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Tag Archives: exoteric
HOW THE MUNDANE AND SUPRAMUNDANE WORK
How Mundane And Supramundane Work The mundane and supramundane work in the same way as the exoteric (information for the many) and the esoteric (the truth realised by the few). This is the difference between knowing the truth personally, and … Continue reading
WHAT ARE ‘ESOTERIC’ AND ‘EXOTERIC’?
What Are ‘Esoteric’ And ‘Exoteric’? The esoteric is understood by the few who are practiced. The exoteric is understood by the many who do not practice. The esoteric is pure experience of pure awareness. The exoteric is knowing about pure … Continue reading
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WHAT IS EXPERIENCE?
What Is Experience? What is and what isn’t experience? Experience: practical contact with and observation of events. The knowledge and skill acquired by a period of practical understanding of something. Going through a routine isn’t experiencing; it is doing something (everything) by rote, in a vacant … Continue reading
NO GOD, NO ENLIGHTENED BEINGS?
No God, No Enlightened Beings? What if there was no God? No Enlightened beings? After all, they are only characters in books. The books talk about miracles, but has anyone seen them happen? Our problem is that we want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Belief, Enlightened beings, esoteric, exoteric, experience, God, Knowingness, Miracles, starting afresh, test it for yourself, trust seeing, what is truth
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BEING POSITIVE IN NEGATIVITY
Being Positive In Negativity Being positive doesn’t mean excluding the negative side of life. That is the common sentiment of the exoteric way, and is actually negative as it is based on fear. To face that fear is the way … Continue reading
ON THE ESOTERIC LEVEL, ALL PATHS ARE NON-DUALITY
On The Esoteric Level, All Paths Are Non-Duality On the esoteric level, all paths are non-duality:pure consciousness. Zen, Tao, Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Vedanta … and possibly a rare individual of no denomination … all are non-believers. They are no longer believers; … Continue reading
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Tagged Dao, display, Dzogchen, esoteric, exoteric, form and essence, it just is, Mahamudra, non-duality, pure consciousness, REALITY, theorists, Vedanta, zen
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THERE IS A MANUAL FOR LIFE
There Is A Manual For Life It’s quite short; it’s karma. ‘Karma’ is just a word for the effect of previous actions that causes our habitual reactions now. This manual is our teacher, instructing us how to eliminate karma through … Continue reading
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Tagged a working manual, Compassionate activity, eliminating karma, esoteric, exoteric, habitual reactions, KARMA, karma is our instructor, karmic ledge, our attitude, personal karma, previous actions, pure consciousness, reducing the level of doubt, the levels of realisation, the manual for life, The path to enlightenment
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PROTECTING DIVERSITY … REALLY?
Protecting Diversity … Really? On a relative level, protecting diversity is protecting separation, rather than unity. This tells us everything that we need to know about current agendas, which create conflict, confusion and cultural collapse by dis-integration in the guise … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, Confusion, cultural collapse, diversity, esoteric, exoteric, integration, non-duality, pure consciousness, unity
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REPEATING LABELS
Repeating Labels Label: a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive. We label ourselves as this or that, placing a nameplate on our prison door. I became a Buddhist accidentally (it’s long story) and acquired that label, but soon discovered that people … Continue reading
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Tagged beyond scripture, esoteric, exoteric, labels, people are people, pure consciousness
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THE DANGER OF EXPECTATION
The Danger Of Expectation Expectation: a strong belief that something will happen. Ordinary human happiness is based on the expectation of fulfilling a desire. The expectation makes us feel happy, but it’s never completely satisfying because it doesn’t last, and so we seek more of the … Continue reading
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Tagged a hinderance to reality, Addiction, Belief, Chenrezi, compassion, EMPATHY, esoteric, exoteric, expectation, experience, fulfilling desire, hope, Miracles, Tong len prctice
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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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WHY I WRITE A BLOG
Why I Write A Blog Life is about getting to the point of why we are here, staying with that point, and seeing how that point refines through experience. We cannot assume that, by just reading or hearing teaching, we … Continue reading
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Tagged being still, complete knowledge, complete truth, CONSCIOUSNESS, DHARMA QUESTIONS, dogma, elaborations in Buddhism, esoteric, exoteric, falling in line, KARMA, Meditation, non-meditation, personalrealisation, pure consciousness, recognising truth, spirituality, The Buddha, The path to enlightenment, what is life about, wisom
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THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC
The Exoteric And The Esoteric The exoteric lives by the words. The esoteric lives in pure perception. The exoteric lives by knowing things. The esoteric lives by knowingness. The exoteric argues. The esoteric cannot. Exoteric divides. Esoteric unites.
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THERE IS NO SECRET ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
There Is No Secret Esoteric Knowledge Esoteric teaching is actual, ultimate experiencein realising what we already know. All we have to do is look and see,and let that acknowledgement drop awayto come to rest in non-duality. Reading or listening to … Continue reading
THAT’S WHAT THEY CALL GOD
That’s What They Call God An exoteric fantasy to believe in. A reactionary rebellion against this fantasy that doesn’t exist. A philosophical debate of there is, and there isn’t. The esoteric reality. This is our journey, from gross misunderstanding to … Continue reading
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Tagged debate, esoteric, exoteric, fantasy, God, gross misunderstanding, our journey, REALITY, subtle realisation, the essence of reality
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CLARITY AND CLEVERNESS
Clarity And Cleverness Clarity is esoteric. Cleverness is exoteric.Clarity is just seeing. Cleverness is what we do with that seeing. Esoteric: intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialised knowledge or interest. Exoteric: intended for or likely to be understood by the general public. Our … Continue reading
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Tagged clarity, esoteric, exoteric, just seeing, our motivation, pure seeing, silent stillness, simplicity of being, sleverness, uniqueness
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OBSCURING THE TRUTH
Obscuring The Truth The truth itself isn’t extremely subtle; it is that which is obscuring the truth that is extremely subtle. Pure consciousness is what we are; it sees every moment that we think we are seeing, surveying without comment. It has done … Continue reading
WE ARE THE OCCULT
We Are The Occult There is no mystery. Occult: hidden, concealed, covered over. Only communicated to the initiated; esoteric. An illusory self image hides (occults) our true nature in plain sight. Plain sight is pure consciousness; it’s what we originally are. We see, but … Continue reading
IF CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS PRESENT …
If Consciousness Is Always Present … If consciousness is always present, we should always be present, because we are consciousness. Ordinary consciousness can both think and store information,but it becomes bound by that information, forgetting consciousness: it transforms into an ego-information-centre,predictable and lost … Continue reading
THERE IS ONE, SIMPLE, UNIVERSAL TRUTH
There Is One, Simple, Universal Truth There is one, simple, universal truth: we are non-duality of pure conscious. Our story starts when we admit that we ignore this truth, and finishes with the realisation of this truth. Until then, we … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, Duality, EMPATHY, esoteric, exoteric, Ignorance, non-duality, Pure Consciousness., surrering, truth
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BELIEF SAYS
Belief Says Belief says: “I am the lord thy God. Have no other gods before me. Have no graven images or likenesses. Do not take the lord’s name in vain…” Duality is created. Truth says: Our being is pure consciousness. Belief … Continue reading
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ESOTERIC TEACHINGS
Esoteric Teachings Esotericmeans ‘known by the few’, whereasexotericis ‘known by the many’. Exoteric teachings are the gradual paths comprising of methods that inspire us, convincing us to stay committed. These teaching have disciplines attached to them; the do’s and dont’s, … Continue reading
THE CHOSEN FEW
The Chosen Few The chosen few are the few who choose to realise their true reality. Many believe they are the way they are; a fixed self identity that cannot change. A few look at that fixated self identity and … 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. 