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- INTELLECTUALISATION BLOCKS DIRECT EXPERIENCE March 31, 2023
- THE SHOCK OF DELUSION March 30, 2023
- WHY THIS BLOG ISN’T PUBLICISED March 29, 2023
- THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC March 28, 2023
- IS RELIGION THE ULTIMATE QUACKERY? March 27, 2023
- COMMENTS ARE NECESSARY March 27, 2023
- SLAVERY March 27, 2023
- MEDITATION IS A TUNE-UP March 27, 2023
- REPEATING LABELS March 27, 2023
- THERE ARE MANY WISE WORDS March 27, 2023
- KNOW YOUR ENEMY, KNOW YOURSELF March 27, 2023
- OBLIVIOUS TO OUR REALITY March 26, 2023
- THE ILLUSION WITHIN THE ILLUSION March 25, 2023
- DON’T LET WHAT’S OUT THERE IN HERE March 24, 2023
- WHAT IF THERE IS A FIFTH COLUMN? March 24, 2023
- REASONING IS EMPATHY March 24, 2023
- A WORLD OF MENDACIOUS SOPHISTRY March 23, 2023
- A WORLD OF WAFFLE March 23, 2023
- THE SEED, THE MUD AND THE FRUIT March 23, 2023
- OUR ENEMY IS NOT OUR ENEMY March 23, 2023
- A TALENT FOR DEPENDENCY March 22, 2023
- EXPERIENCING TRAUMA MAKES US EMPATHETIC March 21, 2023
- SELF & ESSENCE March 21, 2023
- CORRUPTING CONSCIOUSNESS March 20, 2023
- DON’T FOLLOW A NAME March 20, 2023
- ARE WE CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS? March 20, 2023
- SIMPLY BEYOND THE MIND March 20, 2023
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS SO ORDINARY March 19, 2023
- DON’T BE A ‘PERFECT MEDITATOR’ March 18, 2023
- EVERYTHING TRANSFORMS, SO NOTHING IS WASTED March 16, 2023
- BUYER BEWARE March 15, 2023
- GOD? OR NO GOD? March 14, 2023
- IF LIFE IS SELF-REPLICATING March 14, 2023
- IF YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY March 13, 2023
- THERE IS NOTHING MORE March 13, 2023
- RESOLVING OUR MIND March 13, 2023
- BARRIER TO TRANSPARENCY March 12, 2023
- THE MIND IS OUR TOOL March 12, 2023
- DON’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU KNOW March 11, 2023
- WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? March 10, 2023
- LIFE IS EXASPERATING March 10, 2023
- WHAT WE ARE NOW March 10, 2023
- DOGMA March 9, 2023
- EXPOSING YOUR SELF March 9, 2023
- FINDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR PATH March 8, 2023
- APPRECIATING OUR STUPIDITY March 8, 2023
- TRUTH BEYOND BELIEF March 7, 2023
- RELATIVE AND ULTIMATE SATISFACTION March 7, 2023
- BECOMING JUDGEMENTAL March 6, 2023
- SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH DISSENTERS March 6, 2023
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IS RELIGION THE ULTIMATE QUACKERY?
Is Religion The Ultimate Quackery? Is religion the ultimate quackery? Promising something it cannot give? We all fall into this subtle trap, when we forget that is we who have to do the work. Religion isn’t the same as individual … Continue reading
THE FIFTH PARAMITA – CONCENTRATION
The Fifth Paramita – Concentration The term, “the six paramitas”, is Sanskrit for the six essential abilities or perfections of generosity, patience, morality, discipline, concentration and transcendent wisdom. Concentration is meditation; simply being aware, being mindful without effort. We merely … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS DOING NOTHING
Meditation Is Doing Nothing It’s that simple. Consciousness doesn’t do anything: it merely observes. Even while the body is doing things, consciousness is just aware. An example is fastening our shoe laces; we’re simply aware of the fingers, and no … Continue reading
TWO VIEWS OF GOD
Two Views Of God God: supreme being. But what is that? From a theistic point of view, this means a supreme being, a deity. From a Buddhist point of view, this means our highest consciousness, or pure consciousness. As a … Continue reading
WHY DO WE IGNORE THE TRUTH?
Why Do We Ignore The Truth? We ignore the truth because, in knowing truth, we realise what isn’t true, and that will change our life. Because of our habitual clinging to our view on life, we choose to keep doing and … Continue reading
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WE ARE THE PRODUCT OF OTHERS’ IDEAS
We Are The Product Of Others’ Ideas Product: the result of a process. For millennia, humanity has been the product to generate wealth. In recent years, technocracy – the control of society by the elite – has made this even easier. … Continue reading
THE NATURE OF CONFUSION
The Nature Of Confusion The nature of confusion is being unaware of our true nature When we ignore our absolute nature – the timeless presence of pure consciousness which actually sees – we enter a state of unconsciousness consciousness or … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM IS FASCINATION
Our Problem Is Fascination Fascination creates the noise of our delusion Fascination: interest, preoccupation, passion, obsession, compulsion, captivation, enchantment; allurement; charm, attraction, intrigue, attractiveness, appeal, magnetism, pull, draw. We have to balance our understanding of spiritual essence, and our functioning … Continue reading
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Tagged being fascinated, boredom, creating an "I", distraction, Meditation
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CATCHING DEMONS
Catching Demons before they catch us Fantasy media (which come in many forms: Hollywood, video games, art, news, religion … ) places imaginary beliefs in the dark corners of our mind. Our reactions to this demonic activity have become so … Continue reading
THE INFINITE IN THE INFINITE
The Infinite in the Infinite Outer infinity is only known by virtue of inner infinity. It does not matter what’s out there; it only exists because of what’s in here. If there was nothing knowing in here, what is out … Continue reading
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BUDDHA ESSENCE IN A NUTSHELL
Buddha Essence in a Nutshell and we’re the nuts… Our true nature is awareness, pure awareness. That’s what we are! However, most of the time, we are something else: occupied, vacant or asleep. And so we are not aware of … Continue reading
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