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Tag Archives: Confusion
THE CLARITY THAT DISPELS CONFUSION
The Clarity That Dispels Confusion We look at the world, and we are confused.We look at the mind that looks at the world, and we are confused. What looks at the world and the mind, isn’t confused.It is merely distracted, and believes … Continue reading
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WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?
What Is Pure Consciousness? We are consciousness; we cannot be anything else, but we’re attached to our ideas in the mind. Consciousness is the cognisant space of mind. We are not what we can see, but fall into the trap … Continue reading Continue reading
FORGERIES ARE CREDIBLE
Forgeries Are Credible Forgeries are credible – that’s why we accept them – but they’re not the real thing. Holding on to an idea about reality rather than knowing reality is a fraud which affects our mental health. This idea … Continue reading
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APPRECIATION OF EVIL
Appreciation Of Evil Having an appreciation of evil is a matter of fully understanding a situation. Evil tries to persuade – ‘Let’s pretend’ and ‘Believe me’ should set off alarm bells. And that’s when evil becomes our teacher. If we do not … Continue reading
REAL JOY
Real Joy We live in confusion, and have a gross misunderstanding of everything, often with a false security that makes us feel vulnerable and unstable. For some, this is totally unsatisfactory. We look for something better, and spend time in … Continue reading
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WHY IS REALISATION A SHOCK?
Why Is Realisation A Shock? If we’re a smoker and we give it up, we find smoking disgusting, and wonder why we ever started. In the same way, suddenly realising the truth of our reality is a shock after a … Continue reading
NEWS-INFORMATION-JESTER-STORYTELLER-JOKER …
News-Information-Jester-StoryTeller-Joker … … influencer … but read between the lines. Discover the true meaning, rather than statements.The truth is in plain sight. The truth is the reader, nd not what is written. That’s the constant joke played on humanity. ‘Jester’s … Continue reading
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WHAT IS STOPPING US KNOWING? IT IS BELIEF
What Is Stopping Us Knowing? It Is Belief. Belief is second-hand information – hearsay rather than direct observation or experience. Belief is thinking that we know. This causes insecurity, defensiveness, and aggression. Belief is a con trick, destroying confidence and the ability … Continue reading
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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
THE CLARITY THAT DISPELS CONFUSION
The Clarity That Dispels Confusion Confusion will not mean the same to everyone. The moment when we experience confusion (having no answers) is the moment of enlightenment. That confusion of “I don’t know” – that vacancy – is the very … Continue reading
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BEING GRATEFUL FOR THE MUD
Being Grateful For The Mud Be grateful for recognising that we are stuck in the mud of concepts which obscure reality. Not many can do that, as most are too busy with what others are doing – they’re in their … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Confusion, intuition, no lotus, no mud, the essence of enlightenment, the essence of mind, the mud, Thick That Hanh
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ARTIFICIAL POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
Artificial Political Correctness Our cultures are being changed by an ideology that is counting on chaos and anger. Why? Creating fear controls and distracts the mind. Wars bring about migration, causing problems with integration. The mind is the hub of … Continue reading
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THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR RESPONSE
The Importance Of Our Response Our response to any statement or situation tells us everything about our own mental make-up. It is our responsibility to understand how our reactions got there, and who or what is deciding this. Take a … Continue reading
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IMPOSING VIEWS ON THE VIEW
Imposing Views On The View The view is pure consciousness. In imposing a view on the view, we are split. We create a duality of the view and my view. In truth, there is only the view; personal views cause … Continue reading
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CONFUSION AND MEDITATION
Confusion And Meditation Even when the mind is confused or we feel that we cannot meditate, consciousness is still present and unaffected. We areconsciousness and, as such, remain unaffected, but our attention goes to whatever is on our mind, and … Continue reading
DISCOVERING OUR NATURAL STATE
Discovering Our Natural State Our natural state is divine splendour. Pure consciousness is clarity. (It’s a welcome surprise to read in the dictionary that clarity means divine splendour 🙂 ) If we spend our life looking for the truth, we’ve lost … Continue reading
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AN INTOLERANT MIND
An Intolerant Mind An intolerant mind is a small mind which jumps to conclusions and doesn’t see the wholesome picture. We all learn to have small minds as, for most of our lives, we are receivers and repeaters. But there … Continue reading
WE HAVE BEEN WARNED
We Have Been Warned Throughout human history, we have been warned about the presence of evil, which creates a stew of confusion, harming beings mentally and physically by using fear or distraction. Evil works by subtle manipulation of our anxieties … Continue reading
THE TERM ‘HIGHER SELF’ IS A MISNOMER
The Term ‘Higher Self’ Is A Misnomer There is no ‘higher self’, but there is a lower self – the one we walk around with. The term ‘higher self’ is used by those who think our true reality is a … Continue reading
EVERYTHING IS A DISTRACTION
Everything Is A Distraction Everything is a distraction so that we don’t notice our reality. Once we realise our reality, everything is recognised as a distraction. While we are looking one way, something is happening elsewhere. While we are looking … Continue reading
AGREEING IS TRICKY
Agreeing Is Tricky Agreeing is tricky as there comes a point where there’s a no-go area. That’s okay; we are all on our individual path to full realisation. Our path is our own confusion, not that of others. 😀
DELAY: EVIL’S WEAPON OF CHOICE
Delay: Evil’s Weapon Of Choice Delay encourages an action to be put off, which has consequences. We all know this. Delay is created by confusion. We all know this. Delay maintains chaos. We all know this. If we all know … Continue reading
MISUNDERSTANDING ALL WE SEE
Misunderstanding All We See We look and interpret, speculate and judge, and this affects the way we think and behave. It doesn’t matter in what part of the infinite universe a sentient being dwells, it survives by its likes and … Continue reading
SIMPLE AND SIMPLISTIC
Simple and Simplistic Simple: easily understood by using a clear mind based on lateral thinking, questioning what and why so that we may realise ‘an’ answer to a situation in the moment now. In Sanskrit, this is called Madhyamika = taking … Continue reading
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WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, AND UNIQUE
We Are All Different, And Unique We aren’t a group thing. Our approach to anything is individual, due to our backgrounds of confusion, doubt and ignorance. These are, in fact, good things: they are our path to enlightenment when we … Continue reading
WHAT IS GOODNESS?
What Is Goodness? It’s interesting that we find it difficult to define goodness, as we’re confused and doubt that we can actually know. Some may say this ‘not knowing’ is because of original sin. We do make life complicated, don’t … Continue reading
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THE GREAT MANIPULATION
The Great Manipulation We suffer because of manipulation. Manipulation means changing or inventing, or inventing to bring about change. The great manipulation is the belief that our acquired thoughts are us, and it’s not easy getting out of this collective … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, change, clarity, Confusion, confusion and usffering, manipulation, Meditation, nurture normal, our reality, spirituality
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WHAT IS REALISED CANNOT BE UNREALISED
What Is Realised Cannot Be Unrealised Once we realise what we actually are – pure consciousness – then the whole of our history unravels, along with whatever is taking place now. We realise that everything we’ve been told is part … 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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CONSPIRACY THEORIES WORK
Conspiracy Theories Work They always have. Conspiracy theories are made to divert consciousness away from itself. The ulterior motive of conspiracy is just that, rather than the conspiracies themselves. As long as people jump up and down and complain, the … Continue reading
THE SEED, THE MUD AND THE FRUIT
The Seed, The Mud And The Fruit The mud provides the nutrition for the seed to grow into the seed’s full potential. The seed is consciousness. The mud is confusion. The fruition is the realisation that consciousness is pure. Nothing … Continue reading
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CONFUSION: SEWING WITH A TWO-HEADED NEEDLE
Confusion: Sewing With A Two-Headed Needle Confusion: From Latin confundere ‘mingle together’. To make (someone) bewildered or perplexed; to identify wrongly; to mistake. Adopting two or more concepts (such as enlightenment and salvation) confuses our mind, as these are mixed metaphors that we are trying to bring … Continue reading
KARMA IS NOT FATE
Karma Is Not Fate Fate: that which has been spoken, making it inevitable that something will happen. Karma: the sum of a person’s previous actions, either beneficial or harmful. Fate suggests that results cannot be changed. Karma suggests that the result can … 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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ENTHUSIASM AND APATHY
Enthusiasm And Apathy Enthusiasm: Latin enthusiasmus -‘inspiration -, from Greek enthousiazein ‘be inspired or possessed by a god’. In other words, to be determined. But, inspired by which type of god/influencer? A supramundane spirit, or one who fashions the mundane, material world? One who brings an end to suffering, … Continue reading
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RELIGION TAKES MANY FORMS
Religion Takes Many Forms Religion takes many forms, and that is the great clue to the great confusion. Form (visible shape/relative display) is exoteric; it’s intended for the many, and is outer confusion. Essence (ultimate truth) is esoteric; it’s for … Continue reading
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WE CANNOT DOUBT CONSCIOUSNESS
We Cannot Doubt Consciousness We may doubt ourselves, but we cannot doubt consciousness. Our self is a build-up of dogma – a set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. We are all indoctrinated from childhood, and thus we give our … Continue reading
CONSUMERS OF CONFUSION
Consumers Of Confusion Why are we the way we are? We are all influenced from birth by the propaganda mill of confused information about any meaning to life. We’re consumers of confusion. It’s just brain-washing = nurture, plus a nature … Continue reading
REALISATION IS THE LIGHT THAT ILLUMINES THE DARKNESS
Realisation Is The Light That Illumines The Darkness It is personal experience of seeing which realises the evil that dulls the mind into darkness and the mundane. Evil is anything that intentionally confuses the mind, thereby obscuring clarity. Evil isn’t … Continue reading
WE DON’T UNDERSTAND OUR OWN PSYCHOLOGY
We Don’t Understand Our Own Psychology If we don’t know our own psychology, we won’t know what is happening to us. We’re easily bored; that boredom is created by confusion, and sends us to sleep. We may look awake, but … Continue reading
GURUS AND DEMONS
Gurus and Demons Karma is our ego, our guru or our demon. Whatever we think we are is merely a collection of ideas that consciousness fixates upon, and creates a self-image; an ego, an I, a me and mine. This … Continue reading
STUCK IN A MIND LOOP
Stuck In a Mind Loop Ever feel like you’re treading water, responding to life in the same way all the time? Instead of remaining in pure perception, consciousness becomes corrupted or distracted and, via the senses, information goes straight to … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, individual confusion, judgement, KARMA, memory, our individual path, PURE PERCEPTION, religion, Trauma, trauma is our teacher
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RIDING THE WAVE OF A COLLAPSING SYSTEM
Riding The Wave Of A Collapsing System System: early 17th century, from French système or late Latin systema, from Greek sustēma, from sun- ‘with’ + histanai ‘set up’. Realisation is all about riding the wave of a collapsing set up, both externally (others’ minds) and internally (our mind). Life as we know it is collapsing, … Continue reading
FEELING WOBBLY?
Feeling Wobbly? When there is general anxiety in the population, and people feel psychologically and spiritually disconnected from their essence and purpose, they are ripe for exploitation. This is social engineering at work, when everything seems chaotic and confusing, and … Continue reading
WHAT REALISES, AND WHAT IS REALISED?
What Realises, And What Is Realised? We exist to realise what we are, and what we are not. If we do not realise what we are, we remain ignorant of our true reality. It is shocking that we do not … Continue reading
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IGNORANCE IS ENCOURAGED
Ignorance Is Encouraged We are encouraged to ignore our true reality of pure wisdom. Once we realise this however, this ‘encouragement’ becomes our guide, reminding us of what we are, rather than what we have been led to believe that … Continue reading
THE SECRET IS IN THE ESSENCE
The Secret Is In The Essence The secret – the truth – to any subject is its essential nature, from which everything flows. Once we know truth, then we know what isn’t true. If we know the rule, we will … Continue reading
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CUTTING THROUGH EXTREMIST VIEWS
Cutting Through Extremist Views We are all extremists when we react. The practice of Trekcho. Traditionally, this practice is the Tibetan Nyingma method of seeing the arising of thoughts (or emotions) before they are fully formed, thus cutting through them … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, depression, everything is real, extremism, free in the moment of seeing, get to the point, inseparability of emptiness and cognisance, life is meaningless, our view as opposed to the view, positive desperation, Pure Awareness, Pure Consciousness., reaction, REALITY, Trekcho, Tulku Urgyen
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