Tag Archives: ENLIGHTENMENT

IT’S ALL FAKE – AN ILLUSION

It’s All Fake – An Illusion An illusory ‘I’ looks down an illusory microscopeat an illusory world,maintaining the illusion. Constant recognition of the illusion is enlightenment. As long as we are looking at fake news,we will never realise that we … Continue reading

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ENLIGHTENMENT: WAITING TO BE RECOGNISED

Enlightenment: Waiting To Be Recognised The very essence of consciousness is enlightened. It is unsullied emptiness, and all we have to do is recognise this without any distraction … forever. So why aren’t we all enlightened? Put simply, we like distractions, … Continue reading

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ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL

One Size Doesn’t Fit All The ultimate truth is our essential nature of pure consciousness. It is how we can know anything and everything. There is absolutely no point in believing in the existence of an external reality if there … Continue reading

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POLICING CONFORMITY

Policing Conformity Policing conformity is achieved through belief. As long as we react the same way as others, we conform to a belief. Belief can create wonderful ‘things’ and achievements, but they are all distractions to hold us to belief. … Continue reading

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SPIRITUALITY CAN BE A PRISON

Spirituality Can Be A Prison Doubt imprisons us. Once we understand the principle of any activity, we are free to go away and develop it. When we get a glimpse that we are pure consciousness, meditation verifies it. If people … Continue reading

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OFFENDER AND OFFENDED

Offender And Offended This is the age of conflict; the Kali Yuga. If there is an offender and an offended, there is conflict. Offender + offended = conflict. If there is an offender but no offended, there is no conflict. … Continue reading

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SO FEW GET IT

So Few Get It So few realise their true reality that never changes. Most think consciousness is something that they have, and that’s it; they vaguely assume that there is more, but that it’s unknowable. This is precisely what belief … Continue reading

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IS ENLIGHTENMENT EXAGGERATED?

Is Enlightenment Exaggerated? Enlightenment is based on historical stories – truly exhilarating stories – but they do not happen now. We cannot positively say they did or didn’t happen; the point is that there are gurus and lamas who are … Continue reading

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KARMA IS NOT FATE

Karma Is Not Fate Fate: that which has been spoken, making it inevitable that something will happen. Karma: the sum of a person’s previous actions, either beneficial or harmful. Fate suggests that results cannot be changed. Karma suggests that the result can … Continue reading

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INTELLIGENT DESIGN?

Intelligent Design? Intelligent design is a belief that life, the earth and the universe are so complex that they cannot be explained by the scientific theory of evolution, and therefore must have been designed by a supernatural entity; the existence of … Continue reading

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YOU ARE THE SECRET

You Are The Secret All esoteric teachings are about your true reality. They are not about someone else’s reality, not even a Buddha’s. Stories are exoteric, and meant for the many. We are told to look on lamas as Buddhas, … Continue reading

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WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS?

What If Our ‘Normal’ Is Madness? Madness: The state of having a serious mental illness … we don’t know what we are. Extremely foolish behaviour … we think we know. A state of wild or chaotic activity … we follow the crowd. We are brain-washed to function at a very basic … Continue reading

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ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE

Enlightenment Isn’t Unattainable We might think that enlightenment is something they do over there, or back in the days of yore. 🙂 Something really special, with special powers… Well, we’ve all heard the stories! But what if it isn’t that … Continue reading

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IF WE FEEL ALONE, WE’RE NOT ALONE

If We Feel Alone, We’re Not Alone We are individual consciousness, divided by the mind (concepts) and united by the heart (pure consciousness). If we were one consciousness, when one person became enlightened, we would all become enlightened, but that … Continue reading

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A SPARK IS CAUSED BY FRICTION

A Spark Is Caused By Friction A fire always starts with a spark.Enlightenment starts with a spark. A spark is caused by friction.

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BANNING FREE SPEECH

Banning Free Speech There seems to be a co-ordinated effort to ban what we say.This will not stop what we think and how we think.This will not stop what we see and how we see.Even the Buddha couldn’t do that! … Continue reading

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MAKING THE MOST OF OURSELF

Making The Most Of Ourself Our ‘self’ is an idea in the mind held together by memories to which consciousness clings. These memories are karma: this karma causes us confusion as we think it’s our reality, while feeling there is … Continue reading

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THE REASON TO BE CHEERFUL

The Reason To Be Cheerful While we remain unenlightened, we remain primitive and, sorry to say, arrogant. Arrogant: from Latin – ‘claiming for oneself’. Cheer up! We are all in the same boat of fools, but we have oars (determination) and a rudder … Continue reading

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IT’S LIKE WE ARE BROKEN

It’s Like We Are Broken If we lose our purpose, it’s like we are broken. We come into life with everything we need to know, but we don’t know how it all fits together. There are those who want us … Continue reading

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REALISATION MAKES THE MOST OUT OF LIFE

Realisation Makes The Most Out Of Life Realisation is resolving the truth about our reality, and whatever illusion obscures this. Even though we may never attain enlightenment, we can still lead a happy and fulfilling life by knowing both unshakeable … Continue reading

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REALISE THE OUTCOME, RECOGNISE THE JOURNEY

Realise The Outcome, Recognise The Journey Until we acknowledge our confusion, we can never recognise how we became confused. When we acknowledge our confusion, we can then recognise how we became confused. Until we acknowledge that evil wants to control … Continue reading

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OM MANI PEME HUM ENDS INTERNAL STRUGGLE

Om Mani Peme Hum Ends Internal Struggle Suffering or dissatisfaction is due to consciousness identifying with a set of ideas, creating a confused self-image that becomes subtly hostile because it doesn’t get what it wants. Consciousness needs guidance to bring … Continue reading

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DOES THE PAST EXIST NOW?

Does The Past Exist Now? Yes – through our karma. ‘Karma’ is a Sanskrit word for the residue of past actions lodged in our mind that creates our habitual re-enactments such as, “There ‘I’ go again”. This is why most … Continue reading

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INFINITY MEANS NO BEGINNING & NO END

Infinity Means No Beginning & No End No God and no single big bang. The word ‘beginning’ creates an illusion on an enormous scale, and can only relate to something that is created, dwells and dissolves, giving rise to the … Continue reading

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ARE WE A CONDUIT FOR GOOD OR EVIL?

Are We A Conduit For Good Or Evil? The realisation that we could be on the path of evil is a shock, and this is why realisation opens us up to the truth about what governs our minds. Then, we … Continue reading

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BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW …

Better The Devil You Know … That’s what Buddhism is all about. 😀 Being free in the moment of seeing. The devil does not exist; it is simply our confusion, and our obsession with a self-image. When we (consciousness) realise … Continue reading

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IF WE DO NOT MEDITATE …

If We Do Not Meditate … If we do not meditate, we will not know how to drop it. In dropping the meditation, we realise the final answer. No one became enlightened through meditation. They became enlightened by dropping the … Continue reading

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REALISING YOU HAVE CHANGED

Realising You Have Changed Even if we are not ‘enlightened’, knowing we’re not stuck in an old behaviour pattern is exhilarating and inspiring. Raw dharma (the practicality of discovering what we actually are) works when we put it to the … Continue reading

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SOMETHING NOT RIGHT?

Something Not Right? Something not right? How do we know that? There is only one reason: perfect consciousness is the ever-present, innate blueprint of life. When we ignore this for something more interesting, we wander off-plan. The plan is that … Continue reading

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LOSING OUR SENSE OF REALITY

Losing Our Sense Of Reality Our minds have been altered to accept ideas that are contrary to reality. Words, images and beliefs have been introduced, and we just follow along, singing their songs. Who are ‘they’? Things don’t just happen … Continue reading

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DON’T LET YOUR SPIRITUALITY MESS YOU UP!

Don’t Let Your Spirituality Mess You Up! Students – don’t fall in love with your teacher. Teachers – don’t assume you are adored. Spirituality is about dealing with consciousness. It is not a decoration or an obsession. Spirituality is the … Continue reading

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WE CAN ALL SEE THIS

We Can All See This Whatever happens in one tiny spot on earth affects the entire world because of technocratic globalisation. Push a button here, and there is an effect on the other side of the planet. The problem is … Continue reading

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THIS BLOG IS NEITHER RELIGIOUS NOR SCHOLARLY

This Blog Is Neither Religious Nor Scholarly This blog is neither religious nor scholarly: it is about practical Buddhism within a modern world. In order to be practical, it has to be direct and observable, without elaborations. This blog is … Continue reading

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BEING HAPPY BEING ME

Being Happy Being Me ‘Me’ or ‘self’ is an identity in the mind; it’s what we think we are. This identity comes from experiences that consciousness takes as concrete and real. These experiences create brain pathways (our hard drive) that … Continue reading

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REALISATION IS NOT ENLIGHTENMENT

Realisation Is Not Enlightenment Realisation is not enlightenment; it is the opening up of our path to enlightenment. Once we realise our true nature of pure awareness, all we then have to do is remember, becoming aware of subtle obstructions … Continue reading

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HOW DO WE START OUR JOURNEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT?

How Do We Start Our Journey To Enlightenment? Step one: We see that things aren’t right. “Well, we all know that!”Yes, but how many actually take the next step to start their journey? Step two: We look for the cause … Continue reading

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FEELING DULL AND STUPID? … BRILLIANT!

Feeling Dull And Stupid …? Brilliant! Where is this dullness and stupidity? What observes this dullness and stupidity? Neither dullness nor observer can be found. It is pure consciousness that remains. This realisation bypasses all techniques on the path to … Continue reading

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BUDDHISM AND DINOSAURS

Buddhism And Dinosaurs As long as there are only two explanations for life on earth, there will be conflict. Controlled opposition that promotes beliefs causes more problems, and is used to distract, ensuring that people do not think too deeply. … Continue reading

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ARRESTED, JUDGED AND CONDEMNED … Lol!

Arrested, Judged and Condemned … Lol! When we look, our attention is caught and held (arrested), and we refer to the precedent of memory (judgement), and re-enact. In this way, we are condemned for life to our illusory prison. Why? … Continue reading

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BEING AT HOME WITH OUR SELF

Being At Home With Our Self It’s lovely – and such a relief – once we stop conforming. We totally misunderstand spirituality if we think that we have to be something different from the way we are. That is what … Continue reading

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HOW DID WE BECOME CONFUSED?

How Did We Become Confused? In knowing how we became confused, we can find our way back to our reality. The opposite to knowing is not knowing and understanding the implications of this is quite a shock. We need this … Continue reading

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WE HAVE NEVER BEEN SEPARATED

We Have Never Been Separated We have never been separated from the enlightened state. Few see this, looking elsewhere for happiness. Realisation of our true nature isn’t something to achieve. It is merely washing away the doubt and confusion of … Continue reading

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LIFE IS LEVELS OF APPRENTICESHIP

Life Is Levels Of Apprenticeship Life is a series of levels of apprenticeship; in this way, we are always beginners. “Zen mind, beginner mind.” Dzogchen mind, beginner mind. Maha Ati mind, beginner mind. Pure consciousness mind, beginner mind. God consciousness … Continue reading

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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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