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Tag Archives: demons
CONFIDENT WITH DEMONS
Confident With Demons Demons are our own likes and dislikes that are activated when we are presented with what we do or don’t like. Even the Buddha was presented with this dilemma before enlightenment. The internet has fascinating attractions to … Continue reading
WHAT POSSESSED YOU?!
What Possessed You?! Possessed: completely controlled by an evil spirit. What makes us do or say what we do and say? Being possessed is holding obsessive ideas in the mind about our self; this governs all our actions where we – pure consciousness – … Continue reading
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OPENING THE DOOR TO DEMONS
Opening The Door To Demons Demons lie in ambush, waiting for our emotions (both negative and positive) to arise and then feeding off them. They fuel themselves through our vulnerability of self-preservation. It is we who attract them. Where do … Continue reading
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DEMONS: A NECESSARY EVIL
Demons: A Necessary Evil Unless we are poked, we will never wake up to our actual reality. Dharma: An Indispensable Irritation Unless we are poked, we will never wake up to our actual reality. What Are These Demons? Our own … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF CONFLICT: THE FAST AGE
The Age Of Conflict: The Fast Age If you hadn’t noticed, it is the age of Kali (demons), the age of darkness, the age of misery, the age of quarrel and hypocrisy … and it is also the fast track! … 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
WHAT ARE DEMONS?
What Are Demons? A demon – Mara in Sanskrit – is a troubled mind. Demonic attacks do not come from outside;they’re a residue in our own mind. When we stop our habitual patterning,we stop feeding the habitual patterning of others. … Continue reading
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LIVING WITH DEMONS
Living With Demons Demons like nothing better than to dislike. It is their raison d’être, their sole purpose. Demons lie in ambush waiting to exploit any situation. Sounds familiar? We have to make judgements in order to survive, but these judgements … Continue reading
LESSER SPIRITS (DEMONS) LIE IN AMBUSH
Lesser Spirits (Demons) Lie In Ambush Demonic activity in the world comes in many shapes, levels and intensities … and teachings. From the point of view of consciousness, ‘Mara’ – or demonic activity – has nothing to do with external … Continue reading
SUPERIOR POSITION – INFERIOR POSITION
Superior Position – Inferior Position Pure vision and impure vision We are pure vision. It is our natural state. When realised, this is our naked, superior position – our supreme reality. When we do not realise this pure view, we … Continue reading
WALKING WITH DEMONS
Walking With Demons We all walk around with demons inside our minds in the form of negative emotions or criticisms. These demons may originate from trauma in early years which exaggerate our existing likes and dislikes. At first meeting, people … Continue reading
THE REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH
The Really Uncomfortable Truth Pure consciousness in Dzogchen is called the The Great Perfection. Our essence is the Great Perfection; we are the Great Perfection. To want to look at this subject, we have to have had some blessings from … Continue reading
MARA IS RELIABLE
Mara Is Reliable The word ‘mara’ is a Sanskrit word for the demonic activity of selfishness in the mind, which is manifested out of ignorance of our true nature of pure compassionate awareness. Mara is expressed by our likes and … Continue reading
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
Better the devil you know Better the devil you know,than the devil you don’t.Better to train the devil.Better to tame the devil.Best to know that the devilnever existed,because the devil is a confidence trick! Let’s expose this trickery! The … Continue reading
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HOW DEMONS ARE MADE
How Demons are made The universe is full of different types ofsentient beings. These have consciousness,and take on many forms. To simplify: there are enlightened andunenlightened beings.The enlightened beingsare selfless, and the unenlightened, selfish –more or less. We, as sentient beings, … Continue reading
A WORLD OF DECEPTION = SUFFERING
A World of Deception = Suffering Our consciousness was driven to Earth and into a human body by our karma, because we ignored the three principles of this relative universe: desire, aversion and ignorance. Every thing, from atom to planet, … Continue reading
HOW NOT TO BECOME A DEMON
How not to become a demon. The core of the Mahayana teachings is Bodhichitta – the ultraistic attitude enshrined by the Four Immeasurables – Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity…but these aspirations are towards others. Most of our time is spent … Continue reading
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ANGELS & DEMONS R’US!
Angels & Demons R’us! When humans first appeared on Earth, so did angels and demons. Wisdom and evil. There are two forces in this universe – enlightened and unenlightened. So where do sentient beings stand? We have the potential nature … Continue reading
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