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- NO LONGER SATISFYING June 14, 2026
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- THE DANGER OF ADOPTING STORIES June 13, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE A PRODUCT OF? June 13, 2026
- WHAT REINCARNATES? June 12, 2026
- THE HABITUAL LOOP June 11, 2026
- WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT LIES SO READILY? June 11, 2026
- THE PARADOX OF RITUALS AND WORDS June 11, 2026
- WHAT DO WE BASE OUR LIFE ON? June 10, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY June 10, 2026
- THINKING THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE June 9, 2026
- NOT TOO TIGHT AND NOT TOO LOOSE June 9, 2026
- OUR GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT June 8, 2026
- PRIDE STOPS US EVOLVING June 8, 2026
- THE TINKERBELL EFFECT June 7, 2026
- EVIL IS ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE SUPERIOR June 7, 2026
- FOUR OPIUMS OF THE PEOPLE June 6, 2026
- THE CONSUMER BECOMES CONSUMED June 6, 2026
- ULTIMATE MATURITY June 6, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA” June 5, 2026
- THE TWO ASPECTS OF ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’ June 5, 2026
- SULKY SELF June 4, 2026
- THE COMPLETE PICTURE June 3, 2026
- GIVING UP GUILT June 2, 2026
- TESTING MARA AND GURU June 1, 2026
- THE BUDDHA. JESUS, SOCRATES AND OTHERS WERE REBELS June 1, 2026
- ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS REALISED BY ABSOLUTE TRUTH June 1, 2026
- FINDING WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR May 31, 2026
- WE ALL LIVE IN DIFFERENT ECHO CHAMBERS May 31, 2026
- A HARD LESSON TO LEARN May 31, 2026
- BUDDHIST FORUMS CREATE CONFLICT May 31, 2026
- ONE MIND, OR MANY MINDS? May 30, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL MATERIALISM May 30, 2026
- SPONTANEITY IS THE ONLY REALITY May 29, 2026
- REALITY IS BEYOND WORDS May 28, 2026
- HUMANITY: SEEKING VALIDATION OF A SELF May 28, 2026
- DISPELLING THE GURU May 27, 2026
- EVERY DAY I THINK, “I COULD BE WRONG” May 27, 2026
- THE DARK AND UNSETTLING ASPECT OF EXISTENCE May 26, 2026
- ‘JUDGING’ FROM A DZOGCHEN POINT OF VIEW May 25, 2026
- WE BECOME THE COMPANY WE KEEP May 24, 2026
- WE ARE ALL HYPOCRITES May 24, 2026
- BECOMING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON May 24, 2026
- DEMYSTIFYING THE NATURE OF MIND May 23, 2026
- WHEN WE BELIEVE, WE WORSHIP THE DEVIL/MARA May 23, 2026
- DESTROY CLARITY, DESTROY THE WORLD May 23, 2026
- EVIL HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT May 23, 2026
- THERE ARE NO MORE WORDS TO LEARN May 22, 2026
- THE CLEVER BLIND SPOT May 21, 2026
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BAD KARMA OR GOOD KARMA?
Bad Karma or Good Karma? It all depends on how we see it. An example. Because we choose a different lifestyle, our family, friends and strangers may shun us, or feel hostile towards us. They may choose not to talk … Continue reading
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HOW CAN WE HAVE BEEN SO STUPID?
How Can We Have Been So Stupid? … to allow evil to prevail? We have consented to being pushed into a corner, playing with our techie toys, and while ignoring the modification of our world around us. Haven’t you noticed … Continue reading
DHARMA, REAL DHARMA, NO DHARMA
Dharma, Real Dharma, No Dharma The Dharma is information. Real Dharma is genuine realisation of genuine experience. In that moment of realisation, there is no Dharma. Be careful of clinging to the exotic; it can destroy the Dharma. An example: … Continue reading
SO NOW WE CAN MEDITATE …
So Now We Can Meditate… …because now, we are aware that we are just conscious awareness, and not this selfish mischief-maker that believes it cannot see. Pure conscious awareness is the final knowingness, and can take place at any time, … Continue reading
I CANNOT MEDITATE
I Cannot Meditate Okay. Can you be aware ? It’s natural to be aware – just aware – but usually, when we do nothing, we fall into a vacant state, having or showing no intelligence or interest: a vacant stare. … Continue reading
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ABSOLUTE BEING OR CREATOR?
Absolute Being Or Creator? We are absolute being – pure consciousness. When pure consciousness becomes less clear, it becomes a self-creator. It’s that simple. We can be led astray because is it that simple: we love our creation – an … Continue reading
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HOW DID I BECOME SO CONFUSED?
How Did I Become So Confused? Confused: a person unable to think clearly; bewildered, as thoughts are mingled together. If we know that we are confused, then we know something. That ‘knowing something’ is knowingness itself. The recognition of knowing … Continue reading
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY?
Have You Ever Wondered Why? Have you ever wondered why films show fantastical gadgets and, a few years later, those gadgets are in the public domain, on sale and being used? Did the film inspire the gadgets, or were the … Continue reading
WHAT IS KARMA, AND HOW CAN WE SEE IT?
What Is Karma, And How Can We See It? We see karma in our behaviour. Our behaviour is karma, and karma creates our behaviour. Karma is a Sanskrit word for the results of actions; the cause of an effect. Reactions … Continue reading
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Tagged is there more to us?, KARMA, nothing is fixed, reacting, the results of actions, we are free, why change?
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A.I. ROBOTS WILL RUN THE PLANET
A.I. Robots Will Run The Planet Ordinary humans will not be needed by the billionaires who programme the A.I. robots. As A.I. is artificial intelligence, all they need is to be switched on. In the meantime, we have become robots … Continue reading
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MEDITATING PROPERLY, AND WHY WE MEDITATE
Meditating Properly, And Why We Meditate Meditation is not about holding a posture physically or mentally. Meditation is not about trying to be mindful and ‘self’ aware. Meditation is not about creating better ideas to promote ourself. Meditation ‘is’ awareness … Continue reading
“I CAN’T DO DEVOTION”
“I Can’t Do Devotion” Devotion and compassion are the same, in the sense of losing our ‘self’ identity. The devotional approach to spirituality is said to be very powerful and to work wonders, but some may not feel this way. … Continue reading
WAKING, DOZING, AND … ZZZ …
Waking, Dozing, and …zzz….. When introduced to the nature of mind, which is pure awareness, we might say, “It’s wow! This is great!” … a….n…d … back to sleep … 😀 In the Tibetan Nyingma tradition, the approach to reality … Continue reading
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Tagged baby rigpa, Dzogchen, living in a dreamscape, Pure Awareness, Rigpa, stabilising rigpa
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WHAT IS MOST PRECIOUS TO YOU?
What Is Most Precious To You? Before we look for an answer, wouldn’t our own sanity be most precious to us? Having sound mental health? Without that, we wouldn’t appreciate anything, would we? The question now arises, what is ‘sound … Continue reading
AWAKENING AWARENESS, AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS
Awakening Awareness, Awakening Consciousness Ordinary awareness or consciousness is the ability to perceive and feel. All creatures have this ability in order to survive. So what does it mean, to awaken consciousness? Well, there is more to us than … Continue reading
ENLIGHTENMENT OR SUPER ENLIGHTENMENT …
Enlightenment or Super Enlightenment … … that is the question. To ‘enlighten’ is to shed light on something. ‘Enlightenment’ is to attain spiritual knowledge and insight that awakens awareness, freeing us from the cycle of rebirth – of doing it … Continue reading
THE TRUTH IS NOT OUT THERE!
The Truth Is Not Out There! “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him” Enlightenment is not some else’s enlightenment: it is our own enlightenment. Kill the imagery, and realise. Once we find the teaching, understand it, experience … Continue reading
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR EVERYTHING?
Who Is To Blame For Everything? The answer is … empty essence! Isn’t that surprising? We may want to blame the Buddhas – or deities – for not doing more for mankind, but if they do anything, they would show … Continue reading
TAKING THE HEART OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING TO HEART
Taking The Heart Of The Buddha’s Teaching To Heart It’s really very simple. The heart of the Buddha’s teaching is spontaneous presence, which is the same as non-duality, empty essence, pure consciousness, pure awareness, nowness. It could also be described … Continue reading
BUDDHISM IN MODERN LIFE
Buddhism In Modern Life Modern life is caught up in soft suffering – we hardly notice our stress and anxieties because we are busy trying to catch up with technologies and upgrades. Hard suffering occurs because life falls apart due … Continue reading
DZOGCHEN, MAHAMUDRA, SHUNYATA, DHARMAKAYA, ADVAITA … ?
Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Shunyata, Dharmakaya, Advaita … ? These are either attractive and mystical-sounding words, or they represent most ordinary aspect of reality in the infinite universe. These are simply Tibetan and Sanskrit terms for non-duality. The pure, uncontaminated emptiness of … Continue reading
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WE ARE A DEVIATION
We Are A Deviation and easily misled If we think the Dharma is the teaching then we are mistaken: we are the Dharma. The Dharma is not only within us – it is us, our essence. We are essence. It … Continue reading
THE FIVE SKANDA
The Five Skandhas To exist as humans, we comprise the five skandhas or aggregates, and this is how we hold it all together. Simply put, the five skandhas are: The body’s sense organs Sensations of those organs Recognition of perception … Continue reading
THE CULTURE OF WEALTH AND ENTITLEMENT
The Culture of Wealth and Entitlement The age of the ‘super-wired-into-machine’ humans This is the age of narcissism… … of the justification of inequalities … of restricting the advancement of humanity … of human subjugation to technology … of oppression … Continue reading
LOOKING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE MIND WANDERING…
Looking For The Cause Of Our Mind Wandering … …causes the mind to wander! There are many reasons why we wander. All we have to do is notice the mind wandering, and it stops.
HOW DO I SEE SOMETHING GOOD IN EVERYTHING I SEE?
How Do I See Something Good In Everything I See? Easy! Goodness is exactly the seeing itself. Goodness is the quality of being good or right. What could be more good or right than the purity of that seeing? Of … Continue reading
WHICH SPIRITUAL PRACTICE SHOULD I DO?
Which Spiritual Practice Should I Do? The one that makes sense to you … to you! Of course, you may not agree 😀 For thousands of years, we have been led to believe that power lies outside ourselves and that … Continue reading
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THE OBJECT OF MEDITATION IS NOT TO MEDITATE!
The Object Of Meditation Is Not To Meditate! Meditation is just a word. The object of meditation is to become aware or conscious of our true, real, actual, non-fictional, unimagined nature. What is that? It is the awareness or consciousness … Continue reading
ARE WE NOT ALL GHOSTS?
Are We Not All Ghosts? Both disembodied, pure, holy ghosts and embodied, impure, unholy ghosts. Ghost: the human spirit or ‘soul’, from the Latin spiritus – ‘breath’. Pure breath? Bad breath? A bit of both. Either way, one doesn’t want … Continue reading
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SHUNYATA
Shunyata Shunyata is Sanskrit for ’emptiness’. Pure presence. This is our natural state. The object of being human is to realise this natural state of being, and in order to do this, we need to meditate – and understand meditation. … Continue reading
HATRED IS INFECTIOUS
Hatred is Infectious Our inner demons of likes and dislikes can turn love into hatred. It is inevitable that we will come across hatred in this world: after all, this is the age of decadence which creates greed for wealth, … Continue reading
WE CONSENT TO BEING DISTRACTED
We Consent To Being Distracted It’s a shock when we realise this. We may think that being distracted is involuntary, and that we are powerless and have no control. This is incorrect. We just haven’t noticed that we actually have … Continue reading
FASCINATION IS LIKE STICKY FLY PAPER
Fascination Is Like Sticky Fly Paper We are seduced – and then stuck! Traditionally, Buddhism talks about how we are fixated on things, which implies a deliberate act. But our world is so seductive, isn’t it? On a relative level, we … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM IS FASCINATION
Our Problem Is Fascination Fascination creates the noise of our delusion Fascination: interest, preoccupation, passion, obsession, compulsion, captivation, enchantment; allurement; charm, attraction, intrigue, attractiveness, appeal, magnetism, pull, draw. We have to balance our understanding of spiritual essence, and our functioning … Continue reading
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Tagged being fascinated, boredom, creating an "I", distraction, Meditation
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RUMOUR, GOSSIP, HEARSAY, INFORMATION = NOISE
Rumour, Gossip, Hearsay, Information = Noise We all want to be in the loop: a group of persons communicating regularly about a specific plan or project. This happens in all walks of life, including conspiracy followers and spiritual followers. Information … Continue reading
THOUGHT PROVOKING
Thought Provoking (it’s what this blog is all about) We need our thoughts, beliefs and assumptions – our social programming, our conforming to type – to be shaken up, as our thoughts, beliefs and assumptions are not our own 😀 … Continue reading
WHY DO PEOPLE HATE US?
Why Do People Hate Us if we don’t believe what they believe? A belief is a holding on to an idea. What holds on to that idea? Our first nature is pure awareness. Our second nature is an acquired nature … Continue reading
A BUDDHA CANNOT MAKE US ENLIGHTENED
A Buddha Cannot Make Us Enlightened A Buddha can only point out the path to enlightenment and the obstacles will present themselves as the path. It is we who decide upon and value the path to enlightenment that transcends all … Continue reading
CAN I LOVE MYSELF?
Can I Love Myself? Of course! As sentient beings, we all have failings, obscurations, peculiarities. These cause us chaos and confusion, and therefore, from an absolute point of view, there is suffering because we are distracted. At the same time, … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF TECHNOCRACY
The Age of Technocracy Freedom will never be realised until we acknowledge the subtle influences that are controlling humanity. This is the Kali Yuga, the Age of Strife, the Age of Mass Demonic Activity, The Age of Technocracy. “Technocracy: society … Continue reading
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Tagged elite technical experts, the control of humanity, what makes us tick
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SPIRITUAL NARCISSISM AND SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
Spiritual Narcissism and Spiritual Materialism This is a touchy subject which requires delicate handling as it’s possible to become oversensitive and upset. All we are doing is being aware of our potential behaviour. After all, our path is our confusion, … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, ego-building, EMPATHY, look see drop, the inseparability of the two truths
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DIVIDED AND UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
Divided And Undivided Attention If our attention, awareness, consciousness is always looking for something special, then we are being divided or separated from our own pure attention, pure awareness, pure consciousness. This is duality. We have lost the plot by … Continue reading
IT’S A RELIEF WHEN IT STOPS
It’s A Relief When We Stop In the moment when we stop and sit down, we fall naturally into a deep relaxation. When we stop working, running, talking, meditating … we arrive at non-duality in that moment, just being. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
WHY DON’T WE PRACTISE?
Why Don’t We Practise? Simple. It’s due to an inner mara demon. What is an inner mara demon? It’s our own likes and dislikes: “I’m too busy.” “I’ve better things to do.” “I don’t get anything out of it.” “I … Continue reading
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SPIRITUAL PATHS WITHIN SPIRITUAL PATHS
Spiritual Paths Within Spiritual Paths Worlds within worlds. When we first encounter spiritual paths, they seem like a way out of this collective, self-opinionated, violent and manic world. It’s been that way for a very long time 😀 We look … Continue reading
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WHEN THE LIGHT DIMS, DARKNESS BEGINS
When The Light Dims, Darkness Begins Spiritually speaking, the light is the clarity of our being, which is empty essence. It’s the awakened state. If we have not been introduced to the reality of this truth, or have forgotten or … Continue reading
IT’S AN INSIDE JOB!
It’s An Inside Job! The ‘insider’ is our own pure, unbiased intelligence that can discern what is real and what is seemingly real, once we understand what reality is. Compassion and devotion are not a means to ingratiate ourselves: they … Continue reading
THE BUDDHA’S TEACHINGS ARE SECRET
The Buddha’s Teachings Are Secret but open to anyone who values them. It is the same for any exoteric, spiritual practice. It is a private matter; it is the heart of the incomprehensible via the comprehensible. The Buddha’s teaching is … Continue reading
WHAT RECOGNISES, AND WHAT IS RECOGNISED?
What Recognises, And What Is Recognised? To cognise: to know, to be aware. Re-cognise: to know again, to recall to mind. We first have to distinguish between re-cognising and my re-cognising: the first is simply the knowing of knowing, while … Continue reading
THERE IS MORE TO MEDITATION THAN JUST MEDITATING
There Is More To Meditation Than Just Meditating Meditation is the vehicle to recognise our true nature of pure awareness, pure consciousness. It also reveals how we take possession of a mistaken, mental, self identity. Meditation is nothing special, but … Continue reading
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 