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Tag Archives: division
IT’S OBVIOUS WHEN POINTED OUT
It’s Obvious When Pointed Out Clarifying a broken system. The system we all live in isn’t broken; it’s created and maintained to be that way. There aren’t different ‘political’ parties- it’s one party with opposite facets. Most people are unaware … Continue reading
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THERE IS NO MYSTERY IN THE WORLD
There Is No Mystery In The World Mystery is man-made, created by stories and beliefs which cause division. Whether a story is true or not, polarisation occurs – the duality of relating. There is a power in the world that … Continue reading
THE WORLD HAS BECOME MORE INSIDIOUS
The World Has Become More Insidious Insidious: from Latin insidiosus ‘cunning’, from insidiae ‘an ambush or trick’. The world has become more insidious to cause trouble and chaos. Natural differences are being exaggerated, and dividing peoples. Why? To push an agenda that we should all think … Continue reading
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THE GREAT RESET
The Great Reset ‘The Great Reset’ is restoring our minds to its natural state, so that we can think clearly, and not be a reactive automaton. Our minds have become so distorted that we’re in conflict with everything and everyone. … Continue reading
DO NO HARM continued
Do No Harm – continued “Do no harm.Be harmoniousTrain the mind.” ‘Do no harm’ doesn’t mean that, if we do or say nothing, we are safe, because we are still ignoring others to protect ourselves. This happens in all religions … Continue reading
THE AGE OF HATRED
The Age Of Hatred This is said to be the age of the Kali Yuga, the age of conflict. Conflict breeds hatred. In the dictionary, hatred is defined as intense dislike. We can read all about this in the ‘news’ … Continue reading
OBSERVATION ALWAYS OVERRULES SPECULATION
Observation Always Overrules Speculation Once we start along the path of theories, there is no end to it. Speculation adds complications and division. Only pure observation, common to all, is trustworthy. That pure observation is pure awareness – the first … Continue reading
THE WORLD ISN’T MAD; IT’S PERFECTLY ORCHESTRATED
The World Isn’t Mad; It’s Perfectly Orchestrated By whom? By what, you mean. By karma. There is good and evil in the world – good karma and bad karma. Karma is the result of personal desire and aversion. Good karma … Continue reading
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FIXATION DIVIDES PEOPLE
Fixation Divides People Religion divides people. Politics divides people. Thinking divides people. Self divides people. So what unites people? Unity is what we are – when we let go of our fixations. The mind cannot unite people as we all … Continue reading
FINDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR PATH
Finding Confidence In Our Path If we don’t agree with a narrative, are we disloyal or treacherous? Are we domestic terrorists or hate criminals? This is how psycho-babble gibberish creates division, and is intent on destroying our clarity of mind … Continue reading
ENCOURAGED TO TAKE OFFENCE AT SELF-IDENTITY
Encouraged To Take Offence At Self-Identity As long as people are encouraged to believe in an image of themselves, they will never realise the real thing – that we are, first and foremost, consciousness, pure and simple with no identity. … Continue reading
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EDUCATION DIVISION
Educating Division As long as we are divided, we will never be united. ‘Something’ in society is separating people from one another through the philosophy of ‘inclusion’. Being taught that we can be whatever we want to be makes us … Continue reading
CONTINUING FROM YESTERDAY …
Continuing From Yesterday … How troubles in the world come about: Division exists naturally because of different levels of understanding, but when these divisions are exploited, they become exaggerated. If we do not know the law of the universe then, … Continue reading
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THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP
The Importance Of Friendship True friendship is reliable, transcending information-gathering and personal opinions. Friendship supports psychological well-being in order to maintain positive emotions. In spiritual friendships, this is doubly so. The head divides, while the heart does not. This has … Continue reading
SEGREGATION TURNS PEOPLE AGAINST PEOPLE
Segregation Turns People Against People The same theme is repeated throughout history; divide and conquer. Different names are used to confuse us: separation, setting apart, sorting out, isolation, quarantine, exclusion, protection, shielding, partitioning, division, apartheid, ghettos … all in the name of creating an adversary … Continue reading
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REALISE THE PATTERN THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY
Realise The Pattern Throughout Our History The pattern: create belief; create an enemy. Creating a belief engenders fear and hope. Belief gives rise to injustice and divides people. Divided people become angry. Angry people react. Reaction is suppressed. Suppression creates … Continue reading
EXTREMISTS CREATE EXTREMISTS
Extremists Create Extremists Extremists have the power to create a platform for excessive behaviour, and then accuse those who exhibit that behaviour of extremism. There is much in this beautiful world that is contrived to excite our dark side. Once … Continue reading
BEWILDERMENT AND PANIC CREATE STRESS
Bewilderment And Panic Create Stress We may never know the cause of something, but we can see and feel the effect – stress. It doesn’t matter whether a scenario originated from ignorance or intention, we see the effects all around … Continue reading
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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. 
WE CANNOT BE WHAT WE SEE
We Cannot Be What We See We see things, and we see the mind commenting on these things, so we are therefore neither this mind nor our things. We are the empty essence of mind, the clear space of clarity, … Continue reading →