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Do We Know What Normal Is? Normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. Conforming to whose standard? Normal is the set standard of a carpenter’s-square to which everyone agrees; 90 degrees is 90 degrees. Consciousness is a set standard … Continue reading →

Seeing The Same Way, Or Seeing More We (consciousness) look out and see – just see. This is pure seeing. This is pure consciousness. There is nothing exotic; it’s natural. But oh, how we miss this altogether … altogether. We … Continue reading →

Clear Consciousness = Clear Mind = Clear Conscience When we feel uncomfortable, or that something isn’t right, that is conscience at work. There is a conflict between consciousness and the mind. Conscience is the messenger between consciousness and the mind, … Continue reading →

Am I Deluding Myself Or … is my self deluding me? Deluded = make believe. My self is a projection of ideas in the mind, and I think that this is what I am. Who am I really? I am … Continue reading →

Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche 1846-1912 “To elaborate or investigate adds concepts. To make effort or to cultivate is pointless To meditate is to become involved. Cut all effort from within. “Beyond thought and expression, nothing remains. This the profound resolving of … Continue reading →

Some Things Are Difficult To Talk About Some things are difficult to talk about as they have to be timely, but as you’ve found your way here through favourable curiosity, we might as well continue :-). Some things can only … Continue reading →

Reality Isn’t Cultivated What we do cultivate, however, is our likes and dislikes, while ignoring our true reality of pure consciousness = a good heart that acts unconditionally, expecting nothing in return. We cannot truly love if our feelings come … Continue reading →

Do You Focus On The Puppets Or The Strings? Everyone has attachments. If we attach ourselves to others, we get tangled up in their strings as well. How many people are without attachments? This Blog Isn’t About My View This … Continue reading →

Switch Off Your Ego If you are easily offended, you are easily manipulated.

The Search Box At The Bottom Of This Page To date, there are three thousand six hundred articles on this blog (goodness knows how that happened! 😀 ). Type a word that comes to mind in the search box at … Continue reading →

Flawless Consciousness Consciousness is without imperfections. It is very alive and very sensitive, but is easily distracted by ideas and emotions. It is precisely because of being so readily distracted that it is easier to spot – if we are … Continue reading →

What’s Eating You? Emotions – brought on by strong association with thoughts and feelings of hopes, fears, pride, jealousy – stir up our mental state, and eat away at us. We become distressed, anxious and disappointed, and we suffer. This saps … Continue reading →

Religion: The Beginning Or End Of Our Journey? Is religion the beginning or the end of our journey? Religion can be a magical home, where we meet like-minded people who accept the same given answers to happiness. Conversely, religion can … Continue reading →

Why Use The Word ‘Emptiness’? The word ’empty’ is the opposite of the word ‘full’. The mind and consciousness are, by nature, clear. We recognise this in the very first empty instant of seeing, before we start judging and filling … Continue reading →

‘I’ Blindness The ‘I’ is blind to reality. What we think of as our selves is blind to reality. The result: the blind leading the blind. All of us, like silly sheep, have gone astray from our true reality because … Continue reading →

Whatever Someone Says Doesn’t Matter It doesn’t matter what people say; what matters is what’s happening in our mind – our reactions. Ideas placed in the mind make us think that we ‘know’, when this information is having opposite effect … Continue reading →

Earth: Beautiful But Bonkers People of Earth are beautiful but bonkers. Their essence is a pure heart – the beautiful – but their minds are self-indulgent – the bonkers. When we know our true nature, all the bonker-ness makes sense. … Continue reading →