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- THE CHOSEN FEW October 18, 2018
- WE BECOME CAUGHT AND HELD October 18, 2018
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE EVOLVING? October 17, 2018
- INFLUENCES IN SOCIETY October 14, 2018
- What Is Being Sociable? October 12, 2018
- You See October 12, 2018
- WHY IS EMPTINESS SO IMPORTANT? October 12, 2018
- APPEARANCES AND EMPTINESS October 11, 2018
- FORGETTING AND REMEMBERING October 10, 2018
- WE ARE NOT A SET OF IDEAS October 7, 2018
- AS LONG AS WE ARE LOOKING, WE WILL FAIL TO SEE October 6, 2018
- THE PRACTICALITY OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS BEING WISDOM October 5, 2018
- NEITHER GOD NOR THE BUDDHA CAN FORGIVE US October 3, 2018
- WORRIED ABOUT EGO? October 3, 2018
- IN RIGPA, NOTHING STICKS October 3, 2018
- THE MOMENT GOD WAS CREATED October 1, 2018
- STILLNESS OF MIND AND STILLNESS OF ESSENCE September 30, 2018
- OLD MIND, NEW MIND September 28, 2018
- THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HAS ITS PROBLEMS September 26, 2018
- THINKING IS ONLY OUTSIDE THE BOX September 25, 2018
- WE HAVE TO COMPREHEND BEFORE WE CAN SEE… September 25, 2018
- ‘I’ AM CONFUSED September 23, 2018
- UNSTUCK September 20, 2018
- IT’S ALL WE KNOW – SO WE THINK September 19, 2018
- CALLING ON THE ENLIGHTENED ONES FROM AFAR September 18, 2018
- A TERRIFYING SHOCK September 16, 2018
- SEEING GOOD, SEEING BAD September 14, 2018
- “PLATO’S CAVE IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!” September 13, 2018
- BEING CYNICAL September 8, 2018
- SOMETHING REALISED IS SOMETHING DESTROYED September 7, 2018
- SPIRIT IS ALWAYS FREE September 5, 2018
- BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER September 4, 2018
- WHO RULES THE WORLD? September 2, 2018
- THOUGHTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM August 31, 2018
- WE WILL NEVER FIND REALITY OR TRUTH… August 29, 2018
- IN RIGPA, NOTHING STICKS August 28, 2018
- WHAT WOULD BE THE FINAL TEACHING? August 26, 2018
- WE NEED A SHOCK TO WAKE UP August 25, 2018
- IS GOD BUDDHIST? August 22, 2018
- ILLUMINATING DARKNESS CAN BE DEPRESSING August 22, 2018
- ANTIDOTE: A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL MEDICINE August 22, 2018
- QUIETISM August 22, 2018
- LIVING IN A BRAINWASHED WORLD August 18, 2018
- THE LAMP THAT DISPELS DARKNESS August 16, 2018
- LACK CERTAINTY, LACK IMPACT August 14, 2018
- STOP BELIEVING IN GOD TO KNOW GOD August 13, 2018
- POSITIVE DISSATISFACTION August 13, 2018
- WHAT IS MEDITATION, REALLY? August 12, 2018
- THE NEXT STEP August 11, 2018
- STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING August 10, 2018
Tag Archives: EMPATHY
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
“Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder” On a conventional, relative level, this refers to our individual taste, which is formed by our individual understanding and opinion, and will be limited. On an ultimate level, beauty is seen as … Continue reading
DO WE HAVE TO BE SPECIAL TO BE SPIRITUAL?
Do We Have To Be Special To be Spiritual? The Buddha saw that everyone has Buddha nature, but we’re asleep. The word ‘Buddha’ merely means awake and pure, so from that point of view, no one is special … equally, … Continue reading
SECULAR, SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF REALITY
Secular, Systematic Examination Of Reality We don’t have to be religious or spiritual to experience our primary nature of consciousness. Secular examination is based on our human faculties of logic, empathy, reason and moral intuition, none of which are derived from supernatural revelations. We see, … Continue reading
LOVE IS CONFIDENCE
Love Is Confidence Confidence is complete certainty about the truth, through experience. Empathy is confidence bursting with compassion.
WHAT IS AUTHENTIC, GENUINE, VERIFIABLE PRACTICE?
What Is Authentic, Genuine, Verifiable Practice? It’s not meditation, chanting mantras, saying prayers, waving vajras and bells, doing prostrations, listening to teachings, holding retreats, shaving your head: neither is it in flags, Buddha statues, tanka paintings, shrines, beads, cords, robes, … Continue reading
NO EMPATHY; KNOW APATHY
No Empathy; Know Apathy Without empathy there can be neither compassion nor love, and so we remain in apathy. When we talk about spirituality, we want to be inspired and uplifted and think only good things, but we have to … Continue reading
BEING WISE
Being Wise “Being wise, we suffer fools gladly.” 2 Corinthians 11:19 If we claim to be wise, we would not fall out with the foolish. That’s if we were wise. The way of the Bodhisattva starts by testing, stretching, energising, … Continue reading
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COMPASSION – DOES IT WORK?
Compassion – Does It Work? Well, we are not going to change the world – not in its current mindset of over reaction and aggression. So what’s compassion all about, then? It’s all about remaining tranquil within one’s own mind, … Continue reading
WHAT CAN WE TRUST?
What Can We Trust? Good things happen to us, bad things happen to us, horrid things happen to us: there is no escaping this fact because it’s actually happening. That is what we can trust – that things happen. What … Continue reading
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Tagged dealing with events, discomfort can be a wake up call, EMPATHY, everything is connected, going back to sleep, KARMA, labelling experiences, living the dream, neutralising our reactions, self realisation, the clarity of pure consciousness, the suffering of others, trust in seeing reactions, trusting karma
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WHEN THE LIGHT’S ON, WE CAN SEE
When The Light’s On, We Can See This sounds so stupidly obvious but here, the light means clarity – clear seeing. “The clear light of bliss.” When I first took to the spiritual path, a tutor just happened to mention … Continue reading
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR EVERYTHING?
Who Is To Blame For Everything? The answer is … empty essence! Isn’t that surprising? We may want to blame the Buddhas – or deities – for not doing more for mankind, but if they do anything, they would show … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL NARCISSISM AND SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
Spiritual Narcissism and Spiritual Materialism This is a touchy subject which requires delicate handling as it’s possible to become oversensitive and upset. All we are doing is being aware of our potential behaviour. After all, our path is our confusion, … Continue reading
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AWAKENING COMPASSION
Awakening Compassion means waking up to our reality. It means love … even though! When we realise our own true nature, compassion naturally arises in recognition that all sentient beings want happiness, and that this happiness is hidden from them. … Continue reading
WHERE DOES GOODWILL START?
Where Does Goodwill Start? It starts with ourselves. Before there can be goodwill towards others, we must be able to understand and have empathy for the confusion of others, and to do that, we have to understand our own confusion. … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, be gentle with ourselves, dealing with confusion, EMPATHY, goodwill
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OUR LIFE IS JUST A STORY
Our Life Is Just A Story We become so involved in and obsessed by our story – our life – that we don’t bother about how the story started, and where it will end. When we were young, we acquired … Continue reading
THE PLANET OF SLEEPING BUDDHAS
The Planet Of Sleeping Buddhas If we want to wake up, we have to follow in the footsteps of those that have awoken. This is the purpose of devotion/inspiration. However, we need the right motivation. This is the purpose of … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, crap life, DEVOTION, EMPATHY, evil-spirited
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WE ARE EXPERTS AT NEGATIVITY
We are experts at negativity Or rather…the mind is an expert at negativity. We know this. How do we know this? Conscience! We actually feel uncomfortable when the mind expresses negativity. We know this. Why? Because conscience is none other than … Continue reading
