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.

Animals Aren’t Evil

Animals aren’t evil – only humans can be evil. All sentient beings are moved by fear, hope and indifference to survive, but it is only when we hold on to our fears, hopes and indifferences that evil arises and causes suffering. It’s because of this evil that enlightenment can occur, as suffering starts us on our journey of realising our ultimate reality.

Evil is caused by a belief in a self that wants to judge and control others. If everything is wonderful and pleasant, we may not feel the need to become enlightened, and we may even go to spiritual teachings just for information that merely adds to our karmic load. We only practise when we see a need. If we don’t see a need, we remain indifferent. In remaining indifferent, evil is bound to occur.

Fears, hopes and indifferences are attraction, repulsion and inertia – the gross laws of the universe. When these laws or principles are seen clearly, they become pure compassionate consciousness, beyond all evil. Because of these enlightened principles, evil can never succeed.

Propaganda Can Be Teachings

Spiritual teachings show us what is obvious and clearly seen.
When we see clearly, we see more.

There is propaganda everywhere, telling us subconsciously how to think.
These signs are teachings.

When we read the signs and watch our reactions,
they can return us to our sovereignty.

Therefore evil can never succeed.

We Are The Mystery

We are the mystery
– not our reality!

In its inception, our self-image was created
by consciousness being confused about its reality.
That is the mystery.

When we realise our true reality,
there is no mystery.

Return To Sender

If we do not react to others’ abuse or emotions,
we reduce the effect of our karma,
and the abuse simply returns to the sender.

Now they have to deal with their karma.

If We Do Not Believe In God

If we don’t believe in God,
why do we shout (when something goes wrong) – “Jesus!!”
or reply to something we don’t know – “God knows?!”

The words are ingrained in our subconscious
… like everything else
🙂

The State Of Denial

Is it possible that denial is a coping mechanism?

If we haven’t woken up to something being very wrong,
we are in a state of denial, and will fight to stay in that place.

Truth irritates ego, with the suggestion that it has no reality.

Wrong Think

Wrong think:
A lack of trust in authority.

Is questioning a crime?

An example: being kicked out of a spiritual group for not believing.
🙂

We Are Not As Clever As We Think

We are not as clever as we think –
we are cleverer!

When we are just using our mind, we’re borrowing ideas from others,
and merely putting those ideas together in a different way to sound unique.

All problems arise perfectly from causes and conditions.

When consciousness works from essence,
it cuts to the origin of the problem,
as there was never a problem in the first place.

Instead Of Reading About It, Live It

We can sound pretty clever repeating what we have read to impress others. It’s just information, and there is no real knowledge or a meeting of minds. It’s all one-sided, whereas talking about genuine experience is sharing, as long as there is some sort of acknowledgement.

Have you ever wondered why there are different spiritual traditions? It’s because someone had an experience that was different from others, and shared it. We are not all one with exterior expression, but we are one in silent, inner essence.

We don’t have to follow like sheep.
Our cake may have different ingredients
because of our different backgrounds.

In A Corrupt World, We Cannot Just Sit Back

We know that childhood traumas affect our behaviour in later life,
and condemn the next generation to more confusion, regret and depression.

In meditation, we sit and do nothing.
In life, we cannot do nothing.

Know what is real, and what is a manufactured illusion.

Conflict Comes From Opposites

As long as we take sides, we are divided, and there will be conflict.
As long as this state of affairs is fuelled, we will remain divided.

Be aware.
Be very aware.

What Is Disinformation?

To a lie, truth is disinformation.
To truth, a lie is disinformation.

Some things are created to create something else.
This how division is accomplished.

Be A Fixer; Don’t Be Fixated

A fixer solves problems.
The fixated cause them.
🙂

Time Is Everything

Time only exists
because all phenomena has a beginning, and middle and an end.
Thoughts have a beginning, a middle and an end
and therefore have no reality.

Space does not have a beginning, a middle and an end,
and therefore space is timeless.
Consciousness does not have a beginning, a middle and an end,
and therefore consciousness is timeless.

That which is timeless is the only reality
because it is constant, and therefore true.

Do Aliens Visit Us?

In an infinite universe, there are an infinite number of beings, so why would they bother coming all this way and not say hello, even to spiritual adepts/deep meditators who don’t panic? 🙂

It’s because the official narrative is directed by propaganda to manipulate us into believing that superior technology means superior wisdom. We should avoid taking part in this illusion.

Mathematics can create fascinating technology that excites and makes us dependent. If all we see are gadgets, we won’t see the idea behind it – addiction.

Does superior technology indicate wisdom?
Looking at people, the answer is no.

In an infinite universe, there are infinite beings
whose essence is pure consciousness,
whether they choose to look or not.

Wisdom is the compassionate understanding of our true essence,
and does not celebrate elaborate fantasies which distract.

The Many Ways To Realisation

Realisation is the experience of what we actually are, and it’s never what we think or believe 😀 We are, first and foremost, pure consciousness. What else can we be? It is through this that everything can be known.

If we are fortunate, we will come across a word or phrase – or even a gesture – that will change our lives forever … that’s if we are open to change.

Let’s take two words; judgement and judgemental.
Understanding the difference is the complete Dharma.
Many do not see the difference = they aren’t ready.

Judgement is the ability to consider something in the immediate moment now, and then drop it.
Judgemental is being fixated about our judgement, and being stuck with it.

To do anything, we first have to weigh it up and consider, judging whether something that is applicable in one moment may not be suitable in another; because of this, our judgement stays open. This can only be truly achieved from clarity, when the mind is free of bias = pure consciousness.

If, on the other hand, we are judgemental, we fixate about someone or something and cannot adjust. Empathy tells us that we too have made mistakes. Being judgemental is our karmic prison which limits the understanding for attaining any compassion or realisation. It’s not what we see that matters; it is the clarity of wisdom that transforms the seeing itself.

There is simple teaching everywhere when we know how to look, see, and drop it.
The word ‘Buddha’ means continuous realisation of our absolute essence, free of karmic influences.

The magic words are waiting for all of us … somewhere 😀

Have Religion And Science Been Hijacked?

By whom?
By the facade of benefit.

We are lured into beliefs, and because we are lethargic (from Greek: lēthargos ‘forgetful),’ we don’t bother seeking any further than whatever we are told. That assumption is belief, and belief is acceptance without proof.

As long as there is a feeling of benefit, we will go along with an idea, but won’t see the consequences. Belief allows us to chug along in the hope of better things to come.
(chug – move slowly making regular muffled sounds, like a slow dull engine).

Religion and science are all about hopes and fears. Believing either one, we practise diligently and so we will get better at it while, in reality, our chug-boat is just chugging along, going round in circles.

If all this resulted in the realisation of enlightenment, it would all make sense. The realisation that pure consciousness is already enlightened is far from our humdrum experience.

Everything that we do we believe to be of benefit, but it soon turns out that we have merely joined the hijackers, chug chug chugging along.

To capture humanity, all that needs to be done is to enhance and elaborate materialism and etherealism.

Evil encourages futile diligence, which is pointless.
Goodness is wellbeing with whatever occurs, bringing about the dissolution of our karmic beliefs.

It’s a happy sadness.
The realisation of disappointment and relief,
resulting from the discovery that something we were lead to believe
is false.

You Have Every Right To Disagree!

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