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- DOES RELIGION WAKE US UP? February 19, 2026
- MEDITATION GAZE February 18, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING CONFUSION February 18, 2026
- FRUSTRATED AT BEING FRUSTRATED February 18, 2026
- CYCLES: THE HABITUAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR February 17, 2026
- BUDDHISM AND THE VEDANTA SEE THE UNIVERSE AS INFINITE February 16, 2026
- AI THE NEXT RELIGION February 15, 2026
- WE SHOULD ALL ASK, “WHAT IF I’M WRONG?” February 15, 2026
- NO MORE TO LEARN February 15, 2026
- MISSION CREEP AND SCOPEMONGERING February 14, 2026
- THEY DIM OUR LIGHT February 13, 2026
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT A RELIGION February 12, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “DO IT YOURSELF” February 12, 2026
- THE END OF OCCUPATION February 11, 2026
- LEAVING THE GHOSTS BEHIND February 11, 2026
- UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT LIFE SHOULD BE AGREEABLE? February 10, 2026
- WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR? February 10, 2026
- THE INABILITY TO RECOGNISE EVIL February 9, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING THE INVISIBLE PRISON February 9, 2026
- THE FORMULA THAT ENTRAPS EVERY BEING February 8, 2026
- NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN February 7, 2026
- PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE NOT A SPIRITUAL PERSON February 7, 2026
- HAS HUMANITY BEEN LIED TO? February 7, 2026
- MADE IN ANOTHER’S IMAGE February 7, 2026
- WHAT WAS IS NOW February 6, 2026
- NO PURPOSE, NO ENERGY February 5, 2026
- THE POINT AND POINTLESSNESS OF LIFE February 4, 2026
- OUR MIND IS THE CAVE February 3, 2026
- WE NEVER LEFT THE CAVE February 3, 2026
- FINDING EGO February 3, 2026
- GUIDING LIGHT February 3, 2026
- SIMPLE BUT NOT EASY February 2, 2026
- THE DHARMA IS BEYOND SLEEP February 2, 2026
- INTERGRATING EVERY MOMENT February 2, 2026
- ACCEPTING AND REJECTING HAS CONSEQUENCES February 2, 2026
- ARTIFICAL DHARMA February 1, 2026
- WHY THE INABILITY TO EVOLVE? January 31, 2026
- A DEVIATION FROM BUDDHISM, BUT NOT THE BUDDHA January 31, 2026
- WHO IS RIGHT? January 30, 2026
- THE LIGHT THAT DISPELS DARKNESS January 29, 2026
- AI CANNOT TALK FROM EXPERIENCE January 29, 2026
- INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION …continued and continude January 28, 2026
- INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION continued January 28, 2026
- INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION January 28, 2026
- IT’S CREEPY – LITERALLY January 27, 2026
- COMPASSION IS HONOURING ANOTHER’S JOURNEY January 26, 2026
- BEINGS PUT TO SLEEP January 26, 2026
- KNOWING AND AWARENESS January 25, 2026
- CREATING ARTIFICAL PEOPLE January 25, 2026
- BELIEF IS THE WEAPON OF EVIL January 24, 2026
Tag Archives: experience
THE SINGLE PROBLEM WITH THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT
The Single Problem With The Human Predicament The single problem with the human predicament is belief. Once we believe, we become predictable. Belief is accepting words that have not been proven personally. We may believe words to be true, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, experience, knowing, predicament, the human predicament, the origin
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EXPERIENCE IS OUR CURRENCY
Experience Is Our Currency Our ‘currency’ – our jewel of wisdom – is experience. If we don’t have the same experiences as other people, there is little or no communication. If we can only judge from our previous experiences, this … Continue reading
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Tagged dissatisfaction, experience, genuine experience, our jewel of wisdom, upgrading, yans
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WHAT IS MEDITATION?
What Is Meditation? Meditation is remaining pure being in the midst of experience. Holding onto memories is poverty. There is richness in spontaneity. Pure being never changes in experience.Be decided rather than undecided.
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CONFLICT IS DHARMA
Conflict Is Dharma Dharma is looking another way. This is the age of conflict – the Kaliyuga. There are many teachings out there, but the really practical teaching is within, in our conflicts with the world and others. In practical terms, conflict … Continue reading
WORDS OBSCURE EXPERIENCE
Words Obscure Experience When we learn and repeat words, we ignore what we actually experience, and enter a world of what someone said. This can cause confusion as the true experience of reality is beyond words. The real guru is … Continue reading
WORSHIPPING A BUDDHA
Worshipping A Buddha Worshipping a Buddha is worshipping a form, an idea. Better to be practical, and acknowledge the worth of a Buddha through experience. Enlightenment is the experience of being a nobody; we are devoted to reality, and not … Continue reading
THE REASON WE SEEK KNOWLEDGE
The Reason We Seek Knowledge We are hungry for an answer, while all around us are people full with information; facts provided and learned. We seek knowledge that leads to wisdom; the application of knowledge. Once we recognise wisdom through experience, then … Continue reading
TO EMPATHISE, WE NEED BEGINNER’S MIND
To Empathise, We Need Beginner’s Mind To empathise with others, it is we who have to go back to basics. That’s if we care. Thinking others are wrong because we believe we know better is arrogant and dangerous. Until we … Continue reading
FROM INFORMATION TO A FIRM FOUNDATION
From Information To A Firm Foundation Information is something we receive, but have not experienced as we are still looking for the conclusion of this information. The result is little or no empathetic understanding, as we haven’t had the experience … Continue reading
NO PRACTISE, NO SUBTLE EXPERIENCES
No Practise, No Subtle Experiences No practise, no subtle experiences. Know practise, know subtle experiences. If we don’t practise, we cannot enable refined subtle experiences of genuine inner peace, compassion, inspiration, contentment, happiness, confidence and power, in order to endure … Continue reading
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
COMPASSION COMES FROM CONFIDENCE
Compassion Comes From Confidence Compassion comes from confidence, and confidence comes from experience. When we lack experience, we lack empathy, and therefore we lack confidence and compassion. Confidence without experience is ignorance.
WHAT IS IMAGINATION?
What Is Imagination? Imagination is the ability to form ideas, without the presence of the senses. Imagination comes from memories of experience, rather than guessing mixed with fantasy. Fantasy imagines that if we mix yellow and black, we’ll probably get a mess. Practical imagination knows … Continue reading
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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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STARTING WITH FAITH AND TRUST … REALLY?
Starting With Faith And Trust … Really? Being told to have faith and trust suggest intimidation. Why would you start with ‘faith’ and ‘trust’? There has to be a reason to have faith and trust in the first place, so … Continue reading
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Tagged cult mentality, ENLIGHTENMENT, experience, faith, nothing to practise, realisation, reason, Trust, understanding
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MIXING UP MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Mixing Up Mind And Consciousness Our mind is that which translates experience related to our environment. The mind builds up memories to which we (consciousness) refer. We are not the mind; we have a mind. If we can see it, … Continue reading
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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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WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF MIND ESSENCE?
What Are The Qualities Of Mind Essence? The only way we can find the answer to this is through personal questioning and experience. Someone else’s answer is hearsay and thus, only a generalisation. It is for us to experience personally. … Continue reading
SOMETIMES, THINGS DON’T SEEM RIGHT OR COMPLETE
Sometimes, Things Don’t Seem Right Or Complete This is intuition at work. Most of us ignore our natural intuition in favour of second-hand information that we project onto whatever we see. This is never a complete picture. Intuition is knowledge without conscious reasoning. It … Continue reading
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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
IN PRAISE OF REINCARNATION
In Praise Of Reincarnation Two views:Does such an idea do harm or is it of benefit? For most of us, reincarnation is a belief and isn’t worth considering, so we do whatever we want, with no long term feeling of … Continue reading
IF WE BELIEVE IN WORDS, WE BECOME SPELLBOUND
If We Believe In Words, We Become Spellbound Belief in words is never the truth.It is the experience of the words that brings forth realisation. Put simply:Shut up and ……. !🙂
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YOUR SELF IS YOUR TEACHER
Your Self Is Your Teacher It’s all you really have. Be happy with your self. It will teach you all you need to know about attaining the realisation of the essence of mind – consciousness. This self is our mind’s … 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
A FEELING ISN’T AN EMOTION
A Feeling Isn’t An Emotion (continued from yesterday) As we realise something, we realise more. ‘Feeling’ is something actually felt (an intuition) in the first moment of experience, as opposed to our ‘feelings’ that we hold on to and carry … Continue reading
LOVE IS CONFIDENCE
Love Is Confidence Confidence is complete certainty about the truth, through experience. Empathy is confidence bursting with compassion.
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THE YOGA OF ONE TASTE
The Yoga Of One Taste We all like to feel good. We like to be with our guru or lama, go to temples, walk in the mountains, chant prayers with others, eat nice food … but feeling good isn’t the … Continue reading →