Tag Archives: fixation

WE MAKE UP OUR MINDS

Posted on September 5, 2024 by tony

We Make Up Our Minds Made up: invented, not true. Once we make up our mind, we fixate on it,and then everything that we encounter is based (biased) on that view. Most of us have our minds made up for us.Meditation … Continue reading →

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WALKING IN OTHERS’ DREAMS

Posted on June 24, 2024 by tony

Walking In Others’ Dreams We have enough problems living in our dreams, let alone living in others’ dreams 🙂 We believe others are the enemy and they believe we are; it’s all a manipulation of concepts/dreams. Some of us have … Continue reading →

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IT IS FIXATION THAT CAUSES SUFFERING

Posted on February 12, 2024 by tony

It Is Fixation That Causes Suffering When we are fixated, we fear change, and that causes us suffering. If we’ve invested our entire existence on a one-sided view, we are reluctant to give it up, or even to see that … Continue reading →

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FIXATION DIVIDES PEOPLE

Posted on September 21, 2023 by tony

Fixation Divides People Religion divides people. Politics divides people. Thinking divides people. Self divides people. So what unites people? Unity is what we are – when we let go of our fixations. The mind cannot unite people as we all … Continue reading →

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WORDS ARE SYMBOLS OF EXPERIENCE

Posted on July 12, 2023 by tony

Words Are Symbols Of Experience Words are symbols of experience: Make sure they are your experience rather than someone else’s, even the Buddha. Words are symbols of experience. If we do not have the experience, the words we repeat are … Continue reading →

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THE MOTIVATION FOR LIBERATION

Posted on June 12, 2023 by tony

The Motivation For Liberation Our motivation for liberation has to be more powerful than the dream state in which we live. We cannot just think or read our way out of our illusory state; we have to actually see, and … Continue reading →

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PEOPLE WITH FIXATED IDEAS

Posted on May 13, 2023 by tony

People With Fixated Ideas Fixating – having an obsessive attachment to someone or something – holds us down to a mundane level of existence. To say we are happy with our obsession is an oxymoron – pointedly foolish, as it’s a addiction … Continue reading →

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TURNING A BLIND EYE

Posted on December 15, 2022 by tony

Turning A Blind Eye Ignoring what is actually happening. Turning a blind eye* refers to the act of ignoring or failing to acknowledge something we know is true, or could be true. In pretending not to notice what is happening, we will not have to … Continue reading →

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ADDICTION CONSUMES US

Posted on November 14, 2022 by tony

Addiction Consumes Us When we are addicted to an idea – our truth – we see nothing else. We can be addicted to anything – political ideas, spiritual teachings, social affairs – and see nothing else. Addiction is being fixated … Continue reading →

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CHANGE: BECOMING DIFFERENT

Posted on May 10, 2022 by tony

Change: Becoming Different Change occurs through the realisation that we’re not what we think – and we’re not what others think of us either. As long as we fixate about ourselves, we will never change. People enter the Dharma and … Continue reading →

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