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- HOW LONG DOES AN EMOTION LAST? September 9, 2026
- PRESERVING INNER PEACE September 8, 2026
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- DO WE FEEL SAFE IN A GROUP? August 30, 2026
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- WORLD BRAIN FOG August 27, 2026
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- A BLESSING IS ENCOURAGEMENT August 26, 2026
- WHERE IT’S AT August 25, 2026
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Tag Archives: Inner peace
OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE
Our Natural State Is Meditative It’s quite ordinary. Meditation is merely being aware of being aware,realising we are that awareness and resting there.This is what we are: pure consciousness. Our practice is to preserve this inner peace.We meditate twice a … Continue reading
INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE
Inner Peace Takes Discipline There has always been unease in the world, because humans have two sides to them: reaction and inner peace. Discipline is maintaining this inner peace, which is our original state of pure consciousness. We choose sanity, … Continue reading
HOME ALONE
Home Alone We assume that having a large circle of ‘friends’ means success, while being alone means there’s something wrong with us. It all depends on the level of confidence and insight. Some of us need to be part of … Continue reading
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TEACHINGS ARE EVERYWHERE
Teachings Are Everywhere Inner peace in contrast to inner reaction. Every time anyone speaks, it’s a teaching.How?People reflect the misinformation taught to them. Every time we react to someone speaking, it’s a teaching.How?We lose our inner peace. Everywhere, we see … Continue reading
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Tagged cause and effect, Inner peace, inner reaction, it's a teaching, misinformation, oblivion
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THE RAT RACE
The Rat Race The trouble with the rat race (the competition for intellect, wealth or power) is that even if we win, we’re still a rat. 😀 Spiritual progress is knowing when we have had enough of this obsessive exhausting, … Continue reading
FULL OR EMPTY?
Full Or Empty? Are we full of ideas/souvenirs or are we clear? Clarity is the state of inner peace, or empty cognisance. It’s our natural state. Being full of ideas however, we become reactive, and anything but what we are. … Continue reading
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Tagged empty cognisance, expressing ideas, full of ideas, Inner peace, keeping our peace
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OBSERVATION WITHOUT WORDS
Observation Without Words Silent observation is, in essence, what we are – pure consciousness – perfect inner peace. Words are only used to communicate to others in a generalised way, being second-hand, previously owned observation. Look how far we have … Continue reading
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Tagged Inner peace, observation, our perfect being, silent awareness, true communication, without words
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OTHERS THINK THE OPPOSITE
Others Think The Opposite We shouldn’t be surprised when others think the opposite to us as this is normal in a universe of opposites, with attraction and repulsion, along with indifference to our commonality. These three poisons obscure the inner … Continue reading
THE ON SWITCH IS RECOGNITION
The On Switch Is Recognition Any emotion switches on the clear light in the mind. We are aware, but feel uncomfortable.:-) Inner peace is a mind free of anxiety, irritation confusion … The moment when an emotion is recognised, the … Continue reading
KNOWING WHAT WE ARE
Knowing What We Are There is nothing more amazing than knowing what we are. We are the answer that we seek, the essence of mind of pure awareness. It is not a material thing, made in an image. Inner peace … Continue reading
FIXATION CREATES NEGATIVITY
Fixation Creates Negativity Even spiritual fixation is ugly. We see this in others, but not in our own mind. 🙂 A fixated mind loses flexibility under the slightest pressure, and is unable to adapt to life’s little challenges. Clinging to … Continue reading
HOW WE FELL FROM GRACE
How We Fell From Grace How we fell from grace, and why we are confused and unenlightened. It is we who make life complicated by losing our inner peace for something more interesting. In all walks of life, we overdo … Continue reading
THE ILLUSION OF CONFLICT
The Illusion Of Conflict A perpetual state of crisis: it’s how the unenlightened live. Have you noticed how we are in a perpetual state of crisis? ‘Crisis management’ seems to create more crisis 🙂 Education never seems to get any … Continue reading
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Tagged a perpetual state of crisis, believers and disbelievers, conflict, Confusion, consciousness and mind, crisis, crisis management, divide and conquer, Inner peace, personal realisation, the elephant in the room, the illusion of conflict, the unity of good and evil, the unity within
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THE SHOCK OF REALISATION IS ALMOST UNBEARABLE
The Shock Of Realisation Is Almost Unbearable Nine and a half billion people on this planet are unaware of their true reality, and so they’re not free. We just accept the status quo of following everyone else in our particular … Continue reading
THIS ISN’T THE AGE OF TRUTH
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
SEEING THAT WE DON’T SEE
Seeing That We Don’t See When we do see that we don’t see, then actual seeing is taking place.This is the entire teaching of the Buddha. Trusting in this moment of just seeing,the truth unfolds by itself. What is stopping us seeing?That which … Continue reading
LACK CERTAINTY, LACK IMPACT
Lack Certainty, Lack Impact If we lack certainty about what we understand, we will lack the impact needed to achieve and realise our objective. Uncertainty leads to a lack of inner peace. Of course, certainty has many levels so, conventionally, … Continue reading
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Tagged AVERSION, bravo, certainty, desire, ego fixation, Ignorance, Inner peace, Pure Consciousness., realising our objective, uncertainty, weakness
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DISTRACTIONS, DISTRACTIONS, DISTRACTIONS
Distractions, Distractions, Distractions World War Three? Civil Unrest? Public confusion? Perfect chaos, perfect madness, perfect storm. Remain undistracted. Discipline through inner knowledge creates inner peace.
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BEING HAPPY
Being Happy is how we manage our lives. We all seek happiness. This means different things to different people. It could refer to outer achievements, inner achievements or a little of both. Achievement is about managing our activities; it’s how … Continue reading
VALUING MEDITATION TIME
Valuing Meditation Time in this precious human life. Our meditation period is our set time for concentration, inner peace and clarity, recharging our energies of body, speech and mind. Then, throughout the day, we remain mindful, which sustains this inner … Continue reading
POINTLESS LIFE?
Pointless Life? The human potential is complete enlightenment – to be a Buddha. This is one who has awakened to inner clarity and dissolved all confusion through the continuity of clarity at every moment, which is the practice of purification. … Continue reading
INNER PEACE
Inner peace Inner peace comes through recognition of the nature of mind. The nature of mind is clarity; pure uncontaminated view. The continuity of pure view is stability in inner peace. Life and karma unwind through relaxed inner peace. In … 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. 