWO STUPIDITIES May 3, 2026
- WHAT KNOWS? May 2, 2026
- WHAT TO DO AFTER REALISATION May 2, 2026
- OUR LIFE IS A PREDICTIVE SCRIPT May 2, 2026
- ALIENATION May 1, 2026
- WE GET OLD BECAUSE WE STOP PLAYING May 1, 2026
- INFINITY CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED May 1, 2026
- THE HEART SUTRA May 1, 2026
- THE SPIRITUAL INNER CIRCLE May 1, 2026
- SPIRITUAL JOBSWORTHS May 1, 2026
- WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG? April 30, 2026
- OUR MORAL LANDSCAPE April 29, 2026
- FOR COMPASSION, WE NEED EMPATHY April 29, 2026
- COMPOS MENTIS – NON-COMPOS MENTIS April 29, 2026
- CONQUERING THE UNIVERSE April 28, 2026
- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT April 26, 2026
- WE FEAR COMMUNICATION April 25, 2026
- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
- THE ASPECTS OF SELF April 24, 2026
- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
- OUR FABULOUS TEACHER April 21, 2026
- THE NON-PERSON MOMENTS April 21, 2026
- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
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INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION continued
Internet AI Mode Definition continued A illustration of a mistaken view. From the AI text: “The ‘Witness’: It is often described as the silent observer or ‘that which knows’ that persists through all experiences. “Non-Dual Reality: It is Advaita Vedanta, … Continue reading
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INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION
Internet AI Mode Definition We do not know, until we practise knowing, and realise the truth beyond the words. Be aware that words can be omitted or addedand the meaning changed– something that has happened throughout history. The following is … Continue reading
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IT’S CREEPY – LITERALLY
It’s Creepy – Literally Creep: move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.Creepy: causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease. Ever wondered why you feel ill-at-ease with life, society, and people sleep walking into disaster after disaster, both politically … Continue reading
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COMPASSION IS HONOURING ANOTHER’S JOURNEY
Compassion Is Honouring Another’s Journey Compassion is honouring another’s journey. This calls for insight into another person’s true beingand their struggles to be what they are. We are all pure consciousness. If Gurus and Lamas – precious ones – cannot … Continue reading
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BEINGS PUT TO SLEEP
Beings Put To Sleep When we become dependent,we are bound to others’ ideas, and put to sleep. We can function, but it’s really sleep walking and sleep talking about how we aren’t functioning properly. When we find that we can’t … Continue reading
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KNOWING AND AWARENESS
Knowingness And Awareness These two words can be synonymous, and they can also be seen as different. Just being aware, we can fall into vacancy, forgetting that knowingness is present. This is why we sometimes say ‘awareness of awareness’; it … Continue reading
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CREATING ARTIFICAL PEOPLE
Creating Artificial People Artificial intelligence repeats words it has learnt.If we just repeat words we’ve learnt, we are artificial people.This is a bit of a shock. The only difference between AI and AP is speed.However, functioning in an artificial world … Continue reading
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BELIEF IS THE WEAPON OF EVIL
Belief Is The Weapon Of Evil Belief is acceptance without proof.This is so insidious that we even say, “Seeing is believing”.We are befuddled by illogic. Proof is realised by testing through practice, and then we actually know. The Buddha said, … Continue reading
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THERE ARE TWO PATHS: ACADEMIC AND DIRECT
There Are Two Paths: Academic And Direct We have a choice between these two approaches, depending on what comes our way. The academic is a solid path of words. The direct path is immediate, without words. The academic path is … Continue reading
PEACEFUL AND WRATHFUL
Peaceful And Wrathful There are two paths – peaceful and wrathful, positive and negative, attraction and repulsion. The universe is complete in opposites, and the way of looking we gravitate towards is dictated by the attitude we hold. We may … Continue reading
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EMPATHY IS NOT WEAKNESS
Empathy Is Not A Weakness Empathy is not sympathy. Empathy is the ability to recognise and understand the thoughts and feelings of others, because we’ve experienced the same feelings and situations. This is unlike sympathy that involves a feeling of … Continue reading
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A TWO-TIER SYSTEM IS MEANT TO DIVIDE
A Two-Tier System Is Meant To Divide Consciousness is divided. When we ignore whatever is happening in the world, we’re doing ourselves no favours. It must be obvious that a two-tier system is meant to divide a society, and divides … Continue reading
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DEPENDENT ARISING
Dependent Arising Everything arises dependent on a previous cause. Ideas have a cause, an instigator(s). When consciousness claims these ideas as its own, this gives rise to a self image, which affects whatever we do or say. Unless we realise … Continue reading
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DOES IT DEPEND ON WHO SAYS IT?
Does It Depend On Who Says It? Does it depend on who says it? It seems that it does. 🙂 Our problem is that if the speaker is charismatic, this conveys that extraordinary features are required when the absolute truth … Continue reading
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HUMANS ARE BOUND BY THEIR MINDS
Humans Are Bound By Their Minds Actually, we’re bound to others’ minds as we are clones. 🙂 We don’t realise it, but being bound is being religious. It’s what religion means. When we never question what we’re doing, we are … Continue reading
KNOWING RIGHT FROM WRONG
Knowing Right From Wrong It’s important to know what we are so that we know what we are not. If we don’t know what we are, we will always be upset about everything – and wrong about everything. Our spiritual … Continue reading
MARA IS OUR TEACHER
Mara Is Our Teacher “No, no! My guru is my teacher who is nice to me.” ‘Mara’ refers to any force hindering enlightenment. When we recognise this hinderance, we are receiving teachings. Mara is the feeling of self-importance; it’s not … Continue reading
FRUSTRATION IS PART OF THE PATH
Frustration Is Part Of The Path There are two ways of looking at frustration. One is the disappointment of not getting what we want, while the other is recognising misdirection; this recognition can be the energy source along the path … Continue reading
THE UNITY OF THE APPARENT AND THE REAL
The Unity Of The Apparent And The Real Apparent: seemingly real or true, but not necessarily so. Real/true: never changing. This is fundamental to our sanity, and to understanding the Dharma, reality, and all our problems. The unity of these two aspects is noting the two … Continue reading
THERE’S A LOT OF ‘SPIRIUTALITY’ ABOUT
There’s A Lot Of ‘Spirituality’ About There’s a lot about spirituality that has made it into a circus. As long as we hear about something, it will only be yet another acquisition. Fear of not knowing creates belief which inhibits … Continue reading
WE ARE ALREADY IN THE AFTER-LIFE
We Are Already In The After-Life We are already in the after-life. 😀 Life is a continuity from one moment to the next, and we all carry certain traits affect the moment now. Don’t think of yourself as one, but … Continue reading
THE PROMOTION OF THE UNINTELLIGIBLE
The Promotion Of The Unintelligible There is an idiom, “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, which has the the same effect as saying, “See no truth, hear no truth, speak no truth”. The universe is complete in … Continue reading
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TROUBLED SOULS
Troubled Souls ‘Soul’, ‘spirit’, and ‘consciousness’ are all words for the essence of being. Any feelings we have comes from soul/spirit/consciousness; mind doesn’t feel as it’s just memories. When Buddhism says that we don’t have a soul or spirit, it’s … Continue reading
STOP CARRYING THE PAST
Stop Carrying The Past All the things that we regard as failures or distortions by ourself and others are what brought us to this present moment. There is nothing to forgive, because that requires judgement. We’re all deluded because of … Continue reading
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OUR REALITY IS BEYOND TEACHINGS
Our Reality Is Beyond Teachings It’s not the teaching that will set us free; it is the experience of the teaching that liberates. For millennia, there have been forces dedicated to deceive us so that we remain a ‘product’. Through … Continue reading
GURUS AREN’T REAL
Gurus Aren’t Real The outer guru is only a reminder of the inner guru – or it should be. Adoration of a guru is counter-productive as it creates a duality – me and my guru. Worldly gurus cannot be with … Continue reading
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OUR REALITY IS BEYOND TEACHINGS
Our Reality Is Beyond Teachings It’s not the teaching that will set us free; it is the experience of the teaching that liberates. For millennia, there have been forces dedicated to deceive us so that we remain a ‘product’. Through … Continue reading
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HUMAN CONDITIONING
Human Conditioning The things we can’t say. Through tradition, we follow the crowd and stay ‘mum’, not speaking out about what really matters. We only speak out what we are told to speak out about. We vote for fools: we … Continue reading
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WORDS CAN BE TWISTED
Words Can Be Twisted Direct experience of pure consciousness cannot be twisted, but our perception can be clouded by biased words. We don’t see that we just see – that we are not seeing with clarity – as we are … Continue reading
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DIVERSITY DIVIDES
Diversity Divides Diversity has the illusion of inclusion and harmony, but in reality, it is meant to divide and conquer, to maintain tension in a society. Confused people are easier to keep occupied, and therefore to control. This confusion divides … Continue reading
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MARA’S SPECIALITY
Mara’s Speciality Mara’s speciality is being true enough to believe in. The consequence of this is that it makes us lazy. We acquire ideas and think we’re the special ones, when we’re just predictable. Feeling special is Mara activity. Predictable: … Continue reading
WE ALL THINK THERE’S MORE TO US
We All Think There’s More To Us We all think there’s more to us when, in truth, there is less. By thinking, “There’s more to me”, we are thinking either materially or intellectually. We’re only trying to outdo other inmates. … Continue reading
DEALING WITH THE ABUSE, NOT THE ABUSER
Dealing With The Abuse, Not The Abuser The greatest method in reducing karma is non-reaction, seeing the abuse as our teacher, which shows us our state of mind. This has nothing to do with the abuser or whatever they say; … Continue reading
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A FALSE I IS A REACTIVE I
A False I Is A Reactive I The sadness of human conditioning stems from the three poisons – attachment, aversion and ignorance – which foster a cycle of suffering and a false sense of self. A false I is a … Continue reading
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“MAY CONFUSION DAWN AS WISDOM”
“May Confusion Dawn As Wisdom” “May confusion dawn as wisdom.” – Gampopa (1079–1153 CE) The very moment when we recognise that we are confused and in inner conflict– in fact, suffering – a gap occurs in the mind. This is … Continue reading
MARA’S SPIRITUALITY
Mara’s Spirituality The piggy on our back – spiritual materialism. Every time we talk or write about spirituality, we have to be aware that Mara isn’t influencing us, in the sense of “Believe me”. Mara, or demonic mind, is especially … Continue reading
THE WHIFF OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Whiff Of Consciousness Most of us are bedevilled by the material, mental and spiritual worlds, where there is no rest. Words cause never-ending conflict, confusion and suffering. We live in a relative reality of relating to everything, judging from … Continue reading
REALISATION IS PERSONAL
Realisation Is Personal The wonder in personal realisation lies in ‘imperfection’, the subtle and annoying nuances of change (traditionalists don’t like change: we can be ‘perfectionists’, and still be stuck-in-the-muds). Religion makes these nuances appear ‘perfect’, and so, unattainable. When … Continue reading
THEISM, ATHEISM, AGNOSTICISM AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
Theism, Atheism, Agnosticism And Pure Consciousness. Theists, atheists and agnostics believe something. Pure consciousness rests in the solution. Unless we investigate all views without bias, we can never come to an obvious conclusion. It does not matter what we think … Continue reading
REALISATION STRINKS THE NEED FOR MANY WORDS
Realisation Shrinks The Need For Many Words Examples: Not two. The unity of appearance and recognition. Pure consciousness. These each contain the complete Dharma. Beginners like collecting words, but the truth is never in words.
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THE REALITY OF LISTENING
The Reality Of Listening Which is real?The words in our mind, or that which is listening …? Real is that which never changes.
SPIRITUAL DECEPTION
Spiritual Deception Spiritual deception: trusting the majority; being a follower; believing anyone who claims to speak the truth; merely agreeing instead of realising the meaning of the words. Do we think that The Daily Mara wouldn’t use our cherished desires … Continue reading
THE BEGINNERS AND THE ADVANCED
The Beginners And The Advanced Beginners adore complexity. The advanced realise simplicity. Beginners collect words and names. The advanced see everything as one taste.
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WHY DO CUT OURSELVES OFF FROM OTHERS?
Why Do We Cut Ourselves Off From Others? Why do we resist reaching out? ‘Reaching out’ means to initiate contact to offer help, seek connection, or communicate. When we join a group, become a type, hold a belief, we adhere … Continue reading
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WHAT IS KARMA?
What Is Karma? Karma is not a punishment; it’s our personal algorithm, our set of rules, or programming. It’s a habitual pattern of behaviour created by the residue of acquired ideas from the past. And so, the same sort of … Continue reading
WHEN WILL WE SEE THE END OF EVIL?
When Will We See The End Of Evil? We will only see the end of evil when we know how evil works. As long as there are sentient beings, there will be evil … and goodness. Evil wants power over … Continue reading
SAMSARA IS HELL – SAMSARA IS HEAVEN
Samsara Is Hell – Samsara Is Heaven It all depends on our view. ‘Samsara’ is Sanskrit for the vicious cycle of existence. Most people think – or rather, have been told – that hell and heaven are ‘somewhere else’. Some … Continue reading
THE GIFT OF DOUBT
The Gift Of Doubt Every conclusion collapses under scrutiny.The real teaching begins when we lose certainty. When we start our journey, we learn new words and ways and grow in confidence, but we may still feel incomplete. The purpose of … Continue reading