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- HUMAN CONDITIONING January 11, 2026
- WORDS CAN BE TWISTED January 11, 2026
- DIVERSITY DIVIDES January 11, 2026
- MARA’S SPECIALITY January 11, 2026
- WE ALL THINK THERE’S MORE TO US January 11, 2026
- DEALING WITH THE ABUSE, NOT THE ABUSER January 10, 2026
- A FALSE I IS A REACTIVE I January 9, 2026
- “MAY CONFUSION DAWN AS WISDOM” January 9, 2026
- MARA’S SPIRITUALITY January 8, 2026
- THE WHIFF OF CONSCIOUSNESS January 8, 2026
- REALISATION IS PERSONAL January 7, 2026
- THEISM, ATHEISM, AGNOSTICISM AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS January 7, 2026
- REALISATION STRINKS THE NEED FOR MANY WORDS January 6, 2026
- THE REALITY OF LISTENING January 6, 2026
- THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE THREE WISDOMS AND THE THREE POISONS January 5, 2026
- SPIRITUAL DECEPTION January 5, 2026
- THE BEGINNERS AND THE ADVANCED January 5, 2026
- WHY DO CUT OURSELVES OFF FROM OTHERS? January 5, 2026
- WHAT IS KARMA? January 4, 2026
- WHEN WILL WE SEE THE END OF EVIL? January 3, 2026
- SAMSARA IS HELL – SAMSARA IS HEAVEN January 3, 2026
- THE GIFT OF DOUBT January 2, 2026
- GO ORDINARY January 1, 2026
- MAKING A CULTURE AND REPLACING A CULTURE January 1, 2026
- BEING DISILLUSIONED December 31, 2025
- WISDOM IS SHARING ONE’S INNER PEACE December 31, 2025
- HOME ALONE December 30, 2025
- OBSERVATION VERSUS OBSERVER December 29, 2025
- LIFE IS A CONVEYOR BELT OF INDUSTRIAL INTELLECTUALISATION December 29, 2025
- WHY WRITE A BLOG December 28, 2025
- INDIFFERENCE/COLDNESS – EMPATHY-WARMTH December 27, 2025
- AS WE GET OLDER, WE STILL FEEL YOUNG … WHY? December 26, 2025
- WE LIVE UNDER A FALSE PREMISE December 26, 2025
- THE BODY IS A VEHICLE December 25, 2025
- THEISTS ARGUE December 25, 2025
- EXTREMELY SUBTLE CONSCIOUSNESS December 25, 2025
- WHO CAN WE COMPLAIN TO? December 24, 2025
- THE COMMONALITY WE LOST December 23, 2025
- THE SINGLE PROBLEM WITH THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT December 22, 2025
- A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY December 21, 2025
- THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION December 20, 2025
- PRAYER DOES NOT BRING WORLD PEACE December 19, 2025
- PEOPLE ARE OUT OF CONTROL December 18, 2025
- THERE IS FLAW IN ME December 18, 2025
- NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING PERSON December 18, 2025
- THE DEATH OF EGO December 18, 2025
- NOT PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK OF CARDS December 17, 2025
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- IN PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, EVERYONE IS EQUAL December 17, 2025
- CLEARING ALL DOUBT December 17, 2025
Tag Archives: bias
DOES CONSCIOUSNESS CARE?
Does Consciousness Care? There are those who think consciousness has no morals. That is Mara at work. We are consciousness, and there are two aspects to us/consciousness; ordinary, contaminated consciousness and pure, uncontaminated consciousness. This is the proverbial struggle of good … Continue reading
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Tagged bias, collapse and creation, contaminated consciousness, grandmother's compassion, Meditation, our pure state, pure consciousness, taking the plaster off, the cause of suffering, the heart of the matter, the three saws, true compassion, uncontaminated consciousness
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WORDS ARE SYMBOLS OF EXPERIENCE
Words Are Symbols Of Experience Words are symbols of experience: Make sure they are your experience rather than someone else’s, even the Buddha. Words are symbols of experience. If we do not have the experience, the words we repeat are … Continue reading
THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING IS MADE TOO COMPLICATED
The Buddha’s Teaching Is Made Too Complicated 84,000 afflictive emotions?! The Buddha’s teaching has to be practical to work for everyone in everyday use. If it’s made too complicated and too elitist, it either goes over our head and we … Continue reading
EMPATHY IS CONDOLENCE
Empathy Is Condolence Condolence: late 16th century: Latin condolere, from con- ‘with’ + dolere ‘grieve, suffer’. Paying attention to others’ confusion with an unbiased attitude not only teaches us about our biased behaviour, but it’s also a safeguard against arrogance, and being unable to control our … Continue reading
TRUTH BEYOND BELIEF
Truth Beyond Belief I keep on about belief because it is not direct experience; it’s borrowed, it’s second-hand. We only know when we have direct experience of a subject for ourselves. This world bombards us with ‘information’ – so much … Continue reading
ENCOURAGED TO TAKE OFFENCE AT SELF-IDENTITY
Encouraged To Take Offence At Self-Identity As long as people are encouraged to believe in an image of themselves, they will never realise the real thing – that we are, first and foremost, consciousness, pure and simple with no identity. … Continue reading
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Tagged be true to yourself, bias, commonality, division, language, pure consciousness, self-identity, spiritual groups
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WHY WE NEED ONE ANOTHER
Why We Need One Another We need one another to put both the Dharma (teachings on ultimate reality) and our mind to the test. There are many reasons to hear others’ views, as these have a part to play in … Continue reading
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Tagged ampthay, bias, compassion, concentration, Dharma, discipline, generosity, living compassion, morality, our progress to enlightenment, partial view of life, patience, teachings on ultimate reality, the 5 paramitas, the strong serve the weak, the suffering of others, the test of compassion, the views of others, wisdom
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BEWILDERMENT AND PANIC CREATE STRESS
Bewilderment And Panic Create Stress We may never know the cause of something, but we can see and feel the effect – stress. It doesn’t matter whether a scenario originated from ignorance or intention, we see the effects all around … Continue reading
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Tagged bewilderment, bias, calm abiding, clarity, Confusion, disease, division, fear and hope, hormones, immune system, Love, Meditation, panic, right intention, right understanding, Stress, stressed, taking sides
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RUMOUR, GOSSIP, HEARSAY, INFORMATION = NOISE
Rumour, Gossip, Hearsay, Information = Noise We all want to be in the loop: a group of persons communicating regularly about a specific plan or project. This happens in all walks of life, including conspiracy followers and spiritual followers. Information … Continue reading
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. 