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- 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
- 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
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SPIRITUAL MERIT
Spiritual Merit Merit creates our karma, our life and our future life. All our thoughts, actions and reactions in this moment now are products of our past. Merit is the blueprint for the next incarnation – the next moment. Positive … Continue reading
THERE ARE TWO WAYS OF LIFE
There Are Two Ways Of Life There are two ways of life:one is based on materialism and the other is based on wisdom. The way of materialism is to identify with everything we see as being real, and look no … Continue reading
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TURNING PRIDE INTO WISDOM
Turning Pride Into Wisdom Pride is the wisdom of equality. In the very first moment of recognition, each negative emotion has a quality of wisdom. This needs to be experienced through practice. Recognition comes from equanimity; a trained, clear mind … Continue reading
WHY IS PRIDE A SIN?
Why Is Pride A Sin? ‘Sin’ is anything that is detrimental to one’s wellbeing. Pride is high self-admiration which obscures pure consciousness, as opposed to humility which is low self-admiration that allows pure consciousness to see clearly. Pride is holding an … Continue reading
MEETING YOUR MAKER
Meeting Your Maker You are pure consciousness. What else, in reality, can you be? When pure consciousness thinks it is something other than pure consciousness, consciousness forgets its purity and forms a contaminated self-image. That is your maker, your master. … Continue reading
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SPIRITUAL MYSTERIES
Spiritual Mysteries Mystery: something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. Here, we are talking about the possibility of out-of-body beings who influence embodied beings. As this is a mystery, it is something that we, as intelligent beings, can neither … Continue reading
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KNOWLEDGE IS A LOT TO HANDLE
Knowledge Is A Lot To Handle Knowledge is neutral. What we do with knowledge may become either harmful or enlightening. If we exploit knowledge to gain power over others, we are facing lifetimes of suffering. If it is used to … Continue reading
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ARE SPIRITUAL PEOPLE MORE TROUBLED … AND HAPPIER?
Are Spiritual People More Troubled … And Happier? The more we notice, the more sensitive we become. We notice the cause of suffering. Being troubled generates empathetic compassion. Empathetic compassion brings confidence. It is this confidence that brings happiness. The … Continue reading
EVIDENCE OF SPIRITUALITY
Evidence Of Spirituality The evidence of spiritual presence is genuine kindness, without any standoffishness. We may appear to be kind, but are we actually kind? The evidence of knowingness is genuine kindness, without any standoffishness. We may appear to know … Continue reading
THE MORE WE REALISE, THE LESS OTHERS CAN RELATE
The More We Realise, The Less Others Can Relate We live through a glass darkly, relating only to the scribbles obscuring its clarity, and attracted to those whose scribbles mirror our own. The clearer the glass, the less others can … Continue reading
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HAPPINESS IS SOLVING A PROBLEM
Happiness Is Solving A Problem Life is one problem after another to be solved. Life is therefore our teacher. Complaining doesn’t teach us anything. Others may disagree with this – and they too have their problems to solve.
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LOVE DOES WHAT IS RIGHT
Love Does What Is Right Love is desire-less and fear-less, and knows the divine nature of all beings. Human nature is selfish, and boastful of possessions, abilities and knowledge. Divine nature knows self to be a preoccupation, – askew, off … Continue reading
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BEING HAPPY WITH OUR DECISIONS IN LIFE
Being Happy With Our Decisions In Life All the decisions we make in life come down to the present moment, now. Life may have been unsatisfactory, with all its pointless distractions and misinterpretations; all the while, there was an ‘itch’ … Continue reading
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WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE NEVER TOLD THE TRUTH
We All Know That We Are Never Told The Truth We all know that we are never told the truth, and we accept a life of mental poverty. Once we realise the ultimate truth – that we are not a … Continue reading
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A LACK OF EMPATHY CAUSES HARM
A Lack Of Empathy Causes Harm We cause harm when we lack empathy.
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DEAR ILLUMINATI; KARMA NEVER FAILS
Dear Illuminati; Karma Never Fails Dear Illuminati, The creation of ‘A New World Order’ or ‘The Great Reset’ or ‘Build Back Better’ must be founded on compassion, on doing no harm, and on allowing people freedom to realise their true … Continue reading
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PRACTICAL HUMILITY
Practical Humility Humility: the quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance. Humility isn’t a display of being meek and mild; it is a matter of realising the value of having no self-importance. In order to be important, we … Continue reading
IN IGNORING THE TRUTH, WE ACCEPT LIES
In Ignoring The Truth, We Accept Lies When a lie no longer works, another lie is added. Even though the new lie is a contradiction, it creates hope … and fear and hope … … and we fall for this … Continue reading
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WE GAIN CERTAINTY THROUGH PRACTICE
We Gain Certainty Through Practice But what practice? Real practice – real Dharma practice – is gaining confidence in just being, rather than excelling at repeating texts and chanting mantras. Just being is esoteric realisation. Being good at a practice … Continue reading
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STOP LOOKING FOR TOGYAL
Stop Looking For Togyal It’s too needy 🙂 Tibetan Lamas say that Togyal has to taught to the right person. We can wait a very long time … and that, in itself, makes us needy. Togyal is the realisation of spontaneous presence. … Continue reading
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WE DON’T NOTICE STRESS … UNTIL IT’S GONE!
We Don’t Notice Stress … Until It’s Gone! Happiness is relief from stress. Stress is something we have all become used to and no longer notice; it is, however, reflected in the tensions within our subtle body. Meditation should be … Continue reading
BEING WEIRD: CONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLING OUR DESTINY
Being Weird: Consciously Controlling Our Destiny Weird: Late Middle English, originally meaning ‘having the power to control destiny’; unearthly. If we have no control over life, and merely follow collective ideas as our ancestors did, we are born, work, have a family, leave offspring and die. Animals, insects, … Continue reading
HOW THE MEDIA WORKS – IT INFLUENCES THE INFLUENCERS
How The Media Works – It Influences The Influencers Psychology at work: How easily are you influenced? You don’t need sheepdogs … just sheep. This video isn’t for entertainment. It’s a sad warning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RksLFJ7A2M Still say TV, films, music, cartoons, … Continue reading
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SADNESS RESULTING FROM JOY
Sadness Resulting From Joy Sadness is empathy and compassion. Knowing what is natural, sadness – rather than anger – arises when something is amiss. Human beings, although enlightened in essence, are a devious lot. Devious: departing from the direct route. We … Continue reading
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TO LIVE THE DREAM, WE HAVE TO BE ASLEEP
To Live The Dream, We Have To Be Asleep It’s quite a shock when we realise that, although people appear to be awake, they are merely going through the motions, functioning at a basic level of predictable repetition, day after … Continue reading
ENLIGHTENMENT IS DISENCHANTMENT
Enlightenment Is Disenchantment As long as we are enchanted, we will remain trapped in sentimentalities. Enjoy life mindfully, being neither obsessed, nor caught and held. Overcome enchantments by realising their limitation. Realisation is disillusionment resulting in joy … and sadness.
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THERE IS NO SECRET ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
There Is No Secret Esoteric Knowledge Esoteric teaching is actual, ultimate experiencein realising what we already know. All we have to do is look and see,and let that acknowledgement drop awayto come to rest in non-duality. Reading or listening to … Continue reading
SEGREGATION TURNS PEOPLE AGAINST PEOPLE
Segregation Turns People Against People The same theme is repeated throughout history; divide and conquer. Different names are used to confuse us: separation, setting apart, sorting out, isolation, quarantine, exclusion, protection, shielding, partitioning, division, apartheid, ghettos … all in the name of creating an adversary … Continue reading
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HOW LONG HAS HUMANITY BEEN IMPRISONED…?
How Long Has Humanity Been Imprisoned…? Q: How long has humanity been imprisoned … by the mind? A: For as long as humans have been led to believe in something they cannot see. This has been going on for thousands … Continue reading
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ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT WE ARE HAPPY
All That Matters Is That We Are Happy All that matters is that we are happy– and for that to be constant. 🙂
GOOD MENTAL HEALTH
Good Mental Health We all have to take care of both our physical and mental health to maintain wellbeing, free from anxiety. Our mind affects our body through the way we see life. We have to train our mind to … Continue reading
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HOW MANY KNOW OUR REALITY
How Many Know Our Reality? We may assume that we are ‘awake’, but do we know what that is? Wakefulness is perfect, spontaneous clarity,free of an illusory dream state which is volatile and predictable, displaying rapid changes of emotion. Wakefulness does not react, but … Continue reading
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SOMETIMES, THINGS DON’T SEEM RIGHT OR COMPLETE
Sometimes, Things Don’t Seem Right Or Complete This is intuition at work. Most of us ignore our natural intuition in favour of second-hand information that we project onto whatever we see. This is never a complete picture. Intuition is knowledge without conscious reasoning. It … Continue reading
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SIMPLICITY IS NEVER THROWN BY COMPLEXITY
Simplicity Is Never Thrown By Complexity When we know our essence of pure, compassionate consciousness, together with the three corresponding poisons of desire, fear and indifference that obscure this essence, we then know everything we need to know, as practitioners. … Continue reading
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PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Pure Consciousness Is The Elephant In The Room The ‘elephant in the room’ is a metaphor for something that is obvious but no one mentions because it makes us feel uncomfortable. We will talk for hours about other matters, but never about our … Continue reading
EVIL CAN NEVER HAVE POWER OVER GOODNESS
Evil Can Never Have Power Over Goodness Why not? Goodness is a pure heart; it is pure consciousness that can never be deceived, whereas the mind can. Know the difference. Evil intent has no insight, and cannot recognise the emptiness … Continue reading
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HATRED FINDS NO HOME
Hatred Finds No Home This says it all. Hatred: intense dislike.Hatred disturbs the mind:we find no peace, and no home. Home: permanent residence.The only thing permanent is our inner reality. Thing: that which has no specific name. Only through the realisationof the true … Continue reading
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OUR SPIRITUAL PATH IS OUR GREAT UNDOING
Our Spiritual Path Is Our Great Undoing 😀 Spirituality is pure consciousness. It is not a thing; it’s … infinite reception and transmission. Our so-called path is merely our confusion which, when recognised, does not exist, so hanging on to … Continue reading
WHY DO MOST PEOPLE NOT ‘GET IT’?
Why Do Most People Not ‘Get It’? Much depends on our early years; our infant experiences and associations (the talk surrounding us) influence and set our brain in a certain way, creating our attitude to life. The Buddha said, “Don’t … Continue reading
REALISE THE PATTERN THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY
Realise The Pattern Throughout Our History The pattern: create belief; create an enemy. Creating a belief engenders fear and hope. Belief gives rise to injustice and divides people. Divided people become angry. Angry people react. Reaction is suppressed. Suppression creates … Continue reading
WE LIVE IN A FIEFDOM
We Live In A Fiefdom Fiefdom; a bound system. The word ‘fief’ is related to the Frankish term ‘fehu-ôd’, in which ‘fehu’ means ‘cattle and ‘-ôd’ means ‘goods’, implying “a moveable object of value”. The key is in the word. Once we realise what the … Continue reading
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DO WE BINGE ON TEACHINGS?
Do We Binge On Teachings? Do they become a distraction? Is such an approach actually lazy, obscuring genuine, personal experience where there are no doubts? If there are no doubts, we know what we’re doing. We drop the teaching and … Continue reading
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RECYCLING INFORMATION = NOTHING HAPPENS
Recycling Information = Nothing New Happens Life becomes abundantly satisfying and worthwhile as we transcend our self-imposed limitations. If we rely too much on ‘information’ gained from second-hand facts, we become too intellectual and serious, and our life-drama is dull … Continue reading
WHEN DID WE BEGIN?
When Did We Begin? No one can answer this question for us, but we can come to some conclusion, and see how that makes sense. It’s okay to disagree. When we consider the question of how ‘we’ began, we are … Continue reading
A QUESTION TO REVEAL OUR SELF
A Question To Reveal Our Self This could be applied to any question or assertion used to reveal our actual state of mind, rather than the state of mind we like to portray to others. Until enlightenment, we will all … Continue reading
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WHAT REALISES, AND WHAT IS REALISED?
What Realises, And What Is Realised? We exist to realise what we are, and what we are not. If we do not realise what we are, we remain ignorant of our true reality. It is shocking that we do not … Continue reading
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