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Ignorance Is Bliss – Perfect Happiness So they say … If one is unaware of an unpleasant fact or situation, one cannot be troubled by it. That is the ultimate oxymoron. Ignorance means that we succumb to the negative forces … Continue reading →

How Many Know? How many people know their (our) true nature? Some know about our true nature, but that doesn’t mean they know or experience it: it is still theory. How would we know that they know? 🙂 Well, first, we’d have to know … Continue reading →

Ordinary Consciousness And Pure Consciousness It is a good practice to experience the difference. Pure consciousness is open presence – ready for anything. Ordinary consciousness is closed presence – not ready for anything. If we don’t know pure consciousness, we … Continue reading →

Seeking The Right (Magic) Words All my life, I’ve searched for the phrase, or set of words – the magic spell that would awaken us. I’ve come to realise that this will be different for everyone, as it has to … Continue reading →

Scientists Want To Put Consciousness Into A Machine? Their view of consciousness is a perception-memory-decision-making device; the favoured think that they will live forever in a machine. Consciousness is not a thing. It is life itself, and cannot be switched … Continue reading →

If We Aren’t Willing To Change … Surprise! We stay the same and learn nothing new, just going through set routines. Seeing things afresh is exhilarating and inspiring. We let go of old habits to take the next step. This … Continue reading →

Where We Went Wrong! 😀 Basically, consciousness – what we are – becomes excited about being conscious, motivating us to want more, which creates our karma, our life story. And we’re doing this right now … If reincarnation is correct, … Continue reading →

Are We Fresh Or Frozen? Fresh is raw experience in this moment. Frozen is imported baggage imposed on this moment. We are subject to both, but one will dominate. Are we a positive person, or do we worry? Whether we … Continue reading →

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 →