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- OBSERVER AND OBSERVATION July 13, 2026
- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
- NOT COPING, WHILE PRETENDING TO COPE July 12, 2026
- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED July 11, 2026
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE July 10, 2026
- WHAT IS DEVOTION? July 10, 2026
- “I COULD BE WRONG” July 9, 2026
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY July 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN July 7, 2026
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA July 7, 2026
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST July 7, 2026
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF July 6, 2026
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU July 5, 2026
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES July 5, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND July 4, 2026
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING July 4, 2026
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE July 3, 2026
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE July 3, 2026
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING July 3, 2026
- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD… July 2, 2026
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT July 2, 2026
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES July 1, 2026
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM July 1, 2026
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS July 1, 2026
- BEYOND MEDITATION June 30, 2026
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER June 30, 2026
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION June 30, 2026
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES June 30, 2026
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC June 29, 2026
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT June 28, 2026
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND June 28, 2026
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN June 27, 2026
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH June 26, 2026
- A CLOSED MAZE June 26, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT June 25, 2026
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED June 25, 2026
- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING June 18, 2026
Tag Archives: ESSENCE
WORSHIPPING SOMETHING ‘HIGHER’ THAN OURSELVES
Worshipping Something ‘Higher’ Than Ourselves A hierarchy creates a misguided view and a separation.Hierarchy: from Greek hierarkhēs ‘sacred rule’. This is political positioning, keeping us in our place. Appreciating someone who has more knowledge or wisdom is beneficial to our understanding, because we already … Continue reading
WHEN DOGMA TAKES OVER THE HEART
When Dogma Takes Over The Heart You know what I mean … Dogma is any belief held unquestioningly and with indefensible certainty. Dogma: from ancient Greek: opinion, belief, judgement … it seems that. Heart: innermost part or essence. This is exactly where we go wrong, when we … Continue reading
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TWO ASPECTS TO MEDITATION
Two Aspects To Meditation There are two aspects to meditation, form and essence. Form is the method and ritual that becomes a way of life. Essence is the understanding and realisation of life itself. Form is something we relate to, … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, compassion, Duality, ESSENCE, form, Meditation, method, non-duality, realisation, ritual, Spontaneous presence, understading
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SELF & ESSENCE
Self & Essence Self is merely a collection of thought-projections in the mind that essence (pure consciousness) perceives: when consciousness forgets its purity, it clings to these projections, creating a sense of I. We are, firstly, consciousness. The purity comes … Continue reading
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
IS THERE A SCRIPT?
Is There A Script? Is there a script? Certainly: the simple laws of the universe. Those who do not know these laws live in confusion. Good and evil both have the script, the formula, the principle, according to universal laws … Continue reading
RELIGION TAKES MANY FORMS
Religion Takes Many Forms Religion takes many forms, and that is the great clue to the great confusion. Form (visible shape/relative display) is exoteric; it’s intended for the many, and is outer confusion. Essence (ultimate truth) is esoteric; it’s for … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, emptiness, esoteric, ESSENCE, exoteric, inner revelation, our actual reality, separation and unity, taking form, theory, unveil the I
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THIS BLOG ISN’T A PATH
This Blog Isn’t A Path I am not a teacher; I’m just someone who shares experiences. Our path is our own confusion about what we are. Our job to be unravelled. Meanings of words change with realisations; although the dictionary … Continue reading
EMPATHETIC ENTITIES
Empathetic Entities Entity: from late Latin ens, ent- ‘being’ – (intelligent)Being: essence of a person.Essence of person: pure consciousness. Words may stir consciousness, but it is the spacious acknowledgement behind the words that illumines consciousness. There are qualities within a person that express truth without words. … Continue reading
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Tagged cause and effect, choices, compassion, EMPATHY, entities, ESSENCE, habitual behaviour, KARMA, karmic propensities, our view, pure being, pure consciousness
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MEDITATION IS LIKE WATCHING A FILM
Meditation is like watching a film. For a film to be projected it needs,a film, light and a screen. The light is our essence.The film is the projection of our karma, our storehouse of reactions.The screen is the phenomenal worldonto … Continue reading
EMOTIONS ARE UNRECOGNISED EXPRESSIONS OF ESSENCE
Emotions are unrecognised expressions of essence. Essence has three qualities Emptiness, Cognisance and Unlimited Compassion. From this five other qualities manifest as mirror-like wisdom, all-accomplishing wisdom, discerning wisdom, wisdom of equality, and all-encompassing space. These five qualities are known as … Continue reading
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. 