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- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS July 14, 2026
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- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
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- 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
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- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 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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