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- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
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- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
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- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
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- 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
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- PRACTISING THE PRACTICE July 17, 2026
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- 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
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Tag Archives: clarity
THE SCALES FALL FROM OUR EYES
The Scales Fall From Our Eyes “Immediately, there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once.” Acts 9:18, New King James Version. Let the “scales fall from our eyes”. What does that really mean? How are we … Continue reading
WE CAN’T JUST ‘GET IT’
We Can’t Just ‘Get it’ We can’t just ‘get it’: we have to keep on ‘getting it’. It is through genuine experience that we understand and realise our true nature, and that of every one and every thing. To keep … Continue reading
IS ‘TRUTH’ JUST ANOTHER IDEA?
Is ‘Truth’ Just Another Idea? Truth is not a mental construct as truth can never change. All things and ideas are changeable because they are constructs, made from parts that come together by causes and conditions, and so they don’t have … Continue reading
THE CLEARER THE MIND, THE CLEARER WE ARE
The Clearer The Mind, The Clearer We Are When we start to consider things with an open mind, we start to see things differently. As we reach one step of clarity, the next is revealed. Religions are belief systems This … Continue reading
INTELLECT, A GOOD HEART AND COURAGE
Intellect, A Good Heart and Courage We need these three qualities to face adversity. The clarity of intellect. The clarity of a good heart. The clarity of knowing what is right. The realisation of these results in the clarity of … Continue reading
CHANGING OUR VIEW WILL CHANGE OUR CULTURE
Changing Our View Will Change Our Culture Changing our culture will not change our view Realising our spiritual nature is dependant upon realising the clarity of the view, rather than the object to which clarity is clinging.
WILL MEDITATION MAKE ME HAPPY?
Will Meditation Make Me Happy? …and have a better life? No … yes … depends … yes! No … because you (pure consciousness) are already happy. Yes … because meditation is a way of recognising that which is obscuring this … Continue reading
POINTLESS LIFE?
Pointless Life? The human potential is complete enlightenment – to be a Buddha. This is one who has awakened to inner clarity and dissolved all confusion through the continuity of clarity at every moment, which is the practice of purification. … Continue reading
WHEN IS A MYSTERY NOT A MYSTERY?
When Is A Mystery Not A Mystery? When the knowingness is present Although our absolute essential nature cannot be described, it may be indicated directly. If one is not looking and seeing, then, of course, this unique nature will remain … Continue reading
DOING BETTER IS IMPOSSIBLE
Doing Better is Impossible Doing better is impossible. Doing better is judgemental, and is therefore driven by desire and aversion. In that driven state of mind there is no end to bettering. “I must improve myself, I must improve others.” … Continue reading
THE PROBLEM WITH YOU IS ‘ME’
The problem with you, is ‘me’. The problem with you, is ‘me’.‘Me’ is adding a value to you.You can never be ‘me.’You’re not what you see. ‘Me’ is covering the jewel with mud.‘Me’ is making you look good,turning this jewel … Continue reading
CALM, CLEAR AND COMPASSIONATE
Calm, Clear and Compassionate. These are three stage: Calming the mind, bringing about Clarity, and natural Compassion. Anything that calms the mind and cuts through circling thoughts is the start of becoming a healthy, intelligent human being. It liberates … 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. 