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- WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? August 4, 2026
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- WE ARE REMANTS OF THE PAST August 2, 2026
- ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW August 2, 2026
- LACKING COMPASSION = NARCISSISM August 2, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN OXYMORON August 1, 2026
- BEING IN TWO MINDS August 1, 2026
- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
- THE RATCHET EFFECT July 30, 2026
- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
- EVIL IS AN EXAGGERATED ‘I’ July 29, 2026
- VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTION July 28, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
- THE FINAL ANSWER IS KNOWING NOTHING July 25, 2026
- BARELY BEING AWARE July 24, 2026
- LABELS ARE DOGMA/OPINIONS July 24, 2026
- TEACHINGS ARE EASY TO COME BY July 23, 2026
- EVIL IS IGNORANCE July 23, 2026
- WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUFFERING July 23, 2026
- FROM BIRTH, WE’RE FLOODED IN TRIVIALITY July 22, 2026
- A PASSED-ON THOUGHT IS REINCARNATION July 21, 2026
- MARA’S VERY PRESENCE IS ITS DEMISE July 20, 2026
- THE PERFECT PRACTICAL PRACTICE July 19, 2026
- EGO IS THE DEVIL INCARNATED July 18, 2026
- THE EGO ISN’T REAL July 18, 2026
- TRAPPED IN EGO IS LIVING IN HELL July 18, 2026
- WE ARE FED JUNK July 18, 2026
- PRACTISING THE PRACTICE July 17, 2026
- NO MORE QUESTIONS July 17, 2026
- INVERT THE PYRAMID July 17, 2026
- ACADEMIC, PHILOSOPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC DISTRACTIONS July 16, 2026
- WHEN CONDUCT FORGETS THE VIEW July 16, 2026
- LED TO BELIEVE WE’RE NOT ENLIGHTENED July 15, 2026
- OUR CONFUSION IS BASED ON LABELS July 15, 2026
- VALUING EMPTINESS – PURE KNOWINGNESS July 15, 2026
- NOTHING IS NEW July 15, 2026
- OUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT OUR OWN July 15, 2026
- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS July 14, 2026
- 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
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Tag Archives: hope and fear
ONLY WANTING TO HEAR GOOD THINGS
Only Wanting To Hear Good Things This is especially so with ‘spiritual’ people. When we become dissatisfied with ordinary life, we look for something better, seeking a positive outlook, and to hear only the ‘good’ news. This is Mara activity, … Continue reading
CONTRARY TO THE NARRATIVE
Contrary To The Narrative The narrative is the story in which we live, which is handed down to us to accept as normal. It’s a code, a script that controls our behaviour, even down to being a reactionary. It’s all … Continue reading
WHEN KNOWING REALITY BECOMES A BELIEF
When Knowing Reality Becomes A Belief Belief: acceptance without proof. This is how our reality was downgraded. Belief can make us feel, do and say wonderful things, but it’s all about a material world created in the mind. Belief is … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Belief, belief is a mind-product, EMPATHY, hope and fear, Knowingness, Mara, our true reality, pure consciousness, REALITY
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WHY DO WE WANT FREEDOM?
Why Do We Want Freedom? Why do we want freedom? Do we assume that we haven’t got it? Why is that? We live cluttered, unnatural lives. Why is that? We follow everyone else. Why is that? We don’t know anything … Continue reading
SUPERIOR POSITION – INFERIOR POSITION
Superior Position – Inferior Position Pure vision and impure vision We are pure vision. It is our natural state. When realised, this is our naked, superior position – our supreme reality. When we do not realise this pure view, we … Continue reading
WHAT IF OUR SUFFERING WAS A BUSINESS MODEL?
What If Our Suffering Was A Business Model? “The standard technique of privatisation: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, and you hand it over to private capital.” Noam Chomsky Today in the UK, Professor Steven Hawking criticised … Continue reading
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Tagged a prison world, conforming, debt, hope and fear, liberation, pressure, Pure Consciousness., we are gullible, we suffer
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A LITTLE HOPE AND A LITTLE FEAR
A Little Hope And A Little Fear What if ““Enlightenment”” – with all those supernatural powers – wasn’t a reality, and there are merely little enlightenments? It is said that, up until ““enlightenment””, we will have some desires and aversions, … Continue reading
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Tagged hope and fear, little Buddhas, little enlightenments, nihilism, taking responsibility
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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. 
WE CANNOT BE WHAT WE SEE
We Cannot Be What We See We see things, and we see the mind commenting on these things, so we are therefore neither this mind nor our things. We are the empty essence of mind, the clear space of clarity, … Continue reading →