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- ENTITIES THAT DISTORT October 31, 2026
- BUDDHA DHARMA IS NOT A HIERARCHY October 30, 2026
- NAIVETY TRANSFORMS INTO DISCERNMENT October 29, 2026
- HOW THE ELITE OPERATE October 29, 2026
- WHIMSICAL DHARMA October 28, 2026
- VALUING LIFE October 27, 2026
- NOTHING TO DISCUSS? October 26, 2026
- WHAT REALLY IS HAPPINESS? October 25, 2026
- WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE DISLIKED October 24, 2026
- DHARMA ISN’T SOMETHING RIGID October 24, 2026
- SKY DANCER / SPACE GOER October 24, 2026
- THE VOICE OF THE SUBTLE BODY October 23, 2026
- LIFE SEEMS LIKE HELL, BUT IT’S ACTUALLY A BLESSING October 23, 2026
- DEMENTIA AND CONSCIOUSNESS October 23, 2026
- BEYOND COMPREHENSION October 22, 2026
- BEING AWARE OF AWARENESS VERSUS BEING AWARENESS October 21, 2026
- BEING TAKEN IN BY DAILY LIFE MAINTAIN THE ILLUSION October 21, 2026
- POINTING TO CONSCIOUSNESS AND MISSING THE POINT October 20, 2026
- WE DON’T HAVE TO BE GREAT MEDITATORS October 19, 2026
- THE MIND IS FULL OF ILLUSIONS October 19, 2026
- INTERACTING WITH MENTAL BOUNDERIES October 18, 2026
- ARE WE THE BADDIES? October 18, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW YOU AREN’T BRAINWASHED? October 18, 2026
- THE FINGER POINTING TO THE MOON October 17, 2026
- WHAT IS PROXY? October 17, 2026
- THE PROXY TRAP October 17, 2026
- THE WORD CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT IN ANY BIBLE October 16, 2026
- BEING WATCHED, BEING PREDICTED October 16, 2026
- THE STATE OF OUR MIND October 16, 2026
- THE MORE WE REALISE, THE MORE EVERYONE IS STRANGE October 15, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE TO NOT KNOWING IS KNOWING October 15, 2026
- TENACITY REWARDS October 15, 2026
- TOO DRY OR TOO WET October 14, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INTELLECTUALISM October 14, 2026
- OUR LIFE IS THE RESULT OF OUR PAST DECISIONS October 13, 2026
- THIS WILL EITHER LIBERATE OR … ? October 12, 2026
- WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN … October 12, 2026
- THE MOST PROFOUND ADVICE October 11, 2026
- CONFIDENCE HAS NO ATTITUDE October 11, 2026
- THE AWE-FUL TEACHER October 10, 2026
- NOT SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES October 9, 2026
- THE CATCH IN THE BARDO = THE WINDS OF KARMA October 9, 2026
- WATERED-DOWN DHARMA October 8, 2026
- THE CONSTANTS October 8, 2026
- 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
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STILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST?
Still Looking For Something That Doesn’t Exist? Still looking for something that doesn’t exist? We are what we seek! It’s that simple. What are we? Conscious awareness, pure and simple. If you come up with a better answer, I’m listening … Continue reading
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WE CAN MEDITATE AND STILL NOT ‘GET IT’
We Can Meditate And Still Not ‘Get It’ The purpose of this blog is to ‘get it’. Getting it, we know what it’s about, but we may need support to sustain realisation. Unfortunately, many meditation centres look through a telescope … Continue reading
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CENSORSHIP AND CANCEL CULTURE
Censorship And Cancel Culture The erosion of personal thinking. People are cultivated to becoming more emotive (aroused), reactionary (conventional) or radical (revolutionary). Want change, and don’t want change. Like and dislike. Those who think for themselves (outside the box) are … Continue reading
WAKING UP TO CONSCIOUSNESS
Waking Up To Consciousness Most of the time, our attention is on something out there, and we’re never aware of consciousness. Within consciousness is open space, clear and unbiased wisdom, but unfortunately, we walk around in a cluttered space, full … Continue reading
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THE PROOF OF REINCARNATION
The Proof Of Reincarnation It stands to reason, but not for everyone. 🙂 From big bangs, nebula / stardust forms to give rise to the next solar system, creating all phenomena – even our bodies. All phenomena eventually gives up … Continue reading
BEFORE RELIGION
Before Religion Absolute truth: we are purely consciousness, purely aware without commentaries or elaborations. Adepts who realise this absolute truth express it in their own way. This expression takes the form of words. Words become actions, and actions become organised, … Continue reading
THE QUESTION TO ASK
The Question To Ask “How do I feel about this?” Instead of jumping to a conclusion,one could stand back, and see how one feels and why. How did this situation arise?
CHOOSING OUR BATTLES
Choosing Our Battles We ‘choose our battles’ and ‘keep our powder’ dry (ready for musket reloading) so as not to waste our precious time and energy. Thoughts can be a tool to solve a situation, or they can be used … Continue reading
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APPRECIATING OUR REALITY
Appreciating Our Reality Appreciating that we are pure consciousness is the only means for a better world. Oblivious to this realisation, most of us prefer to wander around amusing ourselves with past times and hearsay, which drives us to distraction. … Continue reading
MEDITATION CURES AGITATION AND DULLNESS
Meditation Cures Agitation and Dullness How? When we focus on either the breath or resting in emptiness, our attention is not elsewhere, so all other thoughts subside. When we forget to focus, thoughts come tumbling back. This is normal. We … Continue reading
WE ARE GOVERNED BY THE GULLIBLE
We Are Governed By The Gullible The gullible is the majority who accepts whatever it is told. As long as we do not question, we do not know what we are agreeing to.
PROVE THE DHARMA WRONG
Prove The Dharma Wrong Dharma is the universal law or code of reality. It is not a belief or religion. How does one disprove consciousness? We have to use the Sanskrit word ‘Dharma’ because there is no equivalent word in … Continue reading
WE PARTICIPATE IN OUR OWN FATE
We Participate In Our Own Fate “As we sow, so we reap.” Perfect karma. Every decision we make has consequences. Every word we speak has consequences. Every concept we hold has consequences. Every aspect of body, speech and mind has … Continue reading
LET’S GET DEPRESSED!
Let’s Get Depressed! People get depressed because of confusion and doubt about their reality, and all society can do is give them a ‘pill’ to take, or talk them back into the state where they became depressed in the first … Continue reading
MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
Manipulation Of Emotions We are emotional beings :D, and we must first recognise that emotions are present in every encounter. But what ’emotions’? A thought becomes a fixation when we cling to it – and there is the emotion. Others … Continue reading
EVERYTHING IS APPROPRIATE
Everything Is Appropriate Karma is perfect. The law of cause and effect is perfect. Perfect ignorance, perfect karma. Perfect wisdom, perfect karma. “This is perfect, that is perfect. Perfect comes from perfect. When perfect is taken from perfect, perfect still … Continue reading
WHEN WE ACTUALLY SEE
When We Actually See When we actually see, we see the opposite everywhere: Pure view / impure view. Enlightened / unenlightened. Conscious / unconscious. Care / don’t care. Good / evil. Whatever is presented, the opposite is also presented. Once … Continue reading
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WE LIVE IN LEVELS OF WORRY
We Live In Levels Of Worry Worry is being anxious, troubled and uncertain over actual or potential outcomes. When meeting another person, we may feel nervous or uneasy, wondering if it’s safe to talk about hopes and fears. There is a moment of blankness, and then we find … Continue reading
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WHAT IS BETWEEN A LIE AND THE TRUTH?
What Is Between A Lie And The Truth? What is between a lie and the truth? Politics. 😀
IS BUDDHISM ABNORMAL?
Is Buddhism Abnormal? Normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. Abnormal: deviating from what is normal, typical, or expected. We have a choice “whether to suffer the slings and arrow of outrageous fortune or take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end … Continue reading
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INDEPENDENT THINKING
Independent Thinking This may sound strange as we assume that we are already independent thinkers, but it is only when we start asking questions about our self, that we can actually start to be independent. Otherwise, we are just going … Continue reading
WELL-BEING IS ACCEPTANCE
Well-Being Is Acceptance Well-being isn’t about change for something better. It’s about understanding and refining what is actually already present. Being angry for change merely brings about more anger. We are not going to change the world; we merely have … Continue reading
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BEING AT PEACE WITH YOUR SELF
Being At Peace With Your Self It’s a nice place to be. This isn’t about being smug; it’s a matter of building genuine confidence. Our self is a programmed effect in the mind born from our early environment. The quality … Continue reading
OUR DIGITAL SELF
Our Digital Self Not only do we have a fixated, mental self, we now have a fixated, digital self. People no longer have to read our minds; they can read our printout to find out what type of consciousness we … Continue reading
TWICE A DAY, BE PURELY AWARE
Twice A Day, Be Purely Aware Twice a day, be purely aware, at a set time and for a set period. This meditation discipline allows our energy to settle down and recharge itself, enabling consciousness to be purely present. With … Continue reading
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DOES INNOVATION BETTER OUR LIVES?
Does Innovation Better Our Lives? Does promoting new innovations for a better life actually make our lives better? Or does it make a better life for the inventors, getting us better connected to the ‘machine’? We will all grow old, … Continue reading
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT ISN’T THERE?
Looking For Something That Isn’t There? It isn’t there – it’s right here!
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OUR WORLD IS NOT THE WAY OTHERS SEE IT
Our World Is Not The Way Others See It Our world is not the way others see it: if it is, we are doomed 😀 Our world is decorated by the influences of others. When we break free of others’ … Continue reading
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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
Follow The Evidence Follow the evidence, rather than what someone else says. The Buddha would agree with this. How do we follow the evidence? Evidence: from Latin evidentia – ‘obvious to the eye or mind’. Much depends on where we look, and how we … Continue reading
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PROVING CONSCIOUSNESS
Proving Consciousness Can science prove consciousness? No. Can we prove consciousness? Yes. Can the Buddha prove consciousness? No. Can we prove consciousness? Yes. Someone else’s evidence isn’t our evidence.
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CUTTING THROUGH THE WEB OF EXIXTENCE
Cutting Through The Web Of Existence Existence: From Latin exsistere ‘come into being’, from ex- ‘out’ + sistere ‘take a stand’. Our true reality is constantly open, never born and never dies. The evidence is that it never changes throughout life does it? Therefore pure consciousness does not … Continue reading
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GAINING CONFIDENCE
Gaining Confidence Once we know the essence of a subject, we have a firm foundation to expand our view to incorporate everyone and everything. The essence of everything and everyone is emptiness – consciousness that is uncontaminated. It has no … Continue reading
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EDUCATION DIVISION
Educating Division As long as we are divided, we will never be united. ‘Something’ in society is separating people from one another through the philosophy of ‘inclusion’. Being taught that we can be whatever we want to be makes us … Continue reading
TYPES OF THINKING
Types Of Thinking Confident thinking. Fixated thinking. Indifferent thinking. Confident thinking is non-aggressive … caring. Fixated thinking is aggressive … I care. Indifferent thinking is uncomprehending … who cares? Confidence comes from generosity, patience, morality, discipline, concentration – not taking … Continue reading
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN WE ACTUALLY TALK TO?
How Many People Can We Actually Talk To? We can chat about this as opposed to that, but not about inner consciousness. All we wind bags do is puff up our side of the dungeon with mechanical cliches, and without … Continue reading
DEMONS: A NECESSARY EVIL
Demons: A Necessary Evil Unless we are poked, we will never wake up to our actual reality. Dharma: An Indispensable Irritation Unless we are poked, we will never wake up to our actual reality. What Are These Demons? Our own … Continue reading
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IT’S NOT A MATTER OF HOW HIGH WE CAN GO
It’s Not A Matter Of How High We Can Go It’s not a matter of how high we can go – pure consciousness is always present. It’s a matter of how low we go through the distractions of hopes, fears … Continue reading
THE REASON TO BE CHEERFUL
The Reason To Be Cheerful While we remain unenlightened, we remain primitive and, sorry to say, arrogant. Arrogant: from Latin – ‘claiming for oneself’. Cheer up! We are all in the same boat of fools, but we have oars (determination) and a rudder … Continue reading
DECEIT AND BELIEF AND PATH
Deceit and Belief And Path Deceit: deliberately causing someone to believe something that is not true. Belief: acceptance that something is true, without proof. Path: direction in which a person is moving. We are constantly deceived by the unenlightened to believe in some thing or other, and that becomes our path … Continue reading
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THE UNIVERSE
The Physical Universe The universe is infinite space, matter and energy. It has no beginning and no end. If it had a beginning, what was there before? It is unconscious by not knowing, merely reacting to causes and conditions. The … Continue reading
SUBCONSCIOUS ASSOCIATIONS
Subconscious Associations The subconscious mind influences our conscious mind which, in turn, influences us. We need to know how this works. Our mind is something we have – it’s not us. It’s extremely important to know this, otherwise we will lack … Continue reading
ADDICTION CONSUMES US
Addiction Consumes Us When we are addicted to an idea – our truth – we see nothing else. We can be addicted to anything – political ideas, spiritual teachings, social affairs – and see nothing else. Addiction is being fixated … Continue reading
DON’T MAKE MEDITATION INTO AN ART FORM
Don’t Make Meditation Into An Art Form Don’t make an art form out of spirituality. That is religion. Meditation is merely sitting still, quietening the mind through concentration to bring all that inner chatter and judgement to rest. Then clarity … Continue reading
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MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO KNOW
Most People Do Not Want To Know Most people do not want to know the truth of what they are as they think they know already – but we have been told whatever we think we know. It is amazing … Continue reading
WE CAN ONLY BE HAPPY …
We Can Only Be Happy … We can only be happy when we know unhappiness. The universe is complete in opposites when, in reality, opposites are one. If we say dark, there must be light. An object and its reflection … Continue reading
EVERY ENCOUNTER IS OUR TEACHER
Every Encounter Is Our Teacher Every encounter reveals our preloaded, habitual pattern of behaviour. This makes us feel terrible – vulnerable and, maybe, guilty. Cheer up. When we meditate, our mind seems to get worse, but this means we are … Continue reading
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SEEING HOW WE WORK
Seeing How We Work There is ordinary consciousness and pure consciousness. There is ordinary mind and pure mind. Ordinary consciousness and ordinary mind are dualistic = ‘me’ and ‘other’, creating judgement and comment. Pure consciousness and pure mind are non-dualistic … Continue reading
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YOU DON’T HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR NAME
You Don’t Have To Leave Your Name If you want to make a comment, you don’t have to leave your name or email address. That is for WordPress’s … something 🙂 You will just come up as ‘anonymous’ or ‘someone’ … Continue reading →