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WHY MEDITATION IS IMPORTANT

Posted on December 4, 2024 by tony

Why Meditation Is Important Meditation is a good mental health check-up to detect any problems/attitudes. Meditation allows consciousness to observe the mind, letting it to come to rest. We, consciousness, must look after our mind as well as our body. … Continue reading →

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MEDITATORS GET IT TOGETHER

Posted on November 23, 2023 by tony

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 →

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ENTHUSIASM AND APATHY

Posted on December 31, 2022 by tony

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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DOES OUR MOOD AFFECT OUR DNA BLUEPRINT?

Posted on October 19, 2022 by tony

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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CUTTING THROUGH EXTREMIST VIEWS

Posted on May 11, 2020 by tony

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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FEELING FLAT OR HEAVY?

Posted on January 17, 2020 by tony

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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WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?

Posted on October 14, 2019 by tony

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 →

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FINDING WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

Posted on March 1, 2019 by tony

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 →

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THE DEVIL KNOWS WE ARE ‘FREE IN THE MOMENT OF SEEING’

Posted on April 6, 2018 by tony

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 →

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ACETYLCHOLINE – PROLONGED FOCUSED ATTENTION cont

Posted on November 1, 2017 by tony

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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DEPRESSED?

Posted on February 23, 2016 by tony

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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REPULSED BY ATTRACTION

Posted on February 15, 2016 by tony

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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NEUROTRANSMITTERS = TIGLE

Posted on January 28, 2015 by tony

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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STILL DEPRESSED AND DISSATISFIED?!

Posted on June 21, 2013 by tony

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 →

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DEPRESSION AND DISAPPOINTMENT

Posted on June 17, 2013 by tony

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 →

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LONELINESS

Posted on April 9, 2013 by tony

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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