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- GIVING UP HOPE … HOORAY! June 24, 2022
- ALIEN TERMINOLOGY DISTANCES US FROM RAW EXPERIENCE June 23, 2022
- JUST SEEING IS OUR GREATEST PROBLEM June 22, 2022
- SWITCH OFF YOUR EGO June 21, 2022
- OUR OUTER LIFE MASKS OUR INNER LIFE June 21, 2022
- WE HAVE NO ORIGINAL IDEAS June 20, 2022
- HOW DO WE KNOW? June 19, 2022
- THE SEARCH BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE June 18, 2022
- FLAWLESS CONSCIOUSNESS June 18, 2022
- ENLIGHTENED SPEECH; WITHOUT FIXATIONS June 17, 2022
- DOUBT CREATES UNCERTAINTY, PANIC & SPEEDINESS June 15, 2022
- WHAT’S EATING YOU? June 15, 2022
- RELIGION: THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF OUR JOURNEY? June 14, 2022
- LOST IN SPACE June 14, 2022
- RIGHT SPEECH, WRONG SPEECH June 13, 2022
- “I CAN’T MEDITATE” June 12, 2022
- VERIFICATION June 11, 2022
- IS THERE MEANING TO LIFE? June 11, 2022
- BLIND TO REALITY June 11, 2022
- IS STUPIDITY A SOCIOLOGICAL PROBLEM? June 11, 2022
- THE DHARMA , ACCORDING TO AN IDIOT June 9, 2022
- THROUGH REALISATION, NEGATIVITY TURNS POSITIVE June 8, 2022
- OUR PATH TO PERFECT HAPPINESS June 8, 2022
- WHY USE THE WORD ‘EMPTINESS’? June 6, 2022
- A MOMENT OF REALISATION June 5, 2022
- ‘I’ BLINDNESS June 4, 2022
- SOFT, UNCONSCIOUS TOTALITARIAN COMPLIANCE June 3, 2022
- WHATEVER SOMEONE SAYS DOESN’T MATTER June 2, 2022
- EARTH: BEAUTIFUL BUT BONKERS June 1, 2022
- HOW WE GO ASTRAY May 31, 2022
- ARE WE AWAKE OR ASLEEP? May 30, 2022
- LIFE SHOULD BE FRUSTRATING May 29, 2022
- WE DON’T UNDERSTAND OUR OWN PSYCHOLOGY May 27, 2022
- WHY WE CANNOT RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER May 26, 2022
- OUR SELF IS OUR BUBBLE OF SUFFERING May 24, 2022
- IS IT REALLY A SCARY WORLD? May 23, 2022
- IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD … May 23, 2022
- THE DHARMA ISN’T HOITY-TOITY May 23, 2022
- LIFE IS KARMA May 23, 2022
- FOLLOW-THE-LEADER May 22, 2022
- DHARMA NEEDS NO ADORNMENT May 21, 2022
- SOME DAYS ARE LIGHT, SOME HEAVY, SOME FLAT May 21, 2022
- BEYOND KNOWING AND NOT KNOWING IS KNOWINGNESS May 21, 2022
- SCIENCE AND RELIGION HAVE THE SAME EFFECT May 21, 2022
- FAMILY ATTACHMENTS May 19, 2022
- MEDITATION ONLY SPOILS IT May 18, 2022
- LIFE IS DISSATISFACTION May 17, 2022
- THERE IS NOTHING TO UNDERSTAND May 17, 2022
- WE NEED A CONSTANT REMINDER May 16, 2022
- MAKING OUR SELF FEEL BETTER … May 15, 2022
Tag Archives: CONSCIOUSNESS
LOST IN SPACE
Lost In Space 😀 Consciousness is live space, and the path to enlightenment. If we can acknowledge that we are consciousness – instead of being attracted to the flotsam and jetsam floating around in the mind that is rejected by … Continue reading
BLIND TO REALITY
Blind To Reality Because we believe that whatever we see or think is reality, we are blind to actual reality. Reality is consciousness that sees everything without comment. That is our starting point. Why do we ignore this original starting … Continue reading
OUR SELF IS OUR BUBBLE OF SUFFERING
Our Self Is Our Bubble Of Suffering What we call our self is merely consciousness bound in abstract concepts, existing in thought only and having no physical reality. Consciousness is unchanging, and has merely a temporary body and memory. Identifying with these abstract thoughts … Continue reading
SOMETHING NOT RIGHT?
Something Not Right? Something not right? How do we know that? There is only one reason: perfect consciousness is the ever-present, innate blueprint of life. When we ignore this for something more interesting, we wander off-plan. The plan is that … Continue reading
AND THE TRUTH IS UPSETTING
And The Truth Is Upsetting The truth will set us free – but not everyone at the same time. When we realise our true nature, it’s such a relief from all the elaborate nonsense going on in the world. Not … Continue reading
THE ONE PURPOSE OF LIFE
The One Purpose Of Life The one purpose of life is to realise the undeniable one truth; to be able to know, there has to be consciousness present, and that consciousness is pure in essence. That is our primary reality. … Continue reading
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ACTUAL MEDITATION IS NON-MEDITATION
Actual Meditation Is Non-Meditation The Buddha said, “Not too tight and not too loose.” What did he mean by that? We neither cling to the method nor become distracted. Meditation is just a reminder. Once we remember or realise our … Continue reading
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LIVING IN REALITY, OR IN A DREAM?
Living In Reality, Or In A Dream? When we connect directly to whatever presents itself, that is reality. Object and consciousness are one. Non-duality. Seeing the moon reflected in a pool, the moon, the reflection and consciousness are simultaneously one. … Continue reading
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FINDING YOUR GURU
Finding Your Guru Look no further than your self. Your self will teach you (consciousness) all you need to know about whatever is inhibiting consciousness from seeing clearly, thus uncovering an enlightened pure consciousness. An outer teacher merely shows you … Continue reading
WHY WE SHOULD TRUST OUR SELF
Why We Should Trust Our Self Our self is an image that we have built up through the adoption of cultural ideas, and we believe this image to be what we are. In reality, it’s a false identity that transmits … Continue reading
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WE ARE PROGRAMMED TO BE IGNORANT
We Are Programmed To Be Ignorant Our pursuit of happiness is actually the pursuit of ignorance. It’s all upside down. We are all upside down 🙂 Knowledge is neutral. The same knowledge can be used for good or for self-aggrandisement. … Continue reading
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DON’T LET YOUR SPIRITUALITY MESS YOU UP!
Don’t Let Your Spirituality Mess You Up! Students – don’t fall in love with your teacher. Teachers – don’t assume you are adored. Spirituality is about dealing with consciousness. It is not a decoration or an obsession. Spirituality is the … Continue reading
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THE SIMPLE, DIRECT POINT
The Simple, Direct Point Doidi doidi doidi doi… If you’re trying to make sense of that, you’re interfering with pure consciousness. It doesn’t matter what is said, or written, or transmitted, what matters is the receptivity – without referring to … Continue reading
A BUDDHA IS A GHOSTBUSTER
A Buddha Is A Ghostbuster The ghost is our projected image of self. The moment consciousness recognises this chatty ghost’s appearance, it vanishes. Through habit, however, it reappears the very next moment. This is why practice has to be constant, … Continue reading
LIFE IS GREAT THE WAY IT IS
Life Is Great The Way It Is That’s a strange thing to say, when the world view is not based on truth, but on beliefs. Truth is like space; many things can happen within it, but space remains exactly the … Continue reading
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IT’S THE SAME OLD TEACHING
It’s the Same Old Old Teaching We worry, and there is that which sees this worry. That’s it. That is the essence of all teachings on our essential nature. Worry is a reaction to our impermanent environment; it is experienced … Continue reading
TAKING OURSELVES APART
Taking Ourselves Apart It’s not until we take something apart that we understand it,and see what is left.This is especially important in understanding the mind. And what is left?Consciousness.Pure consciousness. Whatever is seen, however uncomfortable, loses its gripas we become … Continue reading
COMPASSION AND EMPATHY
Compassion And Empathy A word is a merely a sound. Words have meaning, however, and if we don’t understand that meaning, we merely make sounds. Compassion: concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others and a wish to help. Empathy: the ability and … Continue reading
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BUDDHISM AND DINOSAURS
Buddhism And Dinosaurs As long as there are only two explanations for life on earth, there will be conflict. Controlled opposition that promotes beliefs causes more problems, and is used to distract, ensuring that people do not think too deeply. … Continue reading
THERE ARE TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT CONSCIOUSNESS
There Are Two Ways Of Looking At Consciousness One: consciousness is an organ of perception, but we don’t know what we are. Two: consciousness is what we are, and perception is an organ of consciousness. We either live in a … Continue reading
TRUTH IS NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION
TRUTH IS NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION Truth is not a philosophical discussion. Philosophy is for those who don’t know or don’t want to know, as knowing means our view of life will totally change. In discovering absolute truth, we realise … Continue reading
EXERCISE: CATCHING THAT FIRST MOMENT OF REALITY
Exercise: Catching That First Moment Of Reality This practice is consciousness watching thoughts that come to pass. Play a video of someone you normally do not like. Just watch with an open mind, without any judgement at all. In just … Continue reading
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
DO WE LIVE IN TRUTH OR JUDGEMENT?
Do We Live In Truth Or Judgement? The truth is that consciousness comes before a judgement.Consciousness is our origin, and does not take sides.Taking sides means judgement. Whatever happens to us is due to our judgements, and creates karma.What sees … Continue reading
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OUR SPIRITUAL PATH IS OUR GREAT UNDOING
Our Spiritual Path Is Our Great Undoing 😀 Spirituality is pure consciousness. It is not a thing; it’s … infinite reception and transmission. Our so-called path is merely our confusion which, when recognised, does not exist, so hanging on to … 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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EXTREMISTS CREATE EXTREMISTS
Extremists Create Extremists Extremists have the power to create a platform for excessive behaviour, and then accuse those who exhibit that behaviour of extremism. There is much in this beautiful world that is contrived to excite our dark side. Once … Continue reading
THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUTH, BUT MANY LEVELS …
There Is Only One Truth, But Many Levels … There is only one truth,but there are many levels of misunderstanding about that one, absolute truth– in which case, there aren’t many truths,but just misunderstandings. The one truth is that which … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS BRINGS SUFFERING
Consciousness Brings Suffering Consciousness brings suffering. Realising the nature of consciousness brings happiness. We will never find happiness until we realise we are suffering. Pure consciousness is at peace with everything, as everything is in a state of impermanence. Pure … Continue reading
RIGHT TIME, RIGHT CONNECTION
Right Time, Right Connection Connection: the relationship between something, and something else. First, we have to be in the right place, mentally. It is through the practice of sitting in stillness that we realise we do not have consciousness; we … Continue reading
THE INVERSION OF SOCIETY
The Inversion Of Society Ayn Rand described the Kali Yuga:“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which … Continue reading
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I WANT FREEDOM FROM MYSELF
I Want Freedom from Myself This is both possible and ridiculous. Our self is consciousness that identifies with a collection of ideas that we call ‘I’. It is that identification which is ridiculous as this ‘I’ is a temporary arrangement … Continue reading
POLITICS (TOTALITARIANISM) IS A SPIRITUAL MATTER
Politics (Totalitarianism) Is A Spiritual Matter Everything is about consciousness. Politics is about control of mass consciousness. Consciousness is spirit; it is non-material. Pure spirituality is pure consciousness. Totalitarianism chronicles politics and the subversion of human consciousness. It’s a game. … Continue reading
STILL WORSHIPPING THE DEVIL?
Still Worshipping The Devil? What do the first two commandments in the bible really mean? “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” Do not place anything in front of pure … Continue reading
THE WORD ‘PATH’ IS AN MISNOMER
The Word ‘Path’ Is A Misnomer ‘Path’ suggests going somewhere when, in reality, there is nowhere to go. ‘Path’ is actually the way – the way in which we see, which is now, here. The way we see depends on … Continue reading
HOW IS CONSCIOUSNESS, LOVE?
How Is Consciousness, Love? The great question … Of course, we love. We desire to love and be loved. Love is happiness. Our love, however, relies on whatever makes us happy, but if the thing that we love is taken … Continue reading
LOOK AT YOUR SELF
Look At Your Self Look at your self.Practice makes perfect. Our self is the adoption of ideas that manifest in our behaviour. Our spiritual practice is being aware of the ideas that affect our behaviour. What is looking? Pure consciousness, which is … Continue reading
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BUDDHIST
You Don’t Have To Be Buddhist You don’t have to be Buddhist to study the Buddha’s teaching. The Buddha wasn’t. The teachings are about the psychology of our being: our mind, the mind essence, consciousness itself.What we are.It is the psychology of … Continue reading
NOT FINDING IS FINDING
Not Finding Is Finding Not finding anything else within pure consciousness, we have arrived.Conversely, not finding and missing is definitely not finding.😀What is it that we miss?The claiming, and a feeling of satisfaction. When resting in the spontaneous moment of … Continue reading
ORIGINAL SIN
Original Sin The origin of sin is the denial of the origin of truth.Original truth is that we are pure consciousness. The origin of sin is to ignore pure consciousness in favour of being conscious. Being conscious downgrades consciousness into a watcher by ignoring … Continue reading
INSTITUTIONALISED
Institutionalised Institutionalised: apathetic and dependentThe formula of futile diligence; fear and false security. Through ignorance, people follow other people; we cling and stick together. By beinginstitutionalised, we stop thinking for ourself and learn the formula. We want to be where ‘it’s’ … 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
THE MIND HAS A BACK DOOR
The Mind Has A Back Door The mind has a back door – it’s consciousness, or rather the subconscious.Through consciousness, we can see what is going on in the mind. The problem is that others can also look in and plant … Continue reading
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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
HOW TO HEAL THE WORLD OF EVIL
How To Heal The World Of Evil Don’t be part of the spin, the exaggerations, and the deceptions. We may think that we are just listening to the news. First, news comes from chosen ‘experts’ and then politicians put their … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERIFIABLE
Consciousness Is Verifiable Realisation is the ability of consciousness to verify its own purity while resolving all karmic fixations, thereby attaining enlightenment. But what do we do now? Hint: Our path is clarifying our confusion that never existed.
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BUDDHA IN THE MUD. Practical everyday insight into Dzogchen Buddhism. It's not about feeling good about yourself; it's about feeling good about your self. Your self is your karma and teacher. 