Tag Archives: impermanence

FACT AND FICTION

Posted on October 2, 2024 by tony

Fact And Fiction What we usually call ‘fact’ is a designation of some thing, but as all things are impermanent and have no ultimate reality, they are a fiction – and that is a fact. 🙂 Every time we become … Continue reading →

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‘INTELLIGENT DESIGN’ VERSUS NATURE

Posted on April 15, 2023 by tony

‘Intelligent Design’ Versus Nature Whatever created dinosaurs, they were destroyed by nature. Nature is greater, therefore, as nature is the creator and destroyer through the natural cycle of the laws of nature. Whatever ‘intelligent design’ can create, nature can destroy, … Continue reading →

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A GLASS OF WATER: THE PROBLEM IS THE GLASS

Posted on February 24, 2023 by tony

A Glass Of Water: The Problem Is The Glass Realisation is the taste: the glass is merely a vehicle. We want the water, but we get hung up about the type of glass the water comes in 🙂 It is … Continue reading →

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EVERYONE HAS AN ASSIGNMENT

Posted on October 10, 2022 by tony

Everyone Has An Assignment Everyone has an assignment … if we choose to accept it. Everyone has a divine (not religious) mission in life, an assignment to realise what we ultimately are, which is pure consciousness, rather than the mundane … Continue reading →

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FORMS OF EMPTINESS

Posted on May 12, 2022 by tony

Forms Of Emptiness It is attachment to phenomena (observable events) that causes us suffering. All observable events are empty and impermanent – including a self. Our perception is marred by attachment; we see through a glass darkly. What observes ever-changing, … Continue reading →

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THIS ISN’T THE AGE OF TRUTH

Posted on October 23, 2021 by tony

This Isn’t The Age Of Truth At this time, few have experience of truth. Reading or hearing spiritual texts on truth isn’t knowing the truth of our reality. It is we who have to put the text into practice, accompanied … Continue reading →

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IT IS THE WORST OF TIMES, IT IS THE BEST OF TIMES

Posted on July 27, 2021 by tony

It Is The Worst Of Times, It Is The Best of Times How is this the worst of times? In diabolical times, people become more divided. The media soothsayers speculate about the future, creating fear, chaos, and confusion, either winding … Continue reading →

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WHY DO WE SAY TRUTH IS RELATIVE?

Posted on November 16, 2020 by tony

Why Do We Say Truth Is Relative? Relative truth is the doctrine that there is no absolute truth.This is where the world divides into the esoteric and the exoteric. Relative truth is consciousness relating to something other. This is a disastrous misunderstanding of … Continue reading →

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SEEKING THE TRUTH

Posted on July 29, 2020 by tony

Seeking The Truth In seeking the truth, we realise that truth is consciousness itself for, without consciousness, nothing would be known. That is our reality because that is our constant; everything else is impermanent and, as such, has no inherent … Continue reading →

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INNER HAPPINESS AND OUTER HAPPINESS

Posted on January 24, 2020 by tony

Inner Happiness And Outer Happiness Our inner happiness affects our outer happiness. If we only look for outer happiness, then we will have to go on looking. (Don’t be put off by the word ‘happiness’; read it as ‘sanity’.) Inner … Continue reading →

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IS LIFE FREEDOM OR BONDAGE?

Posted on October 19, 2018 by tony

Is Life Freedom Or Bondage? To the unenlightened, life is bondage, misery, frustration, dissatisfaction, suffering; no feeling of completion. We are full of demons. To the enlightened, life is freedom, understanding, satisfaction, compassion, completion; a relief from the bondage. Demons … Continue reading →

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BEGINNERS’ BUDDHISM AND ADVANCED BUDDHISM

Posted on May 11, 2018 by tony

Beginners’ Buddhism and Advanced Buddhism These are the same teaching, and you don’t have to be Buddhist to realise these teachings: the Buddha wasn’t! It is obvious that the Buddha must have been aware of the Vedic tradition, which expressed … Continue reading →

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WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF TWO IGNORANCES

Posted on October 1, 2017 by tony

We Live In A World Of Two Ignorances These are known as ‘co-emergent ignorance’ and ‘conceptual ignorance’: We ignore our true nature, and we maintain that ignorance. Because consciousness forgets its true essence of uncontaminated, pure clarity, when it looks … Continue reading →

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HOW AM I EMPTINESS?

Posted on April 25, 2017 by tony

How Am I Emptiness? How is everything emptiness? Emptiness doesn’t mean having no qualities, for the reason that awareness simply has to be present to acknowledge emptiness. It’s like this. Before a thing is identified as a thing, and we … Continue reading →

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THE WISDOM OF UNCERTAINTY

Posted on February 4, 2016 by tony

The Wisdom Of Uncertainty Life is about change: everything is impermanent. When we believe things to be solid and lasting, we restrict our ability to deal with change. We suffer because we are holding on to ‘how it was,’ or … Continue reading →

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THE BUDDHA SAID, “TEST!”

Posted on August 12, 2013 by tony

The Buddha said, “Test!” The Buddha said,“Do not accept my words.Test them as you would test for the purity of gold.”  The question is, how do we test them? Well, first we need a clean pair of scales, so that the … Continue reading →

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