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- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA” June 5, 2026
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- WE ALL LIVE IN DIFFERENT ECHO CHAMBERS May 31, 2026
- A HARD LESSON TO LEARN May 31, 2026
- BUDDHIST FORUMS CREATE CONFLICT May 31, 2026
- ONE MIND, OR MANY MINDS? May 30, 2026
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Tag Archives: conflict
ONE MIND, OR MANY MINDS?
One Mind, Or Many Minds? This is for each individual to realise. There are two states of mind: essence and form – emptiness and contents. Ultimately, in pure consciousness, there is no difference, but we relate in very different ways … Continue reading
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CAUSING A CAUSE
Causing A Cause A ‘feint’ is pretending to go in one direction, with the intention of going the other way. The purpose is to cause a reaction. Conflicts and wars start in this way; they are intentional and people are … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF STUPIDITY
The Age Of Stupidity The age of stupidity is one that exaggerate allegiances to an idea-bias, fuelling conflict. Woke-ness is the self-righteous behaviour of people who consider themselves superior to others, alienating anyone who doesn’t believe what they believe. It’s … Continue reading
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DISCOVERING WHAT THE ANCIENTS KNEW
Discovering What The Ancients Knew Discovering what the ancients knew … when we are taught to forget. What is this discovery? Wisdom. Wisdom is not a wizard who does magic tricks and fights evil; it is knowledge that sees evil … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, discovery, evil, merely witness, truth of our being, wisdom
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MARA’S WORLD
Mara’s World Awareness: “It’s What We Have, To Do Things With”. That is what most of us think and, as a result, we ignore our true reality. People become competitive, outdoing one another and creating conflict. We either believe in … Continue reading
WE INHERIT BELIEF
We Inherit Belief Belief’s not something we’re born with. Once we inherit, we think we are normal – while we’re anything but normal. 🙂 The news and social chatter sees to it that the world is one huge, global echo-chamber. … Continue reading
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Tagged circling thoughts, conflict, echo-chamber, silent awareness, the echoes stop
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CONFLICT IS DHARMA
Conflict Is Dharma Dharma is looking another way. This is the age of conflict – the Kaliyuga. There are many teachings out there, but the really practical teaching is within, in our conflicts with the world and others. In practical terms, conflict … Continue reading
THE GREAT RESET
The Great Reset ‘The Great Reset’ is restoring our minds to its natural state, so that we can think clearly, and not be a reactive automaton. Our minds have become so distorted that we’re in conflict with everything and everyone. … Continue reading
WE ARE ALREADY HAPPY
We Are Already Happy If we are not unhappy or indifferent, then we are happy. Happiness is the release from conflict, which is the bias in the mind. Happiness isn’t about being excited or hopeful or learned or righteous; it … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AND LOSING FRIENDS
Spiritual Awakening And Losing Friends Drifting apart from friends and feeling isolated comes with spiritual awakening. We aren’t antisocial, we just see life differently as it has a purpose. Throughout history, there’ve been individuals who seek something beyond mere belief … Continue reading
THE AGE OF HATRED
The Age Of Hatred This is said to be the age of the Kali Yuga, the age of conflict. Conflict breeds hatred. In the dictionary, hatred is defined as intense dislike. We can read all about this in the ‘news’ … Continue reading
PROTECTING DIVERSITY … REALLY?
Protecting Diversity … Really? On a relative level, protecting diversity is protecting separation, rather than unity. This tells us everything that we need to know about current agendas, which create conflict, confusion and cultural collapse by dis-integration in the guise … Continue reading
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OFFENDER AND OFFENDED
Offender And Offended This is the age of conflict; the Kali Yuga. If there is an offender and an offended, there is conflict. Offender + offended = conflict. If there is an offender but no offended, there is no conflict. … Continue reading
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THE ILLUSION OF CONFLICT
The Illusion Of Conflict A perpetual state of crisis: it’s how the unenlightened live. Have you noticed how we are in a perpetual state of crisis? ‘Crisis management’ seems to create more crisis 🙂 Education never seems to get any … Continue reading
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Tagged a perpetual state of crisis, believers and disbelievers, conflict, Confusion, consciousness and mind, crisis, crisis management, divide and conquer, Inner peace, personal realisation, the elephant in the room, the illusion of conflict, the unity of good and evil, the unity within
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IS THE WORLD CRAZY?
Is The World Crazy? Is it the world, or is it people?What are we in conflict with? We are unenlightened beings, so it stands to reason that we don’t see eye-to-eye, and there is conflict in every encounter. Or is … Continue reading
BUDDHISM FOR TODAY
Buddhism For Today The quality of Buddhism is tested through compassion in our relationships. How empathetic are we? This is this age of conflict, and conflict requires people. Buddhism today is about compassion, or rather, the lack of it. Merely … Continue reading
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PERPETUAL CONFLICT TAKES US TO THE EDGE
Perpetual Conflict Takes Us To The Edge … of beyond. When we realise that the life we are leading just doesn’t work any more, we ask why. The answer always comes from within, as we know our own story and … Continue reading
WHY DO WE SAY TRUTH IS RELATIVE?
Why Do We Say Truth Is Relative? Relative truth is the doctrine that there is no absolute truth.This is where the world divides into the esoteric and the exoteric. Relative truth is consciousness relating to something other. This is a disastrous misunderstanding of … Continue reading
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CONFLICT CREATES CONTEST
Conflict Creates Contest We may judge things differently, but the seeing is the same. In reality there is no conflict, no incompatibility, no contest. When we burst the illusory bubble of samsara – which is all about me – we … Continue reading
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