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Tag Archives: Being aware
THE PURPOSE OF MEDITATION
The Purpose Of Meditation Meditation is simply being aware of thoughts and emotions that control us, running around in the mind and diverting our attention. When we become aware of the awareness that is observing these thoughts, this is meditation. … Continue reading
BEING AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING
Being Aware Of What We Are Doing Mindfulness; the precursor to realisation. Mindfulness: Intention to cultivate awareness, returning to it again and again. Attention to what is occurring in the present moment, simply observing thoughts, feelings and sensations as they … Continue reading
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LOOK AT YOUR SELF
Look At Your Self Look at your self.Practice makes perfect. Our self is the adoption of ideas that manifest in our behaviour. Our spiritual practice is being aware of the ideas that affect our behaviour. What is looking? Pure consciousness, which is … Continue reading
FIRST, WE DO NO HARM TO OUR SELF
First, We Do No Harm To Our Self Doing no harm is protection. Being fully aware of one’s reactions to others is being free in the moment of seeing. No harm is done. There is no retaliation. No karma is … Continue reading
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HOW TO REALISE HOW HAPPY WE ARE
How To Realise How Happy We Are The more we meditate, the more we are consciously aware of being aware of where we are, and the more we realise that we are happy. Everything drops away, except the task in … Continue reading
MISDIRECTING CONSCIOUSNESS
Misdirecting Consciousness Now we see, now we don’t. Now we see … consciousness simply sees, never changing and never commenting. Now we don’t … because consciousness became involvedwith whatever is seen, it lost sight of itself and took on a … Continue reading
FINDING WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
Finding What You Are Looking For There are around 2,360 entries on this blog … probably too many 😀 In ‘Search’ (right at the bottom of the page), try typing a word that comes to mind, and see what pops … Continue reading
WHAT ARE AUTHENTIC SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS?
What are Authentic Spiritual Teachings? Authentic: Undisputed origin – not a copy or adaptation. Origin: The point where something begins. We are talking about an extremely subtle aspect of our being, being diverted. What is our origin? First, we must ask, … Continue reading
DON’T BLAME THE MEDITATION
Don’t Blame The Meditation We may think that we do not have emotions, or that we do not get angry. Then we start meditating, and suddenly realise that we do. Don’t blame the meditation for being aware. 😀
ACETYLCHOLINE – PROLONGED FOCUSED ATTENTION cont
Acetylcholine = Prolonged Focused Attention… continued This is a complex subject, and although this is only a consciousness blog and not a medical journal, it’s still important to consider such topics. It seems that our modern, speedy lifestyle is having … Continue reading
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WHEN ARE WE AWAKE?
When Are We Awake? When we are aware. When we are solely aware! When the mind becomes attached to a thought, it goes into a day-dream state. This thought may be very profound but it is still a day-dream, and … Continue reading
DO I HAVE TO BE AWARE? ALL THE TIME?
Do I Have To Be Aware? All The Time? This is up to you. Awareness is always present; we don’t have to ‘act’ aware. We are just awareness – pure awareness. However, awareness can get caught and held by external … Continue reading