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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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“ALL FORM AND NO SUBSTANCE”
“All Form And No Substance” Paying more attention to outer appearances than the wisdom within. The most important experience in life is discovering the difference between form and substance. Form is the outer ‘self’, while substance is the inner ‘self’. … Continue reading
IDEAS OCCUPY OUR MIND
Ideas Occupy Our Mind It may take time but, through our understanding, these occupiers remove themselves. The dissolution of relative self-esteem reveals unique originality.
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INSTITUTIONALISED
Institutionalised Institutionalised: apathetic and dependentThe formula of futile diligence; fear and false security. Through ignorance, people follow other people; we cling and stick together. By beinginstitutionalised, we stop thinking for ourself and learn the formula. We want to be where ‘it’s’ … Continue reading
DON’T READ THIS … MEDITATE!
Don’t Read This … Meditate! 🙂 If you have time to read this, you have time to sit in silent awareness for a moment or two. Just be aware of the breath, and all the senses.Now be aware of awareness.Experience that you are … Continue reading
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WE AREN’T COMPLETE PEOPLE … YET
We Aren’t Complete People … Yet We are partial: existing only in part; incomplete.We are body, mind and consciousness. As long as we don’t recognise consciousness, we will continue to live a limited, materialistic existence within certain boundaries. Becoming aware of consciousness is … Continue reading
CONSCIOUS-MESS
Conscious-mess That’s us!😀 Conscious-ness.And that’s also us! We have become a duality.The moment conscious-ness recognises conscious-messis the moment of non-duality.Appearances and recognition are simultaneous.
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DON’T TAKE YOUR SELF TOO SERIOUSLY
Don’t Take Your Self To Seriously It makes life happier. We become self-obsessed due to the set of ideas we’ve acquired. Clinging to this collection creates an I, an ego. The more we cling to ideas and beliefs, the more … Continue reading
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IF WE BELIEVE IN WORDS, WE BECOME SPELLBOUND
If We Believe In Words, We Become Spellbound Belief in words is never the truth.It is the experience of the words that brings forth realisation. Put simply:Shut up and ……. !🙂
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WE ARE THE OCCULT
We Are The Occult There is no mystery. Occult: hidden, concealed, covered over. Only communicated to the initiated; esoteric. An illusory self image hides (occults) our true nature in plain sight. Plain sight is pure consciousness; it’s what we originally are. We see, but … Continue reading
WE ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING
We Already Know Everything We all know everything we need to know – and that is knowingness itself. Knowingness is just another name for conscious awareness, the essence of which is unsullied. When we realise that this unsullied consciousness is … Continue reading
SUFFERING IS THE RESIDUE OF OUR PAST
Suffering Is The Residue Of Our Past We carry around a heavy load of karma (a reactionary attitude) which creates our present understanding and behaviour. That load is but a sticky residue from our past, and if we do not … Continue reading
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WE CONFORM BECAUSE WE FEAR
We Conform Because We Fear The more we fear, the more we accept authority,and the more we become dependent. We want to belong to something or someone because we lack confidence in our own powerand thus, we give it away. Don’t … Continue reading
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TURNING PEOPLE INTO THE ENEMY
Turning People Into The Enemy Turning people against themselves. If we give in to others’ fears, beliefs and conformities, we will avoid people and separate ourselves,becoming divided and conquered. We lose our sense of both humanity and spirituality. There are ‘elements’ that … Continue reading
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SILENT AWARENESS
Silent Awareness For some, the idea of emptiness or purity is obscure; it’s too far away, beyond them … which it is! 😀 ‘Silent awareness’ is just another phrase for pure consciousness, or empty cognisance. We are inner beings of … Continue reading
LIFE IS BOTH TOTALLY INSPIRING AND TOTALLY CHALLENGING
Life Is Both Totally Inspiring And Totally Challenging Many have looked to the European intelligentsia of the 60s and 70s, and found what they said to be incomplete. This is why some of us turned to the east, and discovered … Continue reading
THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE
There Is Nowhere To Hide There is nowhere to hide.That is why we feel vulnerable. While we still believe that we are our thoughts,we will experience anxiety and fear because our thoughts aren’t our complete picture. There is nowhere to hide … Continue reading
SELF-CONSCIOUS
Self-Conscious Self-conscious: Uncomfortable, embarrassed, or worried about what people think about us. Being self-conscious inhibits our potential to evolve and our ability to empathise, because it’s ‘all about me’. Despite appearing to be confident, we actually lack confidence, but it’s still all about me, self, … Continue reading
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HIDING BEHIND A MASK OR LABEL
Hiding Behind A Mask Or Label In hiding behind a mask, we create a persona – a de-personalised reality which is a conformity to a type. This persona is a subconscious inhibitor. We keep ordinary consciousness happy by feeding it … Continue reading
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PYRAMIDS OF HUMANITY
Pyramids Of Humanity Humanity: Pyramid of IgnoranceHumanity: Pyramid of Buddhas Both pyramids have levels of self-consciousness. Self-consciousness has two aspects:awareness of selfand self aware.
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BUDDHISM HAS NO BELIEFS
Buddhism Has No Beliefs When we believe, we consent to go along with a version of the truthwhich turns us aside from the truth. People are mistakenly believing that there is something wrong with them.Buddhism is about knowing that we are truth. In the early … Continue reading
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THE MIND HAS A BACK DOOR
The Mind Has A Back Door The mind has a back door – it’s consciousness, or rather the subconscious.Through consciousness, we can see what is going on in the mind. The problem is that others can also look in and plant … Continue reading
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YOUR SELF IS YOUR TEACHER
Your Self Is Your Teacher It’s all you really have. Be happy with your self. It will teach you all you need to know about attaining the realisation of the essence of mind – consciousness. This self is our mind’s … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL SCIENCE
Spiritual Science Science is investigating, seeing and realising.Spirituality is investigating, seeing and realising. The microscope is not just consciousness; it’s pure, unbiased consciousness. We don’t have to be scholars to be spiritual scientists.Just look, see and drop all preconceived ideas,realising that … Continue reading
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ALL EFFECTS HAVE A CAUSE
All Effects Have A Cause “If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences and infer the motivation.” – Carl Jung If an action produces confusion, perhaps the aim is confusion.If this confusion is en masse, perhaps the … Continue reading
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SUBCONSCIOUS SUBSTITUTE DEPENDENCY
Subconscious Substitute Dependency “We know not what we do.”🙂 We grow up believing that our parents and teachers know everything and, in this way, we all learn to be dependent. There will come a time when we see that this … Continue reading
THERE IS NO NEED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
There Is No Need To Solve Problems There is no need to solve problems,as reaction only creates another reaction. A problem is an effect.Look for the cause, and the effect dissolves.If we try to alter the effect, we will only … Continue reading
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EVERYONE IS RIGHT
Everyone Is Right In our own eyes, we are all right, morally good, justified and acceptable :-). There isn’t any point in arguing; we can only empathise and say, “I see your point.” This doesn’t mean we agree, but taking … Continue reading
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WE ARE RITUALISTIC CREATURES
We Are Ritualistic Creatures We perform in some way.We have our routines.We conform to a type.We follow habitual patterns. Go off the rails now!😀 Why?When others’ know our pattern,they can add to and adjust it! Meditation is a useful ritual … Continue reading
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SHUNYATA: THE ABSENCE OF AN EDUCATED SELF
Shunyata: The Absence Of An Educated Self ‘Shunyata’ is Sanskrit for emptiness, the uncontaminated state of consciousness. The ‘educated self’ is what the mind has learnt by solely identifying with being human. We may be either well or poorly educated. Well-educated, we … Continue reading
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REALISATION – THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
Realisation – The Great Disappointment Realisation isn’t about being elevated. It is about fixations being alleviated. Elevated: puffed-up. Alleviated: deflated. As long as we expect, we will be disappointed. Peace begins when expectation ends. Realisation, which is available to everyone, … Continue reading
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HOW TO SURVIVE BELIEF
How To Survive Belief 😀 Stop believing and know How many, in this crazy world, believe in something or other? We live our lives in a belief-reality, and don’t even question this dream world. We weren’t born believing, were we? … Continue reading
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THE SHOCK OF REALISATION
The Shock Of Realisation It wasn’t fifty years enduring the platitudes of spiritual groups with their beliefs, conformity and dependency without empathy. It was the recognition of their platitudes, beliefs, conformity and dependency and lack of empathy, that did it for … Continue reading
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DEALING WITH CHANGE
Dealing With Change As we are creatures of habit, change can be upsetting, to say the least. Change is occurring quickly nowadays: everything has been speeded up through technology and media. The result is giddiness, chaos and uncertainty. Change brings … Continue reading
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Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate
Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate … and never were! Who on Earth con-vinced humanity that heaven and hell were different places?They are as inseparable as a mirror and its reflections – and it’s all in the mind. 😀 The concept … Continue reading
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INSPIRATIONAL ‘RUMOURS’
Inspirational ‘Rumours’ We hear things from the past, and there is no point believing any of it. There will be, however, something said that will touch and inspire us to experience what those words mean, and take our first steps … Continue reading
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SLAVERY AND FREEDOM
Slavery And Freedom Slavery: being excessively dependent and controlled by someone or something.Freedom: the right to act, speak or think as one wants. We all want the freedom to act, speak, or think as we want,and not be controlled by others.But none of that is actually the case. What do we want and why do we … Continue reading
ANOTHER ROBOT GOES MISSING
Another Robot Goes Missing When someone asks, “What am I doing?”,a gap in their programming opens up. What are we supposed to be doing? How am I supposed to be? Dropping old ways for no ways,we are suddenly in awe, fresh and alive. It’s a … Continue reading
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FEEDBACK
Feedback Feedback:The action, reaction, action, reaction loop. We relate to the world through feedback. It is through feedback that we develop a social I, and this is how we become a closed loop: “Good boy!” “Bad boy!” “Anthony is a … Continue reading
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RITUALISTIC CONFORMITY
Ritualistic Conformity Humans herd.We follow one another while laughing at sheep.😀 Humans are easily addicted to conformity and ritual through fear of rejection.We often leave our brains at the door. Of course, we all conform to decent standards of kindnessto get … Continue reading
STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER
Stay A Little Bit LongerStay relaxed and aware just a bit longer. The essence of our being – consciousness – may be realised in a second by just being aware, coming into the present moment. Then, all we do is … Continue reading
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IF CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS PRESENT …
If Consciousness Is Always Present … If consciousness is always present, we should always be present, because we are consciousness. Ordinary consciousness can both think and store information,but it becomes bound by that information, forgetting consciousness: it transforms into an ego-information-centre,predictable and lost … Continue reading
‘THEY’ CAN INFILTRATE OUR MINDS …
‘They’ Can Infiltrate Our Minds … ‘They’ can infiltrate our minds,but can never alter pure consciousness Who are ‘they’? Anyone who believes we are anything other than pure consciousness.Whatever others believe, it will never be the truth.Truth of reality is, first … Continue reading
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TWO WAYS TO SURVIVE
Two Ways To Survive View No 1: in order to live, we have to learn how to survive.View No 2: is survival enough? Our whole life may be taken up by surviving, and then enjoying life, which adds ‘value’ to … Continue reading
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CLONE OR ORIGINAL?
Clone Or Original? A clone is a replica = like. Original is not dependent = is. Buddha isn’t a clone. Christ isn’t a clone. Shiva isn’t a clone. We may clone teachings into ourself, but they will never be original … Continue reading
IT’S NOT WHAT WE KNOW THAT MATTERS
It’s Not What We Know That Matters … It’s not what we know that matters … … it’s how we are that matters We reflect what we know. We don’t ask, “What do you know?”. We ask, “How are you?”. … Continue reading
ARE WE BEING CHEMICALLY AND MENTALLY PRIMED?
Are We Being Chemically And Mentally Primed? It isn’t one chemical or idea that turn us: it is a build up of chemicals and ideas in our substructure, this is why it is difficult to see a cause. Everything comes … Continue reading
LIFE IS FALLING APART
Life Falling Apart The feeling of separation does that. We are just left hanging in a void. But life is still present. That is the emptiness of clarity. Is it uncomfortable? Yes! Why? It’s unfamiliar … or is it? 🙂 … Continue reading
BEING GENEROUS TO OUR SELF
Being Generous To Our Self Our ‘self’ is consciousness’s identification with the mind’s projections or collection of ideas. This collection of ideas is not our complete picture, and so we doubt and are confused. We ignore that which is … Continue reading