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- DAMNED BY DISTRACTIONS October 17, 2021
- JUDGING AND BEING JUDGEMENTAL October 16, 2021
- THE BACKBONE OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING October 14, 2021
- MICRO MANAGED EAR WORMS October 13, 2021
- THE AGE OF MISTRUST AND CHAOS October 11, 2021
- LIFE IS A SPIRITUAL CONFLICT October 11, 2021
- THE PROBLEM WITH REALISATION October 11, 2021
- THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER October 11, 2021
- OUR IDENTITY IS A FICTION October 10, 2021
- THEY ARE PLAYING WITH YOUR MIND October 9, 2021
- THE HEART IS THE ESSENCE OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS October 9, 2021
- EXAGGERATION CREATES CHAOS October 8, 2021
- EXAGGERATING THE GURU October 8, 2021
- ONCE WE REALISE THE TRUTH 1 October 7, 2021
- ONCE WE REALISE THE TRUTH 2 October 7, 2021
- HOLDING A GRUDGE October 6, 2021
- DO YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE FEELING WORRIED? October 6, 2021
- BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A CONTEMPLATIVE SOCIETY … October 5, 2021
- IS THE WORLD OVER POPULATED? October 5, 2021
- SPIRITUAL MERIT October 2, 2021
- THERE ARE TWO WAYS OF LIFE October 2, 2021
- TURNING PRIDE INTO WISDOM October 1, 2021
- WHY IS PRIDE A SIN? September 30, 2021
- MEETING YOUR MAKER September 28, 2021
- SPIRITUAL MYSTERIES September 28, 2021
- KNOWLEDGE IS A LOT TO HANDLE September 26, 2021
- ARE SPIRITUAL PEOPLE MORE TROUBLED … AND HAPPIER? September 24, 2021
- EVIDENCE OF SPIRITUALITY September 24, 2021
- THE MORE WE REALISE, THE LESS OTHERS CAN RELATE September 23, 2021
- HAPPINESS IS SOLVING A PROBLEM September 21, 2021
- LOVE DOES WHAT IS RIGHT September 21, 2021
- BEING HAPPY WITH OUR DECISIONS IN LIFE September 21, 2021
- WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE NEVER TOLD THE TRUTH September 21, 2021
- A LACK OF EMPATHY CAUSES HARM September 21, 2021
- DEAR ILLUMINATI; KARMA NEVER FAILS September 21, 2021
- PRACTICAL HUMILITY September 19, 2021
- IN IGNORING THE TRUTH, WE ACCEPT LIES September 17, 2021
- WE GAIN CERTAINTY THROUGH PRACTICE September 17, 2021
- STOP LOOKING FOR TOGYAL September 16, 2021
- WE DON’T NOTICE STRESS … UNTIL IT’S GONE! September 16, 2021
- BEING WEIRD: CONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLING OUR DESTINY September 15, 2021
- HOW THE MEDIA WORKS – IT INFLUENCES THE INFLUENCERS September 11, 2021
- SADNESS RESULTING FROM JOY September 11, 2021
- TO LIVE THE DREAM, WE HAVE TO BE ASLEEP September 10, 2021
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS DISENCHANTMENT September 9, 2021
- THERE IS NO SECRET ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE September 8, 2021
- SEGREGATION TURNS PEOPLE AGAINST PEOPLE September 7, 2021
- HOW LONG HAS HUMANITY BEEN IMPRISONED…? September 6, 2021
- ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT WE ARE HAPPY September 5, 2021
- GOOD MENTAL HEALTH September 5, 2021
Tag Archives: ENLIGHTENMENT
JUDGING AND BEING JUDGEMENTAL
Judging And Being Judgemental Spiritual practice is about knowing the difference. One is momentary;the weighing up of possibilities. The other is mechanical;being predictable and fixated. In being judgemental, we don’t see clearly because, instead of being fresh, pure awareness, we … Continue reading
A QUESTION TO REVEAL OUR SELF
A Question To Reveal Our Self This could be applied to any question or assertion used to reveal our actual state of mind, rather than the state of mind we like to portray to others. Until enlightenment, we will all … Continue reading
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BEING SOMETHING WE’RE NOT
Being Something We’re Not Wanting to be something that we’re not means we don’t have to look at ourselves. We can change our bodies or change our minds, but the spirit of consciousness remains the same. It’s vital to understand … Continue reading
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Tagged an imperfect world, dissolve the self, ENLIGHTENMENT, ever-present consciousness, KARMA, our constant reality, our perfect teacher, self is not our enemy, self is our teacher, spiritual psychology, the spirit of consciousness, tried up in spiritual knots, working with our self
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IF WE THINK WE ARE AWAKE, WE’RE NOT
If We Think We Are Awake, We’re Not Here’s why. Being awake involves the spontaneous present moment of pure consciousness. It is timeless, as there is nothing else going on in that moment. It is observation without observer to comment. … Continue reading
SELF REALISATION – WE DON’T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING
Self Realisation – We Don’t Have To Change Anything We don’t have to change anything for self realisation. We only have to see our self in action, and then we know what to do. Our illusory self image will be … Continue reading
REALISING GOD THROUGH BUDDHISM
Realising God Through Buddhism 🙂 There is nothing as satisfying as finding out something personally. It’s called realisation – and it’s liberating. Buddhists do not believe in God the creator. Christians do believe in God the creator. But is there … Continue reading
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Tagged BUDDHISM, common ground, Dharmakaya, emptiness, ENLIGHTENMENT, God, God the creator, liberation, Nirmanakaya, non-duality, our highest part, pure compassionate consciousness, pure consciousness, realisation, salveation, sambhogakaya, The three Kayas, Tibetan Buddhism
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RIGHT SPEECH
Right Speech Right speech is enlightened speech,where opposing forces or influences are balanced.Wrong speech creates division. When we tame our body, speech and mind, we are on the right path to enlightenment.Conversely, if we do not tame our body, speech and mind, we become demanding.We cannot … Continue reading
GOODNESS KNOWS WHY
Goodness Knows Why Why does goodness know? Goodness is naturalness, and there is nothing more natural than pure consciousness. It is our natural, essential being – the essence of knowingness itself. It’s where love, empathy and compassion come from, as … Continue reading
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Tagged calculating mind, challenging, compassion, courage, EMPATHY, ENLIGHTENMENT, essential being, fell each moment, goodness, Happiness, Love, mistakes, naturalness, practice makes purfect, precision, pure consciousness, selfless, the essence of knwingness, we are learning
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LIFE DOESN’T CHANGE DRAMATICALLY WHEN WE REALISE THE TRUTH
Life Doesn’t Change Dramatically When We Realise The Truth Life doesn’t change dramatically when we realise the truth.We just become honest in our confusion, and let it be.Appearances and recognition are simultaneous; thus, pure consciousness is present.It’s all we need to … Continue reading
WE ONLY KNOW WHAT WE EXPERIENCE
We Only Know What We Experience We start with a belief:our problem lies in holding on to that belief and ignoring experience.We need to test beliefs in order to verify them. We only know what we experience. Anything else is … Continue reading
WHAT ARE DEMONS?
What Are Demons? A demon – Mara in Sanskrit – is a troubled mind. Demonic attacks do not come from outside;they’re a residue in our own mind. When we stop our habitual patterning,we stop feeding the habitual patterning of others. … Continue reading
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DON’T TAKE YOURSELF FOR GRANTED
Don’t Take Your Self For Granted Don’t take your self for granted.It’s all you have to work with! It is because we make mistakes that we can become enlightened. Our path isto see that we suffer;to see that our ‘self’ is … Continue reading
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SUFFERING IS THE RESIDUE OF OUR PAST
Suffering Is The Residue Of Our Past We carry around a heavy load of karma (a reactionary attitude) which creates our present understanding and behaviour. That load is but a sticky residue from our past, and if we do not … Continue reading
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WHEN WE LOSE OUR WAY
When We Lose Our Way We want to know the truth. We find the truth, and realise that it is simplicity itself. The very essence of consciousness; pure awareness. It has no need for elaborations; just recognition that leads to … Continue reading
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Tagged blazing splendour, dependent, enchanted by elaborations, ENLIGHTENMENT, expression, let go, losing our way, luminosity of pure awareness, personal adjustment, personal investigation, Pure Awareness, sharing, Simplicity, The essence of consciousness., the truth
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THE LORD OF COMPASSION, CHENREZI, IS SO MUCH MORE
The Lord Of Compassion, Chenrezi, Is So Much More Compassion: feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others; from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n-), from compati ‘suffer with’ (thereby having empathy) From a Buddhist perspective, compassion is practical. The mantra of Chenrezi (also known as Avalokitesvara) is OM MANI PEME HUM. … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERIFIABLE
Consciousness Is Verifiable Realisation is the ability of consciousness to verify its own purity while resolving all karmic fixations, thereby attaining enlightenment. But what do we do now? Hint: Our path is clarifying our confusion that never existed.
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BRANDING RECOGNITION IS SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Brand Recognition Is Social Engineering It’s all about conveying ideas that stick in the brain without us noticing, causing us to live in a perpetual state of confused anxiety. We are either exposed to crisis after crisis or lulled into … Continue reading
HOW CAN I BECOME PURE?
How Can I Become Pure? We are nothing but purity – pure consciousness – for, without that, we wouldn’t be able to see clearly. We just have to get the picture straight, as it’s a bit wonky at the moment … Continue reading
WHY DO WE DOUBT OUR ENLIGHTENED REALITY?
Why Do We Doubt Our Enlightened Reality? Why do we doubt our enlightened reality? The answer is that we were – and are – misguided. Our practice is to “Act the part” of being enlightened, becoming familiar with both understanding … Continue reading
THE CODE THAT CONVEYS OUR UNIQUE LIFE
The Code That Conveys Our Unique Life This code is karma. Whatever we think of as our unique self is merely a misunderstanding of what we actually are. Consciousness, through specific desires, creates a code that takes form to satisfy those … Continue reading
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT?
What Do You Like To Hear About? The positive or the negative? There are two aspects to spiritual teachings on consciousness; the goal, and that which prevents us from scoring the goal. If we don’t know how to play with … Continue reading
NO ONE WANTS TO BE TOLD THEY ARE WRONG
No One Wants To Be Told They Are Wrong Every individual has to recognise what is beneficial and what is harmful to their lives, and this changes with understanding. Every sentient being has an enlightened nature, which is resting continuously … Continue reading
INNER HAPPINESS AND OUTER HAPPINESS
Inner Happiness And Outer Happiness Our inner happiness affects our outer happiness. If we only look for outer happiness, then we will have to go on looking. (Don’t be put off by the word ‘happiness’; read it as ‘sanity’.) Inner … Continue reading
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LIFE AFTER REALISATION
Life After Realisation It’s okay being you! This me is the conveyance to enlightenment. That which we call me is certainly an illusion as it is a temporary arrangement of body and mindset, but now we see it and use … Continue reading
ENLIGHTENMENT IS NEVER FORGETTING
Enlightenment Is Never Forgetting Once we recognise and realise that we are pure consciousness, that is the beginning of our spiritual path. Now, it is up to us to remember. The more we remember, the less we forget. It’s a … Continue reading
ARE WE GHOSTS IN HUMAN FORMS?
Are We Ghosts In Human Forms? A ghost is merely consciousness lost in not knowing its true nature; because of this, it drifts around due to karma. The realisation of our true nature is both the purpose of life and … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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