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- WHERE DOES CONFLICT COME FROM? February 2, 2023
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- PROFOUND TIBETAN BUDDHISM January 31, 2023
- YOU ARE THE SECRET January 31, 2023
- FINDING YOUR DIFFERENCE January 30, 2023
- WHAT IS GOOD & WHAT IS EVIL? January 30, 2023
- COURAGE IS THE FIRST STEP TO REALISING CONSCIOUSNESS January 30, 2023
- THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY January 30, 2023
- WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS DECEIVED … January 30, 2023
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- BLOGS ARE LIVING BOOKS January 28, 2023
- WHERE IS THE MIDDLE WAY? January 28, 2023
- WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE WE? January 28, 2023
- WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS? January 28, 2023
- DON’T GUESS. KNOW. January 27, 2023
- THE PROBLEM WITH RELIGION IS … January 27, 2023
- FEAR ENGENDERERS, FEAR MONGERS AND FEAR BELIEVERS January 26, 2023
- I FEEL GOOD – OR IT FEELS RIGHT January 26, 2023
- GRASPING AT STRAWS January 25, 2023
- SOME DAYS, I FEEL EXTREMELY ANGRY January 24, 2023
- WE CAN LAUGH WHEN THINGS ARE OBVIOUS January 23, 2023
- THE COLLAPSE IN OUR MORALS January 23, 2023
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- THE BUDDHA WAS AN EXPERT BUT … January 22, 2023
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- LIFE IS MAINTENANCE January 20, 2023
- GENERATING COMPLEXITY TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE January 20, 2023
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- ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE January 19, 2023
- FREE SPEECH January 18, 2023
- “SUFFERING & SADNESS UNITE US” January 18, 2023
- NEARLY TRUE January 17, 2023
- COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING January 17, 2023
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- SUFFERING FROM GLORIOUS, OVERWHELMING, COMMON SENSE January 17, 2023
- THE EFFECT OF LAZINESS January 16, 2023
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Tag Archives: direct experience
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
BECOMING FASCINATED
Becoming Fascinated Fascinated: attracting the strong attention and interest of someone. A snake deprives a prey of the ability to resist or escape by the power of a gaze: the serpent fascinates its prey. ORIGIN: late 16th century from Latin fascinat- ‘bewitched’, from fascinum ‘spell, witchcraft’. As we can see, being … Continue reading
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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
EVIL IS BANAL
Evil Is Banal We may think of evil as something terrible, but that extreme vision starts with a lack of understanding of our original nature. Evil lacks originality: it is banal and obvious, and obeys its programming without question. Our original … Continue reading
FAKE: AN IMITATION – AN ILLUSION OF REALITY
Fake: An Imitation – An Illusion Of Reality An illusion distorts our perception of reality. News is not reality; it’s someone’s account. The Buddha’s teachings are like that;an imitation for us to prove. Reality is whatever is actually taking place now. It is direct experience.
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WORDS ARE NOT DIRECT EXPERIENCE
Words Are Not Direct Experience To be mesmerised by words is to miss direct experience beyond words. Words are open to interpretation and commentary. Direct experience is unmistakable pure consciousness itself, expressionless as there is nothing to express. Then why … Continue reading
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WHEN DO OUR PROBLEMS START?
When Do Our Problems Start? Our problems start the moment consciousness becomes attached to an idea. That first idea was ‘my self’. Why is attachment a problem? If we (consciousness) hold on to an idea, then we lose the clarity … Continue reading
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