IT’S OUR IMPERFECTIONS THAT MAKES US PERFECT

It’s Our Imperfections That Make Us Perfect

If we think we are perfect, 
we become cleverly stuck in what we do.

Knowing we are imperfect 
is our path to enlightenment.

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TAKEN OVER BY A SELF

Taken Over By A Self

What is taken over?
Consciousness. 

We are given a ‘uniform’ at birth, a cultural identity which is the foundation of incarceration in a self. This self has no reality; it’s just a few ideas sewn together in the mind.

Our reality is consciousness, 
and ‘someone’ has turned the table* on us,
causing us to believe in a self.

Our stupidity is this simple.

*To turn the table: to reverse a situation, and gain an advantage.

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VALUING AND DEVALUING INNER PEACE

Valuing And Devaluing Inner Peace 

Valuing inner peace isn’t just words; it’s our practicality. 
So how did we – and do we – lose it? 

Our true reality of pure consciousness is contentment in clarity, which is divine splendour (the dictionary definition). Valuing this clarity and realising it as our original essence brings great contentment. We no longer follow the animated crowd, as inner peace has nothing to do with conditions. 

But we became – and become – excited about this clarity, and want to do something interesting with it. In our ‘enthusiasm’, we lost – and lose – clarity and inner peace, and an ‘I’-complex is created. 

This invites Mara (immorality) to take advantage of our ignore-ance of our reality, and we became – and become – part of that immorality by taking sides through groupthink.

The middle way is realising and valuing our origin, and realising and valuing Mara’s attempt to distract and disturb inner peace. Recognising Mara’s effort to devalue reality becomes our teacher.

Every time someone is over-egging – making something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is – that is Mara. We meet Mara every day. 🙂

Divine isn’t something to worship; believing that is Mara.
Divine is what we are. 

We merely have to acknowledge how far we’ve gone astray – and why.

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STOP FOR A MOMENT IN HEAVEN

Stop For A Moment In Heaven

Stop for a moment and be in heaven/nirvana/pure consciousness.
Now go about your chores in heaven/nirvana/pure consciousness. 
Everything is orderly – in good order. 
We make life too speedy and complicated to realise that we aren’t actually raving loons. 🙂

All walks of life have been made more intense, with less time to just be. 
Heaven is nowhere special. It’s here, right now – being special is for hell-dwellers.

Original heaven of pure consciousness has no features.
And then came … Cherubim and Seraphim … Dakas and Dakinis … and the rest is history … 

Abasdarhon – angel of the fifth hour of the night.
Abraxos – ancient name attributed to an angel.
Adnachiel – angel who rules November.
Adonael – an archangel.
Adonai – one of seven angels of the presence, or elohim; creator.
Aeshma – Persian archangel.
Af – angel of light.
Agla – angel who saved Lot and his family.
Akriel – angel who aids those with infertility.
Amitiel – angel of truth.
Amriel – angel of the month of May.
Anael – angel influencing love, passion and sexuality.
Anapiel – angel whose name means “branch of God.”
Anahel – angel who rules the third heaven.
Anpiel – angel who protects birds.
Ansiel – name of an angel known as “the constrainer.”
Arael – variation of Uriel; prince over the people.
Araqiel – angel with dominion over the earth.
Araton – one of seven ruling angels over the provinces of heaven.
Ariel – “lion of God;” angel of protection.
Armisael – angel of the womb.
Asariel – “whom God has bound;” rules the moon.
Asroilu – guardian angel of the seventh heaven.
Astanphaeus – one of the seven angels of the presence; third gate guardian.
Asteraoth – name of an angel who thwarts power.
Atrugiel – great prince of the seventh heaven.
Ayil – angel of the zodiac sign Sagittarius.
Azbogah – name of the high ranking angel of judgment.
Azrael – archangel of death.
Azriel – name for the angel of destruction.
Balthioul – angel with the power to thwart distress.
Baradiel – angel of hail.
Barakiel – angel of lightning.
Barrattiel – angel of support.
Barbiel – angel of October.
Bariel – ruling angel of the eleventh hour of the day.
Barman – angel of intelligence.
Barquiel – ruling angel of the seventh hour of the day.
Baruchiel – angel with power over strife.
Bath Kol – female angel of divine prophecy.
Bazazath – archangel of the second heaven.
Bethor – one of seven ruling angels of the province of heaven.
Briathos – name of an angel who thwarts demons.
Cahethal – seraphim angel over agriculture.
Camael – angel name that means “he who sees God;” chief angel of powers.
Cassiel – angel of Saturn.
Cerviel – angel ruler of the principalities.
Chamuel – archangel whose name means “he who seeks God.”
Chayyliel – angel whose name means “army;” a powerful angel.
Cochabiel – angel prince who stands before God.
Dabriel – angel of the first heaven who rules over Monday.
Dagiel – angel who has dominion over fish.
Dalquiel – angel prince of the third heaven.
Damabiath – angel of naval construction.
Dardariel – ruling angel of the eleventh hour.
Diniel – angel who protects infants.
Domiel – angel who guards the sixth hall of the seventh heaven.
Dubbiel – guardian angel of Persia; name means “bear-God.”
Duma – angel prince of dreams.
Dumah – angel of silence.
Eae – angel who thwarts demons.
Eiael – angel with dominion over the occult sciences.
Elyon – ministering angel who brought the plague of hail upon Egypt.
Emmanuel – angel whose name means “God with us.”
Erathaol – one of seven great archon angels.
Eremiel – great angel who presides over the Abyss and Hades.
Gabriel – archangel whose name means “man or hero of God.”
Gadriel – angel who rules the fifth heaven.
Galgaliel – prince angel of the sun, like Raphael.
Galizur – great angel who rules the second heaven.
Gamaliel – angel who takes the elect unto heaven.
Gazardiel – angel who supervises the east.
Geburatiel – angel prince who guards the seventh heaven.
Guriel – angel of the zodiac sign of Leo.
Gzrel – angel who revokes any evil decree against another in heaven.
Hadraniel – angel who stands at the second gate in heaven; “majesty of God.”
Hadriel – guardian angel of the gates of the east wind.
Hagith – one of the seven ruling angels of the provinces of heaven.
Halaliel – archangel known as “the lord of karma.”
Hamaliel – angel who rules the order of virtues.
Hamon – a great, honored, beautiful prince angel in heaven.
Haniel – an archangel who guards the tree of life.
Harahel – angel who oversees libraries.
Hasdiel – angel of benevolance.
Hasmal – fire speaking angel of the throne of God.
Hayliel – angel prince in the seventh heaven.
Haziel – angel whose name means “vision of God.”
Heman – angel leader of the heavenly choir, whose name means “trust.”
Hermesiel – angel who leads one of the heavenly choirs.
Hofniel – ruling angel of the bene elohim; name means “fighter of God.”
Iaoel – an angel of the lord; angel of visions.
Iaoth – archangel who has power to thwart demons.
Leo – an angel who thwarts demons.
Iofiel – archangel whose name means “beauty of God.”
Israfil – Islamic angel whose name means “the burning one.”
Jael – cherub who guards the ark of the covenant.
Jahoel – one of the angels of the presence and chief of the seraphim.
Jaoel – guardian angel who lives in the seventh heaven.
Jeduthun – angel whose name means “master of howling” or chanting to God.
Jefischa – ruling angel of the fourth hour of the night.
Jehudiel – archangel who rules the movements of the celestial spheres.
Jeremiel – archangel whose name means “mercy of God.”
Kabshiel – angel of grace and favor.
Kafziel – archangel who rules the planet Saturn.
Kakabel – angel who rules over stars and constellations.
Kalaziel – angel who has the power to thwart demons of disease.
Karael – angel who has the power to thwart demons.
Kemuel – archon angel and chief of the seraphim.
Kerubiel – prince angel of the cherubim.
Kokabiel – prince angel of the stars.
Kutiel – angel of water and the use of diving rods.
Labbiel – angel whose name was changed to Raphael.
Lahabiel – angel who protects against evil spirits.
Lamechial – angel who thwarts deception.
Lassuarium – angel who rules the tenth hour of the night.
Laylah – angel who oversees and protects childbirth.
Machidiel – angel governing the zodiac sign of Aries and the month of March.
Marmaroth – angel who has power to thwart fate.
Mendrion – angel who rules the seventh hour of the night.
Metatron – one of the greatest archangels, second only to God.
Michael – great archangel whose name means “who is as God.”
Mihr – angel of divine mercy; angel that governs September.
Miniel – angel invoked to induce love.
Mitatron – an angel of the third heaven.
Morael – angel of awe that rules the months of August-September.
Moroni – brought messages to Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism.
Muriel – angel who rules the dominions and the month of June.
Naaririel – great prince angel of the seventh heaven.
Nahaliel – angel who governs running streams; “valley of God.”
Nanael – angel who governs the sciences, and philosophy.
Narcariel – angel that rules the eighth hour of the night.
Nasargiel – good angel with a lion head that rules hell.
Nathanael – angel ruling over hidden things, fire and vengeance.
Naya’il – angel of testing.
Nelchael – angel of the schemhamphorae.
Nuriel – angel of spellbinding power and of hail storms.
Och – one ruling angel of the provinces of heaven.
Omael – angel of chemistry and species perpetuation.
Onoel – name of an archon angel.
Ophaniel – prince angel over the ophanim.
Ophiel – one ruling angel of the provinces of heaven and Mercury.
Oriel – ruling angel of the tenth hour of the day.
Orifiel – archangel over thrones, and the second hour of the day.
Orphamiel – angel known as the “great finger of the Father.”
Osmadiel – ruling angel of the eighth hour of the day.
Ouriel – archangel who commands demons.
Pamyel – ruling angel of the ninth hour of night.
Pathiel – angel whose name means “opener of God.”
Peliel – angel who rules the virtues.
Peniel – angel who rules Friday and resides in the third heaven.
Pesagniyah – angel who ushers prayers of grief to heaven.
Phaleg – one of the seven ruling angels of the provinces of heaven.
Phanuel – archangel who is an interpreter of revelations.
Phounebiel – disease thwarting angel.
Phul one of the seven ruling angels of the provinces of heaven.
Pravuil – an archangel who keeps all the records of heaven.
Pronoia – an archon angel who helped make mankind.
Purah – angel of forgetfulness.
Puriel – angel whose name means “the fire of God;” angel of punishment.
Qaspiel – angel who rules the moon.
Quabriel – ruling angel of the ninth hour of the day.
Rachiel – ophanim angel who rules Venus and governs sexuality.
Rachmiel – angel of mercy whose name also means the same.
Radueriel – angel who can create other angels and oversees archives.
Raguel – angel who watches over the behavior of angels; “friend of God.”
Rahab – angel of death, destruction, but also the sea.
Rahatiel – angel prince of the constellations; name means “to run.”
Rahmiel – angel of mercy and love.
Ramiel – angel who oversees visions and souls during the day of judgment.
Raphael – great archangel whose name means “the shining one who heals.”
Rathanael – angel of the third heaven and thwarter of demons.
Raziel – angel chief over the thrones, guarding the secrets of the universe.
Remiel – angel who leads souls to judgment; name means “mercy of God.”
Rikbiel – angel who oversees the divine chariot; chief of wheels.
Rizoel – angel with power to thwart demons.
Rogziel – angel of punishment whose name means “the wrath of God.”
Ruman – angel who takes account of evil men’s deeds while in hell.
Sabaoth – archon angel of the presence.
Sabathiel – angel or intelligence who communicates divine light.
Sablo – angel of graciousness and protection.
Sabrael – archangel who guards the first heaven.
Sabrathan – ruling angel of the first hour of the night.
Sachiel – ruling angel of Jupiter whose name means “covering of God.”
Sagnessagiel – angel who guards the fourth hall of the seventh heaven.
Sahaqiel – angel prince of the fourth heaven.
Salathiel – rescuing angel of Adam and Eve.
Samkiel – angel of destruction and purifier of souls from sheol.
Samuel – fruling angel of the first hour of the day.
Sandalphon – giant angel whose name means “co-brother” (of Metratron).
Saniel – ruling angel of the sixth hour of the day.
Sarakiel – angel who rules the ministering angels.
Sarandiel – ruling angel of the twelfth hour of the night.
Satqiel – angel prince of the fifth heaven.
Seraphiel – chief angel of the seraphim angels.
Shamsiel – angel whose name means “light of day.”
Shepherd – angel of repentance.
Shoftiel – angel whose name means “the judge of God.”
Sidqiel – angel prince of the ophanim; ruler of Venus.
Sidriel – angel prince of the first heaven.
Simiel – archangel.
Sizouze – angel of prayer.
Sophia – angel whose name means “wisdom.”
Soqedhozi – angel who weighs the merits of of men before God.
Sorath – angel who is the spirit of the sun.
Sorush – angel who punishes souls on judgment day.
Soterasiel – angel whose name means “who stirs up the fire of God.”
Sraosha – angel who sets the world in motion.
Suriel – angel of healing whose name means “God’s command.”
Tagas – governing angel of singing angels.
Tartys – ruling angel of the second hour of the night.
Tatrasiel – great angelic prince.
Temeluch – angel caretaker who protects newborn babies and children.
Temperance – angel of the elixir of life.
Theliel – angel prince of love.
Tubiel – angel of summer.
Tzadkiel – angel of justice and guardian of the gates of the east wind.
Ubaviel – angel of the zodiac sign of Capricorn.
Umabel – angel of physics and astronomy.
Uriel – great archangel whose name means “God is my light.”
Usiel – an angel who stands before the throne of God.
Uzziel – cherubim angel whose name means “strength of God.”
Varhmiel – ruling angel of the fourth hour of the day.
Vequaniel – ruling angel of the third hour of the day.
Verchiel – ruling angel of the month of July and of the zodiac sign Leo.
Vretiel – swift in wisdom archangel responsible for recording God’s deeds.
Xathanael – the sixth angel created by God.
Yabbashael – an angel of the earth whose name means “the mainland.”
Yefefiah – archangel who is the prince of the Torah.
Yehudiah – benevolant angel of death.
Yerachmiel – an archangel who rules earth.
Yeshamiel – angel who rules the zodiac sign of Libra.
Yofiel – angel prince of the Torah commanding 53 legions of angels.
Zaapiel – angel punisher of wicked souls.
Zaazenach – ruling angel of the sixth hour of the night.
Zabkiel – angel who rules over the thrones.
Zachariel – angel governor of Jupiter.
Zachriel – angel who governs memories.
Zadkeil – archangel who rules heaven and stands in the presence of God.
Zagzagel – angel prince of the Torah and of wisdom.
Zakzakiel – angel of the seventh heaven who records good deeds.
Zaphiel – angel ruler of the cherubim.
Zaphkiel – archangel whose name means “knowledge of God.”
Zarall – cherub angel who guards the ark of the covenant.
Zazriel – angel whose name means “strength of God.”
Zehanpuryu – high ranking angel whose name means “one who sets free.”
Zerachiel – angel of the month of July and the sun.
Zophiel – angel whose name means “God’s spy.”
Zuriel – angel ruler of the principalities whose name means “my rock is God.”

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THERE ARE TWO POWERS AT WORK

There Are Two Powers At Work

There are two powers at work –
the moral and the immoral.

Wisdom eliminates confusion.
Confidence eliminates doubt.

Confusion eliminates wisdom.
Doubt eliminates confidence.

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WE ARE NAIVE, GULLIBLE AND SENTIMENTAL

We Are Naïve, Gullible And Sentimental

We are naïve, gullible and sentimental,
believing what we’re told.

Our dream is only our fault because we believe, 
accepting words without proof.
The proof comes from genuine experience.

We’re not what we are told;
we are so much more 
… or less. 🙂

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DANCING TO SOMEONE ELSE’S TUNE

Dancing To Someone Else’s Tune

Dancing to someone else’s tune:
following someone else’s directions.

We’ve been doing this for thousands of years.

Some people think that we’re part of a universal consciousness, but what consciousness? Is it a materialistic consciousness that creates materialistic (gross) thinking, or pure consciousness (refined) that is purely aware ?

Believing without knowing is easily done. Why? Because others have been dancing to the same tune for thousands of years. It’s become a fashion, a culture of obedience, and we no longer notice that we aren’t in control of ourselves.

Once we’re hooked, we can be lied to, and believe the lies.

Meditation is not a group hug;
it is the natural, individual clarity of seeing

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BEING GRATEFUL FOR FINDING MEANING

Being Grateful For Finding Meaning

When we find what we are grateful for, 
we’ve found the purpose of life.

The purpose of life is to value knowing.

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IS BUDDHISM ANTISOCIAL?

Is Buddhism Antisocial?

Buddhism cultivates the social conditions favourable for an individual’s realisation of their true reality, which is pure consciousness. To rest in pure consciousness, we have to be a decent, compassionate person. 

This means that we don’t cling to political ideologies which lack empathic understanding and only serve to divide people. We are not a set of others’ beliefs.

Buddhism is about what we all have in common, and that is pure consciousness. 

Mara (demonic mind) feeds off conflict like a narcissist, creating conditions to brutalise people’s minds, preventing them from realising their autonomous power to be mentally free, thereby maintaining true morality beyond bias.

Buddhism is not a ideology or religion;
it is the pure way of seeing that’s important
in order to see what’s important. 

🙂

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DISTRACTED TO INSANITY

Distracted to Insanity

When we are distracted by images, words and ideas,
we are not in our right mind. 
Our right mind is clarity.

Unable to think straight,
we are obsessed with and addicted to others’ ideas.

Ideas, words and images deceive consciousness.
If we’re talking to a person filled with concepts,
there is no communication, just projection.

Distraction is a fool’s game.

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DELAY AND OVERREACTION

Delay And Overreaction

Delay and overreaction are the manifestation of aversion and desire. Both create consequences that are allowed to happen, and which govern us. 

Just as we are controlled by our personal likes and dislikes, so too we are governed en masse by organised delays and overreactions. It’s what the ‘news’ does to us every day, causing our thoughts and emotions to take sides and creating conflict.

We merely have to look at events created by delay or overreaction that blaze the trail for more of the same. This is the world’s history. Once enacted, there is no turning back unless we wake up and recognise how the world is run – and how we are run. 

To transcend our common affliction of groupthink, each individual has to recognise that they are addicted, either through procrastination or excitement. 

Waking up is being aware of our true reality,
rather than the projections in our minds. 

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WE LIVE IN EXPECTATION

We Live In Expectation

Expectation: a strong belief that something will happen.

We’re led to believe that supernatural things can happen, so we expect or hope that they will.

This clouds our judgment about what’s actually going on. We’re fed supernatural stories and elaborate displays that stick in our minds and, even if we don’t believe in them, we still react to those who do. When people meditate, they believe something special will take place when, in actuality, nothing happens. This can cause us to feel disappointed or inferior.

This ‘nothing happening’ is what it’s all about. When nothing’s happening, there is clarity, which we aren’t used to, unfortunately, and so we don’t value it. 

In reality, our needs are very simple, spending our precious time undoing our karmic programming.

If, however, we want something interesting, we’re given something interesting and, as a result, we will always miss the point, adding to our karma. This is the indication that Mara is at work.

As we ascend the levels, we look back and wonder, “Why did I ever believe that?” This very question is the precursor to the next step. 

Mara activity is all about ‘believe me’ – it cannot help itself. 
Don’t believe anyone, even the Buddha. 
Know, through direct raw experience.

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE EMPTINESS?

What Does It Mean To Be Emptiness?

It’s very simple and ordinary 
– there’s nothing weird about it.

Emptiness is the moment of being free of ideas, just aware, empty of identity, mere perception, barely cognisant. It’s that simple. There is no idea of ‘me’ and what I think involved; thoughts become activated a moment later when our programmed memory kicks in.

Emptiness is natural to all sentient beings, but we’re too involved in our species’ way of thinking to realise this simple pure state. 

Emptiness is valuing the perfect contentment of the Buddha realm – the clarity of bliss.

“What is bliss?”
Contentment in our understanding.

“I can’t be bliss, I have too much to worry about. 
I have ideas about how to make things better.”

Okay.
Do you see what creates the problem we’re in?
🙂

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CONSCIOUSNESS ISN’T A RELIGION

Consciousness Isn’t A Religion

All creatures are consciousness. 

Religion turns consciousness into a performance.
People turn life into a performance.

Being aware of being conscious is rare.
Realising that consciousness is empty is even rarer.

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HUMAN ESSENCE IS ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS

Human Essence Is Enlightened Consciousness

There is nothing wrong with humans except that we cling to a mind full of ideas, fixating on them. This darkness creates levels of misunderstanding which result in exaggeration, which impedes the pure light of enlightened consciousness. 

Once we recognise this procedure, understanding refines 
and we ascend the levels.

These levels are the reason why we talk at cross-purposes.

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IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW

If You Think You Know

If you think you know, it’s just a concept. Knowing about something is not knowing; it’s just an idea. 

Samsara/human life is a vicious cycle of confusion compounded by further confusion. It’s the trap in which we humans exist, dependent on others’ ideas to live by. Just look at the world history, full of constant strife and stress.

Actually, this is all a very good starting point to enlightenment 
– once we realise the effect of the concocted script we act out daily.

If life was one great state of ‘happiness’, we’d become lotus eaters and wouldn’t bother asking, “Is this actually our reality?”

(In the Odyssey, the Lotus Eaters are mysterious people who live on a small island, and regularly consume lotus plants that cause them to live in a perpetual state of bliss, losing all sense of urgency.)

This was the choice the Buddha had to make when he was Prince Siddartha and he left his father’s opulent palace to go out into the raw world where he saw suffering. 

We have to do the same as the Buddha
– realise that we are the lotus in the mud.

We are what we seek
– pure consciousness.

🙂

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SAPIENCE MEANS WISE

Sapience Means Wise

We are meant to be wise, and not just clever: 
all creatures have to be clever to survive.

Cleverness is knowing about reality.
Wisdom is being the reality.

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THE PROBLEM IS ‘YOU’

The Problem Is ‘You’ 

What’s wrong with you is ‘you’.
When recognised, ‘you’ is the solution.

There is a made-up, imitation ‘you’ constructed on ideas gleaned from our early environment and life experiences, and there’s a real you, which is the pure observation of the fictitious ‘you’. When we recognise this false identity, we become isolated from others who still believe in a ‘me’. 🙂

Madness and sanity are so close; when we recognise our madness, sanity returns. 
It’s all about an ‘I’ wanting to know, when knowingness is already present.

The illusion and the reality are a unity. 
By virtue of one, the other is known.

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WORDS ARE PROJECTIONS

Words Are Projections

Words reveal the state of our mind, 
and they also reveal the state of consciousness.

If we cling to words, we become blind to experience.

When we are silent, 
the mind is clear, consciousness is pure, 
and we are what we are.

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BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

Better The Devil You Know 

Better the devil you know
than the devil you don’t.

Really!

Demons come in many charming disguises.
Be careful what you conjure up!

Charm: control or achieve as if by magic. Middle Englis:incantation or magic spell, from Latin  ‘carmen’ – song, verse, incantation.

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IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS

It Doesn’t Have To Be Like This

We don’t have to become a projection of others’ thoughts.
We can change!

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IT ONLY SEEMS REAL

It Only Seems Real

When we encounter pictures, words, conversations … these seem real, but they’re only recording machines. We wake up when we realise that we’ve heard it all before. 

Things seem real only because we’ve became used to them, and want them that way. We want to believe the stories, while not knowing whether they’re real, or a simulation.

We wake up when we recognise the script that’s being acted out every day. There is nothing real about our lives; the reality is life itself – consciousness. Pure consciousness is devoid of language, speculation, and fantasy.

Reality is acknowledging the charade.

Charade: an absurd pretence intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance. An act or event that is obviously false, although represented as true.
From French charrado ‘conversation’, from charra ‘chatter’,

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DON’T BELIEVE A WORD

Don’t Believe A Word

Words are spells that cast images in the mind, 
and we believe in these distractions. 

The reality of our natural wisdom is beyond words. 

When we drop all our words,
what’s left?

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THE NAKED TRUTH

The Naked Truth

The naked truth needs no embellishments.

Truth is that which never changes, and that’s consciousness. 
Consciousness is naked because there is nothing covering it,
except our ideas.

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HAPPINESS: NO LONGER GOVERNED BY OTHERS’ THOUGHTS

Happiness: No Longer Governed By Others’ Thoughts

Once we’re free of collective thinking, 
we start to see how collective thinking came about – 
by suggestions, which turn into beliefs, and create bewilderment.

Happiness is being free of confusion.

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A SOBERING THOUGHT

A Sobering Thought

Beings in infinite space billions of light years away from Earth will have the same pure consciousness as us. All creatures are aware, and therefore conscious, and experience feelings. They may have bigger heads, greater minds or microscopic brains, but pure consciousness will be the same (although most beings can only function with a confused consciousness, just like us. 🙂 )

This being so, all creatures in the infinite universe are also governed by attraction, repulsion and indifference which makes them unstable – until they realise their true reality.

The purpose of life 
is to transform confusion into clarity.

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THE PROBLEM IS ‘YOU’

The Problem Is ‘You’

If you don’t realise our ultimate reality, 
you are the problem.

You/I/ego is a self-designation built on collective ideas which creates an illusion of an identity that gets in the way of pure perception. We become so caught up in others’ thoughts that this limits our ability to understand pure perception – the clarity of being.

It’s not all our fault;
we are led to believe that what others say is true
– even the Buddha. 🙂

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RESOLVING THAT WHICH ASKS THE QUESTIONS

Resolving That Which Asks The Questions

It’s not the brain or the mind that asks questions; these are merely storage facilities of memories – the hard drive and soft drive of old answers. The questioning comes from consciousness, but we usually rely on those old answers.

The essence of consciousness, when realised, is empty cognisance, pure consciousness.
That is the answer. We are what we seek. 

That which asks the questions is the ultimate answer.

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THE FOOL AND INFINITY

The Fool And Infinity

Fools either ignore infinity or cannot comprehend it. 

Infinity cannot be imagined, 
only realised through infinite consciousness.

What is important is here and now,
not then.

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THE TRUTH OF EXISTENCE

The Truth Of Existence

The essence of a person is pure consciousness but, because of a confused mind, consciousness adopted a form, a projection. We’re doing this right now.

The purpose of life is to remember what we are, rather than to maintain the confusion of what we think we are, where we cannot get to grips with the understanding that we are infinite consciousness in an infinite universe.

We cannot think about infinity; 
we can only realise it within infinite consciousness.
A finite mind, full of ideas, cannot fathom an infinite mind.

It is the same with ultimate truth.
We cannot think about ultimate truth;
we can only realise that we are ultimate truth.

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POINTLESSNESS

Pointlessness

The antidote to pointlessness is gratitude.

This will be different for everyone.
It’s being thankful that something has happened, or hasn’t happened.

Life has great meaning; all we have to do is just see.
Holding on to a feeling of pointlessness is pointless.

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FANTASISING VERSUS REALISING

Fantasising Versus Realising

When we fantasise, we indulge in daydreaming.
We fantasise about what’s ‘out there’.

When we understand that fantasising is a distraction,
we realise that consciousness is the arbiter of reality,
and we are no longer daydreaming and fantasising.

Philosophy is fantasising; it’s knowing about.
The mind that fantasises is a fantasy.

Pure consciousness is clarity; it’s pure knowing.
The clarity of mind – pure consciousness – is the centre of the infinite universe.

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ACCUMULATION OF MERIT AND WISDOM

Accumulation Of Merit And Wisdom

Merit = fortunate circumstances.
Wisdom = right understanding.

There are two accumulations – merit and wisdom – which enhance spiritual development through a constancy of resting in pure awareness.

If we have genuine bodhicitta (the way of a Bodhisattva) – an altruistic attitude towards others involving right motivation – this will be the merit that leads to the awakening of wisdom, devoid of all concepts and clinging.

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CONCEPTS/WORDS CLOUD THE MIND

Concepts/Words Cloud The Mind

Pure mind is pure consciousness; it’s the clarity of what we are. 
Clarity is beyond words. 
It’s that simple. 

When consciousness becomes lost in concepts/words, we lose that clarity, and become confused. We, in truth, are beyond words.

When we are lost in concepts, we dwell in a dark place of anger, pride and stupidity. 
The moment when we catch this very common occurrence, we are free. It’s that simple.

‘I’ is a concept built on words.

Pure consciousness is beyond words.
It is not a concept;
it’s what we need to know.

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PURE PERCEPTION COMES BEFORE WORDS

Pure Perception Comes Before Words

There are no beliefs in pure perception.
Belief comes from words.

If anyone says, “In the beginning was the word”,
they are not telling the truth.

Pure perception is our ultimate reality.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

It’s All About The Quality Of Consciousness

We are consciousness. We are not this mind, full of ideas of gain and fame; that is a fool’s errand, a futile wild-goose chase in an attempt to realise the ultimate truth of our being.

This will only make sense to a practitioner who has resolved to realise reality, rather than being merely a speculator. Realisation is due to the elimination of the levels of fixations about our reality.

Sentient beings do not realise the trap they’re in, which is based on collective ignorance – the belief in what others say. 

The more we realise, the more we understand how foolish we have been.
It takes courage and kindness to realise the truth.

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HEAVEN AND HELL 2

Heaven In Hell 2

Heaven is clarity – our awakened state.
Hell is opinions – our dream state.

Clarity: divine splendour.
Opinion: thought, belief.

Hell is a contaminated mind.
Heaven is the pure state of mind.

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HEAVEN IN HELL

Heaven In Hell

Hell is constant conflict.
When we realise that conflict has no reality, we are in heaven.

Can heaven and hell be anything else?

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LOOKING FOR ANSWERS?

Looking For Answers?

Looking for answers?

Look within the mind.
The observation of how it works tells us everything.

The truth is definitely not about adopting answers.

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BEING AWARE IN EXPERIENCE

Being Aware In Experience

Being aware in experience is a continual process of non-attachment, therefore there is nothing to let go of. This is our pure state of being. 

A confused life is based on opinions about experience, 
creating a narrative of ‘my experiences’.

A meditative life is one where we just deal with things, 
free of worry.

That is a happy life. 

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WHAT IS MEDITATION?


What Is Meditation?

Meditation is remaining pure being 
in the midst of experience.

Holding onto memories is poverty. 
There is richness in spontaneity.

Pure being never changes in experience.
Be decided rather than undecided.

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PEOPLE ARE ILL-PREPARED FOR THE DHARMA

People Are Ill-Prepared For The Dharma

We may know about the words and the rituals, but Dharma is the remedy to eliminate suffering. We first have to first recognise suffering, not just as a theory. The Dharma is not an academic study or a set of exotic rituals to make us feel different from others. 

Once we understand, we are prepared to help those in front of us, 
rather than an idea about those far away
Being practical is here and now.

If we use the Dharma to be competitive, that is not Dharma; that is Mara. Demons are not obvious to people – but they are to practitioners who are prepared.

Realising the true Dharma, we become compassionate, as we too have suffered, were depressed and doubted everything and everyone. We know what it’s like to live in the fog of confusion.

We are ill-prepared 
if we fall for the exotic, the charismatic,
rather than the need.

‘Exotic’ means foreign. We don’t have to adopt the ways of others; we can support and appreciate a culture, without becoming it. We work with what we have now, in our own environment. 

Being prepared is knowing what we’re dealing with,
which is common stupidity.

Empathy recognises when other feel ill at ease.

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THE RIGHT TIME FOR DHARMA

The Right Time For Dharma

The right time for Dharma is when we experience dis-order with the suffering of negative emotions. Without this, the Dharma is useless as it’s just words. It’s like medicine; there is no point in taking it if we’re not ill. Merely collecting Dharma as information can make us ill at ease.

Dharma has to be practical,
or we’ll become an uncompromising zealot 
– which is a dis-ease in itself.

Dharma is the remedy; it’s not a magic pill.

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BUDDHISTS, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, OVERDO IT

Buddhists, Like Everyone Else, Overdo It

Humans are obsessive, overly-dramatic creatures. We like sensation and spectacle which bypasses our common sense. As humans, we overdo everything because of psychological disorders, such as perfectionism, fear of failure, peer pressure, validation … 

When we overdo things, we become extremists, which is the very opposite to the Middle Way. Our common sense is what unites us; the senses of touch, sight, smell, taste and hearing all bring us into the present moment of pure awareness now, before we start pontificating. 

There is nothing extreme about common sense and pure awareness.

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IT’S OBVIOUS WHEN POINTED OUT

It’s Obvious When Pointed Out

Clarifying a broken system.

The system we all live in isn’t broken; it’s created and maintained to be that way. There aren’t different ‘political’ parties- it’s one party with opposite facets. Most people are unaware of the big picture as they are too involved in bickering about details, rather than looking at what is actually happening. We just accept cock-up after cock-up as the norm, and it gives people something to be engaged in and complain about.

Things aren’t supposed to work properly. Chaos, confusion and conflict are created, with the intention of occupying the audience in the middle, watching the bouncy ball go back and forth. This is the Mara phenomenon.

Unwitting pundits and journalists give their opinions while ignoring the main theme, which is control of the population – which they are enabling. The main weapon of choice is delay. Delay allows the gate to be closed only when it’s too late.

This play-acting fills people’s minds with trivia – detailed information of little value – which causes further division.

It all started thousands of years ago with reliance on belief
as opposed to the clarity of direct seeing.

It’s obvious when pointed out.

This is just like pure consciousness which is reading these words, 
before the broken system of the mind cuts in.

It’s obvious that that is our original reality.

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DISTRACTION AND OVER-REACTION

Distraction And Over-Reaction

This is how the world is … trained.

We as humans, get over-stimulated and carried away; we lose our minds to fascinations. For most of us, this is the process of life, as we’re constantly distracted and over-reacting.

For a practitioner, this cycle of existence is but a reminder to stay loose and centred, happy to be free of the ‘merry-go-round’.

Being free is remaining as pure consciousness.
Meditation is the method.

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HAS THE CHEESE SLID OFF YOUR CRACKER?

Has The Cheese Slid Off Your Cracker?

Are we separated from reality?

Of course, we’d all say no.
But do we truly know what reality is?

Asking this very question 
will start the process to put the cheese back.
🙂

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THE JOY AND SORROW OF REALISATION

The Joy And Sorrow Of Realisation

The joy is clarity without being encumbered by opinions and beliefs.
The sorrow is no longer being inspired by others’ opinions and beliefs.

There are very few people without opinions and beliefs.
😀

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INDOCTRINATION MUDDIES THE WATER

Indoctrination Muddies The Water

Indoctrination is Mara activity.

I once spoke with someone about consciousness, saying that we didn’t have consciousness, but that we wereconsciousness. All he wanted to know was where consciousness came from. This showed an indoctrination – a residue of the God theory. He couldn’t get past that we are consciousness, here and now.

We meditated together to just be, but he was expecting something more. That was the indoctrination of miracle stories. When we’re stuck in concepts (words), we deflect from actually experiencing, as the simple experience destroys all the concepts that we like, and prefer to play with.

Concepts are always borrowed, such as the one that we are ‘shards of universal consciousness’ (God). That concept could be true, but if it doesn’t change the way we behave, what sort of universal consciousness are we talking about? Universal Mara consciousness? 🙂

Through the power of suggestion, we become lazy, 
and thus we forget the we are Buddhas in the mud.

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ALL SENTIENT BEINGS ARE SCIENTISTS

All Sentient Beings Are Scientists

All sentient beings are scientists;
we have to be to survive.

As humans, we have more and more information available to us – in fact, too much. When we investigate we look through our mind-microscope to see the structure and cause of whatever is observed. Is it good or harmful? But to do this, we need a clean mind, not one with dirty, pre-conceived ideas that cloud our vision. Unfortunately, we usually borrow from others investigations, not realising that they too may have a dirty view. 🙂

All is not what it seems. We’re constantly being worked and manipulated to believe that everything presented to us is reality.

As scientists, we have to see why things are happening on both physical and ethereal plans at the level of consciousness. There are mischievous entities that play with our mind; we meet these every day, and we simply have to be aware of them. Once they’re recognised, they go elsewhere. 

A clear mind is a powerful tool.
Meditation cleans the mind.

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