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- WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? August 4, 2026
- NOT TRUSTING ANYONE? August 3, 2026
- WHEN WE ADHERE TO WORDS, WE FEEL SAFE August 3, 2026
- NO SENSE OF HUMOUR August 3, 2026
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS August 3, 2026
- WE ARE REMANTS OF THE PAST August 2, 2026
- ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW August 2, 2026
- LACKING COMPASSION = NARCISSISM August 2, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN OXYMORON August 1, 2026
- BEING IN TWO MINDS August 1, 2026
- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
- THE RATCHET EFFECT July 30, 2026
- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
- EVIL IS AN EXAGGERATED ‘I’ July 29, 2026
- VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTION July 28, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
- THE FINAL ANSWER IS KNOWING NOTHING July 25, 2026
- BARELY BEING AWARE July 24, 2026
- LABELS ARE DOGMA/OPINIONS July 24, 2026
- TEACHINGS ARE EASY TO COME BY July 23, 2026
- EVIL IS IGNORANCE July 23, 2026
- WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUFFERING July 23, 2026
- FROM BIRTH, WE’RE FLOODED IN TRIVIALITY July 22, 2026
- A PASSED-ON THOUGHT IS REINCARNATION July 21, 2026
- MARA’S VERY PRESENCE IS ITS DEMISE July 20, 2026
- THE PERFECT PRACTICAL PRACTICE July 19, 2026
- EGO IS THE DEVIL INCARNATED July 18, 2026
- THE EGO ISN’T REAL July 18, 2026
- TRAPPED IN EGO IS LIVING IN HELL July 18, 2026
- WE ARE FED JUNK July 18, 2026
- PRACTISING THE PRACTICE July 17, 2026
- NO MORE QUESTIONS July 17, 2026
- INVERT THE PYRAMID July 17, 2026
- ACADEMIC, PHILOSOPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC DISTRACTIONS July 16, 2026
- WHEN CONDUCT FORGETS THE VIEW July 16, 2026
- LED TO BELIEVE WE’RE NOT ENLIGHTENED July 15, 2026
- OUR CONFUSION IS BASED ON LABELS July 15, 2026
- VALUING EMPTINESS – PURE KNOWINGNESS July 15, 2026
- NOTHING IS NEW July 15, 2026
- OUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT OUR OWN July 15, 2026
- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS July 14, 2026
- OBSERVER AND OBSERVATION July 13, 2026
- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
- NOT COPING, WHILE PRETENDING TO COPE July 12, 2026
- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED July 11, 2026
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE July 10, 2026
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Tag Archives: Being Happy
THEY MAKE IT FAR TOO COMPLICATED
They Make It Far Too Complicated Who are ‘they’? Those who miss the point by dividing up attention into minute particles, thus maintaining the mystery. In every walk of life, all activities are constantly being ‘upgraded’ and made competitive. Where … Continue reading
BEING HAPPY, BUT NOT FEELING HAPPY
Being Happy, But Not Feeling Happy Until enlightenment, we will feel a residue of karmic confusion. We can be happy, but not feel happy; in fact, we may even feel sad. In realising our simple essence of pure consciousness, we … Continue reading
REALISATION = HAPPINESS
Realisation = Happiness When we realise and understand our true reality, we should be happy at every moment. How can we not be happy? Being unconditionally happy means without reliance on external events. Get it? It does not rely on … Continue reading
WE ALL NEED A FEELING OF SUCCESS
We All Need A Feeling Of Success A feeling of success can never be achieved in this relative, conventional world as it relies on the desire to be recognised by others as being successful. If people do not acknowledge us, … Continue reading
PRACTICAL HUMILITY
Practical Humility Humility: the quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance. Humility isn’t a display of being meek and mild; it is a matter of realising the value of having no self-importance. In order to be important, we … Continue reading
SMILE FOR NO REASON
Smile for No Reason Smiling and being happy has a magical healing effect; the muscles and mind relax, and this will reflect onto anyone with whom we come into contact. Happy for no reason? Well, there is a reason: we … Continue reading
TRUST YOURSELF
Trust Yourself Trust pure perception. Trust the judgements of pure perception and how it feels, without exaggerating and elaborating. Ultimately it is all one taste. Relatively, we have to decide what is beneficial. If we put on something smooth we … Continue reading
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