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- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
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- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
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- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
- CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION? March 5, 2026
- REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED March 4, 2026
- NICE PEOPLE March 3, 2026
- OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE March 2, 2026
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG March 1, 2026
- WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS February 28, 2026
- THE ART OF LIVING February 27, 2026
- DISSOLVING DUALISTIC MIND February 27, 2026
- EMPATHY FOR STUPIDITY February 27, 2026
- HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED February 27, 2026
- HOW DID IT ALL START? February 27, 2026
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF EXISTENTIALISM February 27, 2026
- THE WISDOM OF FAILURE February 26, 2026
- THE MIND IS A MENTAL SOLAR SYSTEM February 25, 2026
- INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM February 24, 2026
- INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE February 24, 2026
- DANGER WAKES US UP February 23, 2026
- WHEN WE IGNORE EVIL February 23, 2026
- CONFUSION IS MEANT TO CONFUSE February 23, 2026
- A LACK OF CONTINUITY February 22, 2026
- MEMORIES SEPARATE US February 21, 2026
- THE FOUR ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITIES February 20, 2026
- LIVING A SHARED FICTION February 20, 2026
- WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED? February 20, 2026
- DOES RELIGION WAKE US UP? February 19, 2026
- MEDITATION GAZE February 18, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING CONFUSION February 18, 2026
- FRUSTRATED AT BEING FRUSTRATED February 18, 2026
- CYCLES: THE HABITUAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR February 17, 2026
Tag Archives: cognisant emptiness
YOUR SELF IS ALL YOU HAVE
Your Self Is All You Have This self isn’t a reality. It’s a phantom in the mind that consciousness believes is its reality. It’s the confidence trick which causes confusion. This self is just a collection of ideas and feelings … Continue reading
INNER AND OUTER LIFE
Inner And Outer Life Our outer life is knowing about things and people; it’s all very interesting and stimulating. Interesting: arousing curiosity; holding or catching the attention. By holding on to fascinating facts, we limit complete understanding by being fixated. We may think that, if … Continue reading
THE INNER PEACE OF EMPTINESS
The Inner Peace of Emptiness Cognisant emptiness is our original, uncontaminated state of mind, at perfect peace. We experience a glimps of this when we stop an activity, but we ignore it for something ‘interesting’ to do. This cognisant emptiness … Continue reading
ADDICTED TO RELIGION AND TO ANTI-RELIGION
Addicted To Religion And To Anti-Religion The silliness of argument. Don’t let the religious and the anti-religious – the Creationists and the Darwinists – treat you like a four-year-old. They all need followers to keep the addiction alive. There is … Continue reading
IF THE DHARMA IS TRUE, THEN NOTHING IS TRUE
If The Dharma Is True, Then Nothing Is True The Dharma is about the truth of what we are – eternal cognisant emptiness – and the impermanence of all phenomena, including thoughts. The Dharma is the teaching about the precise … Continue reading
THE UNIVERSE
The Physical Universe The universe is infinite space, matter and energy. It has no beginning and no end. If it had a beginning, what was there before? It is unconscious by not knowing, merely reacting to causes and conditions. The … Continue reading
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