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- WISDOM IS USELESS UNLESS IT IS PRACTISED September 13, 2026
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? September 13, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING September 12, 2026
- WE ALL HAVE DARK PASTS September 12, 2026
- MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE PAST September 11, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEVER WRONG September 11, 2026
- IN EMPTINESS, WORDS ARE JUST NOISE September 11, 2026
- THE I GOES BACK A LONG WAY September 11, 2026
- REALISING SOMETHING IS WRONG September 10, 2026
- WORDS FILL OUR MIND September 10, 2026
- UNBLOCKING ENLIGHTENMENT September 10, 2026
- UNDOING PRIDE September 10, 2026
- HOW LONG DOES AN EMOTION LAST? September 9, 2026
- PRESERVING INNER PEACE September 8, 2026
- SPIRITUAL DECONSTRUCTION September 8, 2026
- HOW CAN WE GO FORWARD…? September 7, 2026
- WORDS ARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE September 6, 2026
- SOCIAL GROOMING September 5, 2026
- STOP LOOKING: JUST SEE, HEAR … September 5, 2026
- OUR OLD BRAIN – OUR OLD JAILER September 4, 2026
- WHY DO WE WORSHIP MYSTERIES? September 3, 2026
- SEEKING NON-DUALITY IS DUALITY September 2, 2026
- OUR REALITY IS BEYOND WORDS September 2, 2026
- CONSCIOUSNESS EMBODIED IN A BIOLOGICAL APPARATUS September 1, 2026
- THE ILLUSION OF THE BLUEPRINT August 31, 2026
- DO WE FEEL SAFE IN A GROUP? August 30, 2026
- FIXATION IS ADDICTION August 29, 2026
- HOW WE IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING August 29, 2026
- BEING YOUR SELF August 29, 2026
- THE ART OF LIFE August 28, 2026
- WORLD BRAIN FOG August 27, 2026
- THINKING WE HAVE TO BE ACHIEVERS August 27, 2026
- AN UNUSUAL POINTING OUR INSTRUCTION August 26, 2026
- THE NATURE OF MIND AND THE ESSENCE OF MIND August 26, 2026
- A BLESSING IS ENCOURAGEMENT August 26, 2026
- WHERE IT’S AT August 25, 2026
- SELF-AWARE OR SELF-CONSCIOUS? August 24, 2026
- INTERRUPTING THE DREAM August 24, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEITHER RIGHT NOR WRONG August 24, 2026
- OUR HABITS ARE HARD TO DROP August 24, 2026
- TESTING THE TEACHER August 23, 2026
- WORDS ARE THE VEHICLES OF ILLUSION August 22, 2026
- DON’T WORRY ABOUT REINCARNATION August 21, 2026
- OUR DEFAULT SETTING August 21, 2026
- TWO AUDIENCES – CREATORS AND POPULACE August 20, 2026
- THE BUDDHA AND THE PUDDING August 19, 2026
- MEDITATION IS NOT ENOUGH August 19, 2026
- GENUINELY NOT FITTING IN August 18, 2026
- ANALYSING OUR LIFE August 17, 2026
- WHY TALK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF LIFE? August 17, 2026
Tag Archives: depression
MEDITATORS GET IT TOGETHER
Meditators Get-It-Together … or should do. 🙂 To meditate is to make a decision, and take positive action in one’s life to have a sense of direction. The decision is to achieve one’s full potential of a harmonious frame of mind, an enlightened mind. If we … Continue reading
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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Tagged abundance, apathy, Confusion, depression, despair, EMPATHY, enthusiasm, good and evil, sharing another's perspective
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DOES OUR MOOD AFFECT OUR DNA BLUEPRINT?
Does Our Mood Affect Our DNA Blueprint? There is much on the internet about this subject. It shows that our disposition and our arrangement of mind and character have an effect our health. Whether it does or it doesn’t, always … Continue reading
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Tagged altering DNA, depression, DNA and mood, good mood, wise understanding
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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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FEELING FLAT OR HEAVY?
Feeling Flat Or Heavy? There is a reason for feeling flat or heavy, and it’s fine. The same goes for every feeling we all experience. In Buddhism, there is an explanation known as the twelve links of causes and karmic … Continue reading
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Tagged causes and conditions, compassion, depression, EMPATHY, feeling flat, feelings, guilt, KARMA, morally neutral, neutral situations, nidanas, painful situations, pleasant situations, product of the past, Reactions, The Twelve Links of dependent Origination
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WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?
What Is Pure Consciousness? The one absolute truth about pure consciousness is that it is already pure; we do not have to make it pure. Without knowing this, we remain imprisoned in falsehoods, dullness and guilt. It is the fact … Continue reading
FINDING WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
Finding What You Are Looking For There are around 2,360 entries on this blog … probably too many 😀 In ‘Search’ (right at the bottom of the page), try typing a word that comes to mind, and see what pops … Continue reading
THE DEVIL KNOWS WE ARE ‘FREE IN THE MOMENT OF SEEING’
The Devil Knows We Are ‘Free In the Moment Of Seeing’ That’s why we are kept busy: the devil makes work for idle hands! Of course, there is no literal ‘devil’; the devil is an expedient images for our own … Continue reading
ACETYLCHOLINE – PROLONGED FOCUSED ATTENTION cont
Acetylcholine = Prolonged Focused Attention… continued This is a complex subject, and although this is only a consciousness blog and not a medical journal, it’s still important to consider such topics. It seems that our modern, speedy lifestyle is having … Continue reading
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Tagged Acetylcholine, Being aware, depression, loss of memory, modern lifestyle, Stress
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DEPRESSED?
Depressed? Low spirited? We should be. Recognising suffering is the first noble truth leading to the cessation of suffering: we are therefore ready for the journey. We live in a perverted travesty where rulers feed off the populace: this is … Continue reading
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Tagged “I am depressed”., Body, depression, speech and mind., The Age of Demons.
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REPULSED BY ATTRACTION
Repulsed by Attraction The reason that we are dissatisfied We are interested in and attracted to something or someone, and then find that it is not precisely what we are looking for. This is usually because of the way people … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, dissatisfaction, Kali Yuga, Mahabharata, the art of happiness, Thich Nhat Hanh.
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NEUROTRANSMITTERS = TIGLE
Neurotransmitters = Tigle We can become confused on hearing the Dharma if it is not explained precisely and in depth because we may feel it is something different from us and our experiences. This is especially true when it comes … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, fear, Neurotransmitters = Tigle, pleasure, subtle body, Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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STILL DEPRESSED AND DISSATISFIED?!
Still depressed and dissatisfied?! You are absolutely right to be depressed and dissatisfied, because everything around us is feeding our mind with concepts! We have two obstacles: one is that we do not know our true nature, and the other … Continue reading
DEPRESSION AND DISAPPOINTMENT
Depression and Disappointment What I love about the Buddha’s teachings is that they are so logical, so reasonable, so complete, so provable …everything links up! We are human, and governed by three negative emotions (desire, aversion and ignorance/indifference) and the … Continue reading
LONELINESS
Loneliness. This may be looked at in two ways: the first is from a relative point of view and the second, from an absolute point of view. From an absolute point of view, we are unique individuals who rub shoulders … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, isolation, loneliness, smart phones, social engineering
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BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 