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- THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION December 20, 2025
- PRAYER DOES NOT BRING WORLD PEACE December 19, 2025
- PEOPLE ARE OUT OF CONTROL December 18, 2025
- THERE IS FLAW IN ME December 18, 2025
- NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING PERSON December 18, 2025
- THE DEATH OF EGO December 18, 2025
- NOT PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK OF CARDS December 17, 2025
- POTTERING AND CHATTERING CLASSES December 17, 2025
- IN PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, EVERYONE IS EQUAL December 17, 2025
- CLEARING ALL DOUBT December 17, 2025
- SPIRITUALITY IS SCIENCE December 17, 2025
- THE CHOSEN ONES December 16, 2025
- METHODS THAT REVERSE OUR REALITY December 16, 2025
- DO DHARMA PRACTITIONERS EXPERIENCE ANGER? December 15, 2025
- HOW WOULD YOU SUBJUGATE THE WORLD? December 15, 2025
- A DAILY DOSE OF DHARMA December 15, 2025
- CAUGHT IN A PARADIGM OF BELIEF December 15, 2025
- PERCEPTION COMES BEFORE DECEPTION December 15, 2025
- WAKING UP December 15, 2025
- LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN, WHOLE BRAIN, HALF BRAIN December 14, 2025
- BREEDING EVIL December 14, 2025
- YOU ARE YOUR OWN MASTER December 13, 2025
- LIFE IS SCARY December 12, 2025
- IS GOD REAL OR A CONSTRUCT? December 11, 2025
- BEFORE OUR DEFAULT SETTING IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS December 11, 2025
- ONE DAY – WE WILL GO BEYOND WORDS December 11, 2025
- REALISATION ISN’T ABOUT LEARNING December 11, 2025
- WHY WE DON’T GET IT December 10, 2025
- EXPLAINING INFINITY – LIMITLESS SPACE December 9, 2025
- WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE? December 8, 2025
- HOW WOULD WE KNOW IF WE WERE BRAINWASHED? December 7, 2025
- WORDS ARE MASS DESTRUCTION December 6, 2025
- DO YOU CRINGE? December 5, 2025
- ARE WE JUST COMPUTERS? December 5, 2025
- WE ARE ONLY IN CONTROL WHEN … December 5, 2025
- THE UNIVERSE IS COMPLETE IN OPPOSITES December 4, 2025
- THE UNIVERSE IS BINARY – 0 AND 1 December 4, 2025
- THERE ISN’T JUST ONE WAY December 4, 2025
- THERE ISN’T JUST ONE WAY December 3, 2025
- BUDDHAS IN THE MUD December 3, 2025
- WORDS HYPNOTISE December 2, 2025
- THE UNIVERSE IS A COLLECTION OF OPPOSITES December 1, 2025
- EXPERIENCE IS OUR CURRENCY December 1, 2025
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS? November 30, 2025
- WHO’S RUNNING YOUR WORLD? November 29, 2025
- IF YOU HAVE LONGING, TRY SHORTING November 28, 2025
- CAUSING A CAUSE November 28, 2025
- LOOKING AT ALL SIDES November 28, 2025
- FRAGILE EGO OR SKY-DANCER? November 27, 2025
- WHAT IF REINCARNATION IS A REALITY? November 26, 2025
Tag Archives: ENLIGHTENMENT
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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Tagged Belief, cognisance, compassion, compassionate consciousness, emptiness, ENLIGHTENMENT, esoteric beings, exoteric beings, God, intelligent design, our potential, pure consciousness, realisation, the 3 laws of nature, the essence of negative emotions, three principles, ultimate truth, wisdom of our true reality
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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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Tagged ENLIGHTENMENT, Lamas., Prayer., Pure Consciousness., You're The Secret!
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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
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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Tagged being alone, ENLIGHTENMENT, individual consciousness, relax, united by the heart
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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Tagged Buddha, conduit, EMPATHY, ENLIGHTENMENT, good and evil, goodness, Mara, optimist, pessimist, pure consciousness, the realisation is a shock
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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
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
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
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
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
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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Tagged abuse, appearances and recognition are simultaneous, being ordinary, CONSCIOUSNESS, don't fall in love with your teacher, don't feel adored, ENLIGHTENMENT, feeling special, knowing, spirituality, the moment now, the teachings, we are nothing special, wishful thinking
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Tagged Awareness, co-emergent ignorance, conceptual ignorance, ENLIGHTENMENT, forgetfulness, free in the moment of just seeing, Knowing and not knowing, phenomena is impermanent and illusory, pure consciousness, repairing confusion, the glittering, the inner source of reality, the light, the light of bliss, we are attracted
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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
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
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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Tagged BUDDHISM, ENLIGHTENMENT, reincarnation, what observes the mind's reactions
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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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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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BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 