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- THE NATURE OF CONFUSION May 19, 2019
- THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING JADED May 18, 2019
- FIRST MOMENT, SECOND MOMENT May 17, 2019
- PRAYER May 16, 2019
- WHEN WE RECOGNISE THE TRUTH May 15, 2019
- GOD AND VAJRAYANA May 13, 2019
- FIXATION: IT’S WHY WE MEDITATE May 11, 2019
- THE SPIRIT OF CONSCIOUSNESS ISN’T SOMETHING IMPOSED May 10, 2019
- DON’T BE A BUDDHIST; BE A BUDDHA May 9, 2019
- HOW ARE YOU? May 8, 2019
- METHODS AND AWAKENING May 7, 2019
- TRUTH IS THE OPPOSITE TO IDEAS ABOUT TRUTH May 6, 2019
- HUMANITY SUFFERS BECAUSE IT BELIEVES IN SOMETHING May 6, 2019
- GOOD MEDITATION, BAD MEDITATION; IDENTICAL May 2, 2019
- WE KNOW EVERYTHING May 1, 2019
- MEDITATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION April 30, 2019
- THE GARDEN OF EDEN IS NOW April 29, 2019
- KNOW ONE, KNOW ALL April 27, 2019
- STILL WORRIED ABOUT EGO? April 26, 2019
- WE ARE NEVER SEPARATED FROM THE ENLIGHTENED STATE April 25, 2019
- THE PRACTICE WITH NO HARDSHIPS April 24, 2019
- NATURE AND, OH DEAR, NURTURE April 23, 2019
- BUDDHISM IS THE KEY TO GNOSTICISM AND AGNOSTICISM April 21, 2019
- CONFLICT CREATES CONTEST April 20, 2019
- IT’S THEIR KARMA (PROBLEM), SO WHY BOTHER? April 18, 2019
- THE GREAT DISCERNMENT April 15, 2019
- WE CANNOT HAVE COMPASSION WITHOUT EMPATHY April 13, 2019
- OUR CONDUCT MUST MATCH OUR REALISATION April 12, 2019
- IS SEEKING THE TRUTH A SIN? April 11, 2019
- IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE BELIEVE April 7, 2019
- HAPPINESS IS REALISING THE PROBLEM April 6, 2019
- THINKING CLEARLY April 6, 2019
- WE CANNOT FIND IT April 6, 2019
- GOING TO HEAVEN? April 5, 2019
- THE UNDO BUTTON April 4, 2019
- EXPOSING THE TRUTH April 1, 2019
- HOW WE REALISE ULTIMATE TRUTH March 31, 2019
- THE SIX PERFECTIONS = RIGHT ATMOSPHERE March 30, 2019
- INSPIRATION FROM AN INSIDIOUS SOURCE March 27, 2019
- EMPTINESS IS ALL YOU NEED, TO KNOW March 25, 2019
- ULTIMATELY, WE BECOME APOSTATES March 25, 2019
- LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS March 24, 2019
- THIS PERSON ISN’T ME March 23, 2019
- THE TWO ASPECTS OT OUR BEING March 22, 2019
- DEALING WITH AN AGITATED MIND March 20, 2019
- WAKING UP TO WAKING UP TO WAKING UP March 18, 2019
- ADAPTABILITY IS THE DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE March 17, 2019
- MEDITATION: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS March 16, 2019
- SPIRITUALLY EMPTY? March 13, 2019
- IF TRANSMIGRATION IS A REALITY March 13, 2019
Tag Archives: ENLIGHTENMENT
THE GREAT IMPARTIALITY
The Great Impartiality When we are partial,weturn against each other. When we are impartial,we listen without bias. Impartiality gives rise to open confidence. Partiality gives rise to closed doubt. The factors conducive to the attainment of enlightenment are: observation, investigation, … Continue reading
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YOU CAN’T ENLIGHTEN BELIEF
You Can’t Enlighten Belief If someone holds a belief, they have to let go of that belief before they can realise reality. If we hold a belief about someone else’s enlightenment, we will never know what enlightenment is. When a … Continue reading
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Tagged a self image, Belief, ENLIGHTENMENT, holding on, KARMA, realisation of our true nature, Suffering
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WE ARE CONDITIONED TO BE ADDICTED
We Are Conditioned To Be Addicted to being conditioned This is hell, and we need to wake up. In other words, we are led down someone else’s path, and we then maintain that. We have agreed to be conditioned, and … Continue reading
IS LIFE FREEDOM OR BONDAGE?
Is Life Freedom Or Bondage? To the unenlightened, life is bondage, misery, frustration, dissatisfaction, suffering; no feeling of completion. We are full of demons. To the enlightened, life is freedom, understanding, satisfaction, compassion, completion; a relief from the bondage. Demons … Continue reading
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Tagged enlightened, ENLIGHTENMENT, freedom, impermanence, in the dream, REALITY, this precious moment
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A TERRIFYING SHOCK
A Terrifying Shock Ignorance: not recognising. How is that a shock? How many people on Earth recognise their true nature of pure awareness of ultimate being? They may be aware of their job, family, interests, church or being Buddhist, but … Continue reading
DOUBT
Doubt A feeling of uncertainty. Doubt everything. Gain confidence in the doubt. Until the moment of enlightenment, we will have doubt. 😀 It is in the awareness of the doubt that we can trust. We cannot doubt awareness. . .
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Tagged Awareness, confidence, Doubt, ENLIGHTENMENT, Trust, uncertainty
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IT’S NOT A MATTER OF BECOMING ENLIGHTENED
It’s Not A Matter Of Becoming Enlightened It’s a matter of seeing! We are already enlightened: we just don’t know it, or we’re not convinced. ‘Enlightened’ is to be illuminated – seeing clearly. ‘Benighted’ is to be ignorant – … Continue reading
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Tagged being illuminated, ENLIGHTENMENT, free in the moment of seeing, not seeing
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NO MUD, NO ENLIGHTENMENT
No Mud, No Enlightenment First; recognise the mud of confusion. Second; realise that the mud never existed. Third; have good laugh!
POTENTIAL IS EVERYTHING
Potential Is Everything All beings have the potential of enlightenment. Realising that potential is compassion. Enlightenment: never forgetting our true nature of pure consciousness. Never forgetting means that all obstacles have been cleared.
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“I DON’T LIKE MY SELF”
“I Don’t Like My Self” Or we might mean, “I don’t like my life.” If we are confused about who or what we are, this will cause us suffering in life. Our problem lies in not noticing that we have … Continue reading
MASTERY OVER PERCEPTION
Mastery Over Perception Mastery over perception means that we cease to react to appearances. Karma is therefore no longer reinforced, purifying samsara. And the lighter … and lighter … we feel! You can see where this is going! 😀 Karma: … Continue reading
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“I’M RELUCTANT TO BECOME ONE OF THOSE ‘SPIRITUAL’ PEOPLE”
“I’m Reluctant To Become One Of Those ‘Spiritual’ People” We’re talking about the promotion of pseudo-spirituality People behave oddly when it comes to religion, in the way that they act, talk, and carry ‘their self’ 😀 . Some Buddhists would … Continue reading
PERCEIVING THOUGHTS
Perceiving Thoughts As with perceiving phenomena, where neither thought nor judgement is necessary (unless there is a need), so the same with thoughts in meditation. If we do have to think or reason about something, we can do that later, … Continue reading
A BUDDHA CANNOT MAKE US ENLIGHTENED
A Buddha Cannot Make Us Enlightened A Buddha can only point out the path to enlightenment and the obstacles will present themselves as the path. It is we who decide upon and value the path to enlightenment that transcends all … Continue reading
WHAT RECOGNISES, AND WHAT IS RECOGNISED?
What Recognises, And What Is Recognised? To cognise: to know, to be aware. Re-cognise: to know again, to recall to mind. We first have to distinguish between re-cognising and my re-cognising: the first is simply the knowing of knowing, while … Continue reading
WHAT IF ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’ WASN’T A REALITY …
What If “Enlightenment” Wasn’t A Reality … nor life after death? I’m not saying that these concepts are true or untrue, but as spiritual scientists, we should be able to look at all possibilities. This is only, “What if?” Where … Continue reading
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CHASING THE RAINBOW?
Chasing The Rainbow? There are many sayings that can be viewed from an entirely different perspective. This is to do with the nine levels of understanding, with the same words having superior meaning. We all move through stages, rather like … Continue reading
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WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT US?
What Is So Special About Us? It is hard to believe that everyone is a potential Buddha, an enlightened being. So what on earth are we doing with our lives? The Buddha taught the path to enlightenment: Look into awareness, … Continue reading
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HOW FAR ARE WE FROM ENLIGHTENMENT?
How Far Are We From Enlightenment? We are as far from enlightenment as the sky… …and the sky touches the earth! When we realise that altruism is relative compassion When we realise that emptiness is ultimate compassion When we realise … Continue reading
WITH PRACTICE, OUR PERCEPTION CHANGES
With practice, our perception changes The words we use may be the same, but the understanding of those words refines through experience. Basically, the experience is beyond words. The changes may be subtle and may not seem significant to others, … Continue reading
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BEING INFORMED IS NOT BEING ENLIGHTENED
Being informed is not being enlightened. There is a problem in our language.The dictionary explains the word enlightened to mean informed.Many feel that if they are informed that they are enlightened.…and that’s it. Being informed is merely the first … Continue reading
TWO STEPS TO ENLIGHTENMENT
Two steps to enlightenment. Wisdom and means. Identify identification. Undo identification. . .
