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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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SEEING THE TEACHER AS THE BUDDHA
Seeing The Teacher As The Buddha … …is a cultural hot potato! It depends our aptitude: Bhakti yoga, Karma yoga or Jnana yoga? Bhakti yoga is the path of devotion – adore the guru. Karma yoga is the path of … Continue reading
THE POWER OF EMPTINESS
The Power Of Emptiness It is in the power of the realisation of emptiness that the dualistic patterns of consciousness cease to be able to function. Without the realisation of emptiness, consciousness will continue to express itself, but in a … Continue reading
I MET THE DEVIL LAST NIGHT
I Met The Devil Last Night … and the devil’s name was bureaucracy. Bureaucracy creates the word. The word becomes interpreted. Interpretation creates chaos. The devil laughs at this chaos, as we become part of his order. Order out of … Continue reading
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LED TO BELIEVE
Led To Believe Led to believe … and we believe How’s that for a magic trick? How’s that for neurolinguistic programming?! Demonic activity: “And for my next trick, you will believe that your beliefs are your own ideas”. Belief: an acceptance that something exists or is true, without proof.
‘I’ AND EGO
‘I’ and Ego These are not separate entities. The word ‘I’ comes from the Greek ‘ego’. Ego is a self-identification to which consciousness clings. A lie must have an element of truth in it to be believed. We are led to … Continue reading
TOGAL IS AS NATURAL AS WE CAN BE
Togal Is As Natural As We Can Be What is Togal? First, we are introduced to the essence of mind, which is emptiness. Then, we are introduced to cutting through thoughts arising in emptiness. Finally, the qualities of the view … Continue reading
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IF PHENOMENA WERE REAL
If Phenomena Were Real It takes time to get one’s head around this! If all phenomena were real, then phenomena would be permanent, andnever change. Everything would be frozen. If phenomena changes, then phenomena has no permanent reality and so, … Continue reading
TURNING CONCEPTS ON THEIR HEAD
Turning Concepts On Their Head From the ordinary, relative point of view, the enlightened attitude is extraordinary. From the enlightened point of view, the relative attitude is extraordinary. From the enlightened point of view enlightened view is being ordinary. From … Continue reading
WHAT IS THIS EVIL IN OUR WORLD?
What Is This Evil In Our World? What is this evil in our world? It’s us! What is this goodness in our world? It’s us! We have two potentials: enlightenment and endarkenment. Simply put, we all have a dark side … Continue reading
BUYING INTO THE PACKAGE
Buying Into The Package – Materially And Spiritually “The package: to accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence you.” The Buddha’s main point was not to take his word that you are pure consciousness; see for yourself! This is why … Continue reading
THERE’S NO I?
There’s No I? That’s confusing – and little upsetting – isn’t it? Here, we have to tread the path of the middle way – not too tight and not too loose. Saying there is no I does not mean that … Continue reading
DO WE HAVE TO BE SPECIAL TO BE SPIRITUAL?
Do We Have To Be Special To be Spiritual? The Buddha saw that everyone has Buddha nature, but we’re asleep. The word ‘Buddha’ merely means awake and pure, so from that point of view, no one is special … equally, … Continue reading
NO ONE BECAME ENLIGHTENED BY MEDITATING
No One Became Enlightened By Meditating “No one became enlightened by meditating: they became enlightened by dropping the meditation.” Meditation is the method to come to stillness in the mind, to arrive at empty essence, to realise the non-duality that … Continue reading
WE BECAME BEWILDERED …
We Became Bewildered … and lost track of ourselves, our true nature. We are extremely subtle, pure consciousness that became bewildered about itself and so we downgraded into gross consciousness. This is how sentient beings take on a form to … Continue reading
EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS OUR TEACHER
Everyone and Everything is Our Teacher And this is how life becomes worthwhile and delightful! This not about having a worthwhile and delightful life in the physical material world. It is about being able to see and recognise that pure … Continue reading
THE TRUTH IS NOTHING NEW
The Truth Is Nothing New The truth is as old as the infinite universe, in any dimension. What is this truth that is as old as the infinite universe, in any dimension? It is that which perceives this infinite universe, … Continue reading
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THE STRONG SERVE THE WEAK
The Strong Serve The Weak In a good world, the strong serve the weak: confident compassion. In a bad world, the weak serve the strong: insecure subservience. In a good world, the weak can realise their potential. In a bad … Continue reading
EVIL IS SUBTLE
Evil is Subtle Evil creates and reconditions our karma. We all have the potential for enlightenment, but there is a darker part of the human condition, which we could call selfishness, or ‘evil’. Evil needs a cause in order to … Continue reading
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SECULAR, SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF REALITY
Secular, Systematic Examination Of Reality We don’t have to be religious or spiritual to experience our primary nature of consciousness. Secular examination is based on our human faculties of logic, empathy, reason and moral intuition, none of which are derived from supernatural revelations. We see, … Continue reading
“THAT’S TOO DEEP FOR ME!”
“That’s Too Deep For Me” People are fooled into believing that they cannot see “That’s too deep for me!”This is a phrase I often hear when the subject of consciousness is brought up in conversations. I explain that consciousness is … Continue reading
WHY I STOPPED WORRYING ABOUT TOGAL
Why I Stopped Worrying About Togal I gave up on Togal – the great mystery of gazes and visions – to just concentrate on seeing clearly … it’s far simpler! Better the devil you know, than the devil you don’t! … Continue reading
THE DUALISTS
The Dualists We sentient humans live and believe in a state of duality. Duality means two. Everything is related to me. In spiritual terms, consciousness is always relating to something. Me and other. This is so ‘normal’ for humans that … Continue reading
DOUBT
Doubt A feeling of uncertainty. Doubt everything. Gain confidence in the doubt. Until the moment of enlightenment, we will have doubt. 😀 It is in the awareness of the doubt that we can trust. We cannot doubt awareness. . .
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WHY DON’T WE WAKE UP?
Why Don’t We Wake Up? “I am awake!” We only think we are awake. We are as awake as in a dream. Being awake is being awake to reality, rather than a seeming reality. All perception takes place in the brain among … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE GO-BETWEEN
Consciousness is the Go-Between … the messenger Consciousness goes between that which is perceived and the realisation of pure, inner essence. If the messenger gets distracted by outer phenomena, it loses contact with the pure, inner, absolute sovereign and becomes … Continue reading
HUMANITY’S MENTAL HEALTH
Humanity’s Mental Health A war on humanity Good mental health is the number one priority for humanity: with this we can cope with anything. But when we look around, we see that our minds are constantly being bombarded to create … Continue reading
OUR MENTAL HEALTH
Our Mental Heath Life is all about good mental health. With a healthy, peaceful mind, we can cope with anything. How do we get started on our quest? First, we need a question. When we’re young, we are attacked by … Continue reading
TREKCHO
Trekcho Can we liberate our thoughts? Can we stop being controlled by thoughts? Can we stop our habitual tendencies? Can we stop being ‘us’? Yes. But it’s not so easy to stay liberated 🙂 This is because we identify with the … Continue reading
LIVING NATURALLY IS A THREAT…
Living Naturally Is A Threat … … to a busy life. We have totally lost the plot when we are fed on strife and stress, and arrive, exhausted, at death. Modern life destroys a sense of season. Live with the … Continue reading
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“I FORGOT”
“I Forgot” Knowing that we forgot, we remember. No need to feel bad. No need for low self esteem. We are free in the moment that we see we are not free. In a single moment, we fall into dreaming. … Continue reading
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COMMUNION
Communion Communion is that which we have in common. Communion is in silence, not in expression. And silence is pure consciousness, empty of self. Empty of self and other, there is no me, and no God. This what the mystics … Continue reading
THE REALITY and THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
The Reality and The Merry-Go-Round We desire to be enlightened, and/or we are averse to suffering. These two emotions – desire and aversion – derive from ignorance; ignorance of our true reality, which is pure consciousness, pure being. These emotions … Continue reading
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TRIVIA IN OUR MIND
Trivia in Our Mind Engaging in trivia fills our mind with trivia. This imprisons us with irrelevancies, and so our minds become a product of our environment. While we are so engaged, machinations are at work to imprison us further. … Continue reading
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YOUR MIND IS NOT YOUR CHOICE
The Content of Your Mind Is Not Your Choice A student asks about going through mental anguish, and Sadhguru explains that“the content of your mind is not your choice.” Our mind is the product of our environment, and goes everywhere … Continue reading
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DOES ENLIGHTENMENT HAPPEN GRADUALLY, OR WITH A BIG BANG?
Does Enlightenment Happen Gradually, Or With A Big Bang? Sadhguru “When the season is right the flowers will bloom, and mangoes will come!” “If you do the right things, the right things will happen to you.” “Enlightenment does not suddenly … Continue reading
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THE CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING NO GOAL TO REACH
The Consequence Of Having No Goal To Reach This puts us at odds with 6,020,000,000 billion peoplewho believe that there isa goal; who were told about a heaven and believe in that. If others believe something we do not, then … Continue reading
THERE IS NO GOAL TO REACH
There Is No Goal To Reach There is no goal to reach There is merely an uncovering, through discovering and realising that, in practicality, there is nowhere else to go. The goal is nowhere but here, now. It is the … Continue reading
MAKE DO AND MEND = DHARMA
Make Do And Mend = Dharma We accept (make do) whatever karma brings our way. We heal (mend) that karma by not clinging to it. This view is the enlightened attitude, and the very happiness we seek. Make do and … Continue reading
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BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Beyond Boundaries Taking time out of our programme. Programme = before written = karma Who wrote and consented to the programme? We did. When we look at our life, we find that it has a pattern to it, and so … Continue reading
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IN PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, THERE IS NO MYSTERY
In Pure Consciousness, There is No Mystery In pure consciousness, there is no mystery: It is as clear as … just seeing! Spirituality is the psychology of mind-essence. In pure consciousness, we are all connected to every spiritual tradition that … Continue reading
STOP LOOKING, AND SEE
Stop Looking, And See Looking, but not seeing If we keep looking for a exotic teaching, we never see that we are it that we seek. That seeing is pure consciousness. Whatever is seen is the distraction. Exotic terminology is … Continue reading
THE PROMISED LAND
The Promised Land The ‘promised land’ has always been our highest state of consciousness, which is pure, empty, uncontaminated awareness. Until we truly realise and value this pure consciousness, nothing will ever make sense. When we look at the teachings … Continue reading
Abraham, The Vedas and Dzogchen
Abraham, The Vedas and Dzogchen There is – and has to be – a commonality of spiritual traditions that unifies us all. But there is – or could be – a simple misunderstanding that misleads us into being separate. Once … Continue reading
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HOW IS ATMAN, BRAHMA?
How Is Atman, Brahma? How am I and my Father one? How are emotions and wisdom the same? It’s quite logical. It’s all to do with upgrading consciousness. All creatures have consciousness; they are aware. When this ordinary consciousness develops … Continue reading
THE ESSENCE OF REALISATION
The Essence of Realisation The essence of realisation can see through the fog of all religions and spiritual traditions. The primordial and over-riding spiritual teaching is, “To see, is to know”. Being simultaneous, this is non-duality. Free in the moment … Continue reading
THE INVASION OF OUR MINDS
The Invasion Of Our Minds This is the reason why we meditate Meditation is merely letting the mind settle down: First, watch the breath. Experience the awareness of watching the breath. Rest in that awareness. Realise the spaciousness and clarity … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF CHAOS
The Age Of Chaos The more we look, the more we see chaos in the world. Chaos creates confusion; confusion creates suffering. Confused people desperately seek an answer; a saviour. Upon finding a saviour, we stop looking. We thereby relinquish … Continue reading
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPIRITUALITY
The Psychology of Spirituality That which is called ‘spirituality’ is really psychology at its subtlest level. When we honestly look, we honestly see that we honestly suffer. Then we can honestly do something about that!
