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Tag Archives: intuition
CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT
Can’t Think Straight Thinking straight is direct perception,rather than perception through preconceived ideas. These preconceived ideas are our karma,which limits understanding. Thinking straight is observation through the senseswithout comment or judgement. Running our thumb across the cutting edge of a … Continue reading
EVERYTHING, EVERYONE – INCLUDING MEDITATION – IS OUR TEACHER
Everything, Everyone – Including – Is Our Teacher Everything that we encounter tells us something, by creating a response in our mind that affects our behaviour. That moment either adds to the continuum of habitual reactions, or opens up the … Continue reading
BEING GRATEFUL FOR THE MUD
Being Grateful For The Mud Be grateful for recognising that we are stuck in the mud of concepts which obscure reality. Not many can do that, as most are too busy with what others are doing – they’re in their … Continue reading
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FILLING OUR MINDS WITH THE MUNDANE
Filling Our Minds With The Mundane When our minds are filled with the mundane – worldly affairs – we become commonplace, and play games of others’ making. Worldly: from Latin ‘mundus’ – world. We need constant reminders that we are not a product of … Continue reading
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“LUCKY”
“Lucky” It is said that realised people are lucky, fortunate or blessed. They have favourable conditions to receive teachings on reality, and take them to heart – the karma that changes one’s life. Many come across these teachings, but few … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, fortunate, gratitude, intuition, luck, reunited with the teaching
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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
DON’T WAKE UP THE HARD WAY
Don’t Wake Up The Hard Way There is more to being human:Don’t ignore your intuition.Follow your instincts. Conversely, if you leave it too late,life will suddenly slap you in the face,and you may wake up for a moment …but you … Continue reading
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Tagged being prepared, instinct, intuition, more to being human, waking up
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INSIGHT
Insight Nothing just happens; everything comes about due to a cause. A misunderstanding of this puts insight to sleep. Insight is recognition, and starts with a feeling that something is ‘not quite right’ – a tell-tale sign, a sound in … 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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Tagged EMPATHY, experience, instinct, intuition, minor enlightenement, pure consciousness
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ANXIETY
Anxiety Anxiety: concern that something might happen. All we need to do is be aware, cautious and prepared.In the moment now, there is no anxiety.We just see. Being without agenda (things to do) means consciousness is clear and pure; therefore, when we … Continue reading
OUR PROPENSITIES AND TENDENCIES
Our Propensities and Tendencies We each have intuition and a conscience. All creatures have this ability, this knowingness that is more than merely awareness. This inner knowledge comes from deep within our essence, our essential nature of pure consciousness. It … Continue reading
YOU HAVE TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION
You have to ask the right question The right questionis that which hits the heart of our problem. However,asking the right question should come with a warning.You will get the answer.Once you have the answer,life will never be the same. … Continue reading
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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. 