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- AM I WRITING TOO MUCH?! January 17, 2021
- AFTER MEDITATION January 16, 2021
- INTELLIGENCE AND BLIND FAITH January 16, 2021
- HARMONY IS ACTIVE PARTICIPATION January 16, 2021
- IF THINGS SEEM TO BE WORSE January 16, 2021
- MAY EXPLOITATION BE ELIMINATED January 14, 2021
- ALL COMMENTS WELCOME January 14, 2021
- THE REAL ‘GREAT RESET’ January 13, 2021
- IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR January 13, 2021
- EMPTINESS – SHUNYATA January 12, 2021
- IT’S NOT A MATTER OF WHAT WE KNOW January 10, 2021
- PEOPLE WHO IRRITATE US January 9, 2021
- MISTAKING MEMORY OF INTELLIGENCE January 7, 2021
- THE KALI YUGA IS ENLIGHTENING January 7, 2021
- IF WE THINK WE ARE SANE, WE ARE INSANE January 6, 2021
- IS BEING HUMAN A SIDE EFFECT?! January 5, 2021
- REALISATION AND FEELING January 5, 2021
- SPIRITUALITY IS PSYCHOLOGY: ASK CARL JUNG January 4, 2021
- THE WORD ‘PATH’ IS AN MISNOMER January 4, 2021
- THE SECRET IS IN THE ESSENCE January 3, 2021
- THE TWO IGNORANCES January 2, 2021
- THE CLOAKING DEVICE January 2, 2021
- MY GURU … REALLY? January 2, 2021
- WHEN WE DIE SOCIALLY, WE WAKE UP January 1, 2021
- THE NIGHTMARE; THE DEATH OF TRUTH January 1, 2021
- THE YEAR TO FACE THE TRUTH January 1, 2021
- THE COMING YEAR IS LIKE EVERY YEAR December 31, 2020
- SHAPING SOCIETY’S IMAGINATION December 29, 2020
- IMPROVING MEDITATION December 29, 2020
- QUESTIONING THE ANSWERS December 28, 2020
- SUCCESS IS MAKING OTHERS’ LIVES BETTER December 27, 2020
- ‘CONSPIRACY’ MEANS ‘SECRET PLAN’ December 27, 2020
- DON’T BECOME ‘SPIRITUAL’ December 26, 2020
- BUDDHAHOOD IS SELF ASSASSINATION December 25, 2020
- ILLUSORY LEVELS OF LIMITATION December 25, 2020
- THE DEVIL USES CONTRACTORS December 24, 2020
- TRUTH REVEALS UNTRUTH AS NON-EXISTENT December 23, 2020
- FINDING THE LANGUAGE THAT SUITS THE EXPERIENCE December 23, 2020
- OUR MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT LIFE December 22, 2020
- WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU’RE NOT A.I. ?! December 20, 2020
- IS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL THE ‘GREAT RESET’? December 18, 2020
- LAUGH IN THE FACE OF YOUR DEVIL December 17, 2020
- HOW IS CONSCIOUSNESS, LOVE? December 17, 2020
- MEDITATION ISN’T SOMETHING WE DO December 15, 2020
- COVID AND IVERMECTIN December 14, 2020
- THE ONE THING – THE ONLY THING – YOU CAN RELY ON December 14, 2020
- OUR MINDS NEED CHALLENGING December 13, 2020
- GOODNESS KNOWS WHY December 13, 2020
- AWAKENING SPIRITUALITY December 12, 2020
- FAKE: AN IMITATION – AN ILLUSION OF REALITY December 11, 2020
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OUR MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT LIFE
Our Misunderstanding About Life This is so easy to say but so difficult to accept. Life itself is pure spirit, pure consciousness.Unfortunately, we are far too occupied or vacant to notice the experience of this. We prefer to believe in the … Continue reading
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GOODNESS KNOWS WHY
Goodness Knows Why Why does goodness know? Goodness is naturalness, and there is nothing more natural than pure consciousness. It is our natural, essential being – the essence of knowingness itself. It’s where love, empathy and compassion come from, as … Continue reading
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WHAT ARE DEMONS?
What Are Demons? A demon – Mara in Sanskrit – is a troubled mind. Demonic attacks do not come from outside;they’re a residue in our own mind. When we stop our habitual patterning,we stop feeding the habitual patterning of others. … Continue reading
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OBSCURING THE TRUTH
Obscuring The Truth The truth itself isn’t extremely subtle; it is that which is obscuring the truth that is extremely subtle. Pure consciousness is what we are; it sees every moment that we think we are seeing, surveying without comment. It has done … Continue reading
EMPATHETIC ENTITIES
Empathetic Entities Entity: from late Latin ens, ent- ‘being’ – (intelligent)Being: essence of a person.Essence of person: pure consciousness. Words may stir consciousness, but it is the spacious acknowledgement behind the words that illumines consciousness. There are qualities within a person that express truth without words. … Continue reading
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Tagged cause and effect, choices, compassion, EMPATHY, entities, ESSENCE, habitual behaviour, KARMA, karmic propensities, our view, pure being, pure consciousness
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CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING BETTER?
Can You See Anything Better? We are the pure light of consciousness, the pure light of clarity. It is that which sees and can know. When we forget, ignore, aren’t bothered or become indifferent to this pure light, all that … Continue reading
WE AREN’T COMPLETE PEOPLE … YET
We Aren’t Complete People … Yet We are partial: existing only in part; incomplete.We are body, mind and consciousness. As long as we don’t recognise consciousness, we will continue to live a limited, materialistic existence within certain boundaries. Becoming aware of consciousness is … Continue reading
IF CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS PRESENT …
If Consciousness Is Always Present … If consciousness is always present, we should always be present, because we are consciousness. Ordinary consciousness can both think and store information,but it becomes bound by that information, forgetting consciousness: it transforms into an ego-information-centre,predictable and lost … Continue reading
NOT TOO DRY, AND NOT TOO WET
Not Too Dry, And Not Too Wet The Buddha said, “Not too tight, and not too loose.” The following can equally apply; “Not too dry, and not too wet.” There are cycles of expression in the teachings – there are … Continue reading
WISDOM AND POWER
Wisdom And Power Wisdom is silent awareness. Power is talkative awareness. Wisdom is ultimate power. For power to become ultimate power, it must surrender power. The Buddha had to make this choice; any Buddha has to make this choice. Mara … Continue reading
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THE LORD OF COMPASSION, CHENREZI, IS SO MUCH MORE
The Lord Of Compassion, Chenrezi, Is So Much More Compassion: feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others; from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n-), from compati ‘suffer with’ (thereby having empathy) From a Buddhist perspective, compassion is practical. The mantra of Chenrezi (also known as Avalokitesvara) is OM MANI PEME HUM. … Continue reading
CAN TEACHERS HELP?
Can Teachers Help? Only the passing on of transcendent knowledge can help us. Teachers are conduits of this knowledge for us to realise. There are many teachers, but one transcendent knowledge. We are that non-dual, inexpressible knowledge that manifests as … Continue reading
MEDITATION INCREASES INTELLIGENCE
Meditation Increases Intelligence Intelligence is the ability to see consequences, causes and conditions clearly. Meditation is firstly the practice of concentration, being able to focus without distraction. This discipline enables us to clear the mind, just to perceive and to … Continue reading
HOW CAN I BECOME PURE?
How Can I Become Pure? We are nothing but purity – pure consciousness – for, without that, we wouldn’t be able to see clearly. We just have to get the picture straight, as it’s a bit wonky at the moment … Continue reading
IT’S OBVIOUS WHEN POINTED OUT
It’s Obvious When Pointed Out So what is the problem? Our reality – pure consciousness – has been obscured by distractions for millennia. The ancients knew the truth, and this essential teaching has been handed down to us. We have, … Continue reading
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THEY MESS WITH YOUR MIND!
They Mess With Your Mind! Who are they? Thoughts that come from outside. If we believe in those thoughts, we become messed up. Pure consciousness cannot be messed up, because it is uncontaminated being. Here is the good news about … Continue reading
SUPERIOR POSITION – INFERIOR POSITION
Superior Position – Inferior Position Pure vision and impure vision We are pure vision. It is our natural state. When realised, this is our naked, superior position – our supreme reality. When we do not realise this pure view, we … Continue reading
WHY DO WE DOUBT OUR ENLIGHTENED REALITY?
Why Do We Doubt Our Enlightened Reality? Why do we doubt our enlightened reality? The answer is that we were – and are – misguided. Our practice is to “Act the part” of being enlightened, becoming familiar with both understanding … Continue reading
BE AWARE OF CONSEQUENCES
Be Aware Of Consequences Mara activity makes situations worse. Mara: demonic consciousness (Sanskrit). Being aware of consequences, we are no longer be surprised. Mara lies in ambush in all our minds, looking for weaknesses in others and exploiting them. Mara … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL MERIT
Spiritual Merit The more that we engage in spiritual practices of understanding, empathy, compassion, generosity and so forth … the more we attract good fortune. The more selfish we are, the more we attract misfortune. A happy mind or an … Continue reading
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DON’T MISTAKE INFORMATION FOR INTELLIGENCE
Don’t Mistake Information For Intelligence Likewise, don’t mistake teachings on consciousness for realisation. We act on information: intelligence sees the act. We do not become wise through information. We become wise through the experience of testing and, to test, we … Continue reading
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Tagged clear seeing, compassion, empathetic experience, information, intelligence, JOY, programming, realisation, testing, the senses, Thinking, wisdom
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FEELING FLAT OR HEAVY?
Feeling Flat Or Heavy? There is a reason for feeling flat or heavy, and it’s fine. The same goes for every feeling we all experience. In Buddhism, there is an explanation known as the twelve links of causes and karmic … Continue reading
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NO ONE IS ORIGINAL
No One Is Original We are the origin that transcends all. Receiving the transmission on reality, we go out into the world that shows us our place. How do we know we have the transmission? Genuine, interested, empathetic compassion arises.
LIGHT, COLOURS AND DIRECT SEEING
Lights, Colours And Direct Seeing A conclusion (so far) about Togal When we paint a picture, we start off with pure colours – red, yellow and blue – straight from the tube. Mixing these together for the first time, the … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS ARE TOUGH
Spiritual Teachings Are Tough They aren’t about feeling good: they are meant to open our insight. Whether pleasant or unpleasant, the eye of wisdom opens to see clearly. The magic of daily life happens through close inspection and gratitude. Compassion … Continue reading
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THERE IS ONE, SIMPLE, UNIVERSAL TRUTH
There Is One, Simple, Universal Truth There is one, simple, universal truth: we are non-duality of pure conscious. Our story starts when we admit that we ignore this truth, and finishes with the realisation of this truth. Until then, we … Continue reading
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FINDING OUR TRUE LINEAGE
Finding Our True Lineage Returning to our inner intention. Being happy. There is a lineage calling within us all: it is our path to enlightenment. This isn’t an organisation or tradition; it’s an inner longing. It isn’t hope; it’s more … Continue reading
A SYSTEM IS A GOOD BEGINNING
A System Is A Good Beginning A system is a good beginning, but a system can make us passive and ‘samey’. In a system, we feel good and safe. We go through our routines and establish a basis to work … Continue reading
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ENLIGHTENMENT IS NEVER FORGETTING
Enlightenment Is Never Forgetting Once we recognise and realise that we are pure consciousness, that is the beginning of our spiritual path. Now, it is up to us to remember. The more we remember, the less we forget. It’s a … Continue reading
IT’S BEEN A CRINGEWORTHY LIFE
It’s Been A Cringeworthy Life Cringe: an inward shiver of embarrassment when thinking about our past actions. We follow others. We assumed a posture, but suddenly we don’t believe any of it any more. We remember all those things we did and … Continue reading
HOW “BRANDING” CONTROLS US
How “Branding” Controls Us Branding: to burn with a hot iron as a mark of ownership. For ‘Branding’, read programming. We are fed information, and this information is always biased; if we are of a certain frame of mind, it builds … Continue reading
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THE SIMPLE WAY TO DEAL WITH CONFUSION
The Simple Way To Deal With Confusion We deal with confusion by simply being aware of that which is aware of the confusion. That which is aware is pure consciousness, and this has never been confused. “But I’m still confused!” … Continue reading
THE GREAT DISCERNMENT
The Great Discernment Being original isn’t being different. For discernment, we need clarity, and there is nothing clearer than pure, empty cognisance. To realise emptiness, we meditate. To meditate, we need right instruction. The right instruction is knowing when to drop … Continue reading
WE CANNOT HAVE COMPASSION WITHOUT EMPATHY
We Cannot Have Compassion Without Empathy We cannot have compassion without empathy, and we cannot have empathy without having suffered. Love is practical rather than idealistic.
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE BELIEVE
It Doesn’t Matter What We Believe What we believe is not what we are. Before belief, there is the spirit of pure knowing that can discern: the openness of pure knowing is the reason we naturally love. We all love … Continue reading
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DO WE FEEL WE’RE NOT MAKING SPIRITUAL PROGRESS?
Do We Feel We’re Not Making Spiritual Progress? This is a psychological dilemma rather than a spiritual one. Spirit is nothing more than pure consciousness; it’s what we are, right now. It is that which sees these words without comment … Continue reading
THE THREE CAUSES OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE
The Three Causes Of The Known Universe We all know them: Positive, negative and neutral. Attraction, repulsion and inertia. Desire, aversion and indifference. The three poisons obscuring spiritual realisation. The Three Causes of the Knowing Universe Emptiness, cognisance, compassion. The … Continue reading
WE ALL NEED A FEELING OF SUCCESS
We All Need A Feeling Of Success Life has become so diverse that we no longer have time to become an expert, or feel satisfied. We look at the world and it’s confused, and always seems to need an upgrade! … Continue reading
THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING REALITY
The Importance Of Knowing Reality All appearances are seen within the clear space of mind. That space of clarity is pure consciousness, sometimes called Emptiness, or Shunyata in Sanskrit. The senses are non-conceptual: things are experienced by virtue of pure … Continue reading
IS RIGPA ANARCHY?
Is Rigpa Anarchy? Rigpa is the absolute freedom of the individual. Anarchy is the absolute freedom of the individual. The difference is in the application; Rigpa is knowing one’s true nature, whereas ma-rigpa is not knowing one’s true nature. If we … Continue reading
APPEARANCES AND EMPTINESS
Appearances and Emptiness This is the key to letting go, and genuine freedom All that we encounter, we make real, relating to everything, and giving our ‘value judgements’. We become attached to all these appearances, and that binds us to ideas … Continue reading
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
“Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder” On a conventional, relative level, this refers to our individual taste, which is formed by our individual understanding and opinion, and will be limited. On an ultimate level, beauty is seen as … Continue reading
MIND-FULL OF EMPTINESS
Mind-Full of Emptiness This is the path to enlightenment: the complete picture. There are two aspects to complete enlightenment: one is consciousness-awareness and the other is its purity of emptiness. There are also two ways of coming to this realisation. … Continue reading
DO WE HAVE TO BE SPECIAL TO BE SPIRITUAL?
Do We Have To Be Special To be Spiritual? The Buddha saw that everyone has Buddha nature, but we’re asleep. The word ‘Buddha’ merely means awake and pure, so from that point of view, no one is special … equally, … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME KIND, COMPASSIONATE AND LOVING
How Do We Become Kind, Compassion and Loving Through sadness. The true reality of what we are is pure consciousness that has been obscured by distractions, causing suffering. Sadness arises within our heart because the realisation of this pure consciousness … Continue reading
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THE ESSENCE OF DZOGCHEN
The Essence of Dzogchen Dzogchen is a Tibetan word for ‘the great perfection’, and the ‘great perfection’ is simply pure consciousness/empty awareness. In Sanskrit’ it is called Maha Ati. If any more is said about this, it will just sound … Continue reading
BUDDHISM IS …
Buddhism Is … … recognition … and the realisation of that recognition. All appearances are temporary occurrences in the churning-mind-machine. Consciousness recognises these appearances, and realises that are they recognised by virtue of consciousness itself. We are that consciousness. Through … Continue reading
LOVE IS CONFIDENCE
Love Is Confidence Confidence is complete certainty about the truth, through experience. Empathy is confidence bursting with compassion.
