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- DEMYSTIFYING THE NATURE OF MIND May 23, 2026
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Tag Archives: conscious awareness
WHAT IS KARMA?
What Is Karma? Karma is not a punishment; it’s our personal algorithm, our set of rules, or programming. It’s a habitual pattern of behaviour created by the residue of acquired ideas from the past. And so, the same sort of … Continue reading
HOME ALONE
Home Alone We assume that having a large circle of ‘friends’ means success, while being alone means there’s something wrong with us. It all depends on the level of confidence and insight. Some of us need to be part of … Continue reading
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UNDERSTANDING IS HAPPINESS
Understanding Is Happiness Understanding is direct experience of how something works. Even better understanding lies in knowing how it all works. Everything is created by attraction and repulsion. Our lives are held together by our likes and dislikes which have … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, conscious awareness, Happiness, our actualy reality, understanding
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WHAT IF THERE WAS NO RELIGION?
What If There Was No Religion? It’s an old question. Even if there was no religion, there would still be conscious awareness for, without that, nothing could be known. The essence of all beings is conscious awareness. Why make a … Continue reading
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
WHAT IS IT THAT WAKES US UP … MAKES US CONSCIOUS?
What Is It That Wakes Us Up … Makes Us Conscious? It is a simple realisation and recognition … “Is that all?” What sounded complicated is now simple. Words make realisation complicated. The moment when I received the pointing out … Continue reading
BEYOND LIKES AND DISLIKES
Beyond Likes And Dislikes As ordinary people, we know what and whom we like, dislike or ignore, and we become those decisions in life. This isn’t our natural state; it’s acquired. We are not specialists or practitioners. We just decide, … Continue reading
WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS?
What If Our ‘Normal’ Is Madness? Madness: The state of having a serious mental illness … we don’t know what we are. Extremely foolish behaviour … we think we know. A state of wild or chaotic activity … we follow the crowd. We are brain-washed to function at a very basic … Continue reading
KARMA IS BEING ACCOUNTABLE
Karma Is Being Accountable We are accountable for every action (being occupied) or inaction (being vacant). This adds to our karma. Our karma creates situations that are favourable (we like) or unfavourable (we dislike). To a practitioner, neither type of situation … Continue reading
A MOVING MIND CAN MEDITATE
A Moving Mind Can Meditate We do not have to be still and silent to meditate. Whether thoughts are present or not, awareness remains unchanged. We are therefore never carried away. This is how we lead a contemplative life. Modern … Continue reading
WE ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING
We Already Know Everything We all know everything we need to know – and that is knowingness itself. Knowingness is just another name for conscious awareness, the essence of which is unsullied. When we realise that this unsullied consciousness is … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE PROTECTOR
Consciousness Is The Protector When we acknowledge conscious awareness – the heart of our being – we realise that conscious awareness is present before any thought of hope and fear. In other words, knowingness is already present: we innately know. … Continue reading
IN THIS HORRENDOUS, FEAR-MONGERING, COMPLEX WORLD
In This Horrendous, Fear-Mongering, Complex World … … we need a simple teaching of absolute truth. One that is easy to remember, even at death, and can be proven by anyone at any moment. Neither a belief system nor imagination, … Continue reading
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
What Is The Meaning Of Life? This is really two questions: What is the meaning of life: this physical and mental existence? What is the meaning of life: this pure consciousness? Without addressing the second question, the first makes no … Continue reading
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