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- TRY NOT GETTING BACK TO ‘NORMAL’ April 8, 2026
- THE TACTIC HASN’T AGED April 7, 2026
- INTERCONNECTEDNESS – UNISON OR HARMONY? April 7, 2026
- THE CURSE OF THE MESSENGER April 6, 2026
- FIBONACCI: THE LAWS OF SURVIVAL April 5, 2026
- THE FIBONACCI EFFECT – THE GOLDEN RATIO April 5, 2026
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- PREDICTABLE SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- NATURE (BUDDHA-NATURE) VERSUS NURTURE (MARA-NATURE) April 3, 2026
- BEING BUDDHIST IS BEING ORDINARY April 2, 2026
- A LUCKY ESCAPE April 1, 2026
- SUDDENLY NOT FEELING WRONG April 1, 2026
- REALISATION COMES FROM DROPPING THE MEDITATION March 31, 2026
- WE CANNOT NOT COMMUNICATE March 30, 2026
- WE’VE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED March 30, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
- OUR COLLECTIVE PROBLEM March 28, 2026
- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD March 27, 2026
- WHEN NEWS IS PROPAGANDA March 27, 2026
- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
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Tag Archives: dropping attachment
RITUALISING TRUTH
Ritualising Truth Creating a behaviour. When we ritualise a practice, we go into a performance that becomes more important than the silent essence of being. The completion stage is the end of a practice – dropping the act or display that … Continue reading →
IDEAS SEPARATE PEOPLE
Ideas Separate People There is relative truth – ideas about life – and there is ultimate truth – pure seeing, which is life itself before any ideas about ‘life’. We may be interested in the same subject as someone else, … Continue reading →
FINDING WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
Finding What You’re Looking For It is not in the finding, but in the looking. The pure awareness and the dropping of any attachment to being aware. There is no act involved, no flights of fancy. The problem comes when … Continue reading →
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THERE ARE MANY APPROACHES TO REALISING TRUTH
There Are Many Approaches To Realising Truth There are many approaches to realising truth – intellectual, ritual, experiential – such that suits our temperament. We all approach Dharma with some understanding, a process, and a feeling. It isn’t mechanical. Spirituality … Continue reading →
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