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- 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
- WHAT IS DEVOTION? July 10, 2026
- “I COULD BE WRONG” July 9, 2026
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY July 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN July 7, 2026
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA July 7, 2026
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST July 7, 2026
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF July 6, 2026
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU July 5, 2026
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES July 5, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND July 4, 2026
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING July 4, 2026
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE July 3, 2026
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE July 3, 2026
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING July 3, 2026
- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD… July 2, 2026
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT July 2, 2026
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES July 1, 2026
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM July 1, 2026
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS July 1, 2026
- BEYOND MEDITATION June 30, 2026
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER June 30, 2026
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION June 30, 2026
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES June 30, 2026
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC June 29, 2026
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT June 28, 2026
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND June 28, 2026
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN June 27, 2026
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH June 26, 2026
- A CLOSED MAZE June 26, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT June 25, 2026
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED June 25, 2026
- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING June 18, 2026
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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