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- WHY HUMANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE August 8, 2026
- PRACTICAL ONENESS August 7, 2026
- THE GREATEST ACT OF COMPASSION August 7, 2026
- WE ARE THE CREATOR OF OUR LIFE August 7, 2026
- THE HIGHEST TEACHING August 6, 2026
- FAKE DHARMA – REAL DHARMA August 5, 2026
- WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? August 4, 2026
- NOT TRUSTING ANYONE? August 3, 2026
- WHEN WE ADHERE TO WORDS, WE FEEL SAFE August 3, 2026
- NO SENSE OF HUMOUR August 3, 2026
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS August 3, 2026
- WE ARE REMANTS OF THE PAST August 2, 2026
- ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW August 2, 2026
- LACKING COMPASSION = NARCISSISM August 2, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN OXYMORON August 1, 2026
- BEING IN TWO MINDS August 1, 2026
- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
- THE RATCHET EFFECT July 30, 2026
- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
- EVIL IS AN EXAGGERATED ‘I’ July 29, 2026
- VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTION July 28, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
- THE FINAL ANSWER IS KNOWING NOTHING July 25, 2026
- BARELY BEING AWARE July 24, 2026
- LABELS ARE DOGMA/OPINIONS July 24, 2026
- TEACHINGS ARE EASY TO COME BY July 23, 2026
- EVIL IS IGNORANCE July 23, 2026
- WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUFFERING July 23, 2026
- FROM BIRTH, WE’RE FLOODED IN TRIVIALITY July 22, 2026
- A PASSED-ON THOUGHT IS REINCARNATION July 21, 2026
- MARA’S VERY PRESENCE IS ITS DEMISE July 20, 2026
- THE PERFECT PRACTICAL PRACTICE July 19, 2026
- EGO IS THE DEVIL INCARNATED July 18, 2026
- THE EGO ISN’T REAL July 18, 2026
- TRAPPED IN EGO IS LIVING IN HELL July 18, 2026
- WE ARE FED JUNK July 18, 2026
- PRACTISING THE PRACTICE July 17, 2026
- NO MORE QUESTIONS July 17, 2026
- INVERT THE PYRAMID July 17, 2026
- ACADEMIC, PHILOSOPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC DISTRACTIONS July 16, 2026
- WHEN CONDUCT FORGETS THE VIEW July 16, 2026
- LED TO BELIEVE WE’RE NOT ENLIGHTENED July 15, 2026
- OUR CONFUSION IS BASED ON LABELS July 15, 2026
- VALUING EMPTINESS – PURE KNOWINGNESS July 15, 2026
- NOTHING IS NEW July 15, 2026
- OUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT OUR OWN July 15, 2026
- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS July 14, 2026
- OBSERVER AND OBSERVATION July 13, 2026
- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
Tag Archives: conscious awareness
PRACTICAL ONENESS
Practical Oneness Listening, reading, observing, washing, mowing … chopping wood … fetching water … notice that anything with –ing as a suffix is a continuous action. In just observing, there is no conclusion being made … yet. When we notice … Continue reading
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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