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- EMPTINESS IS ALL YOU NEED, TO KNOW March 25, 2019
- ULTIMATELY, WE BECOME APOSTATES March 25, 2019
- LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS March 24, 2019
- THIS PERSON ISN’T ME March 23, 2019
- THE TWO ASPECTS OT OUR BEING March 22, 2019
- DEALING WITH AN AGITATED MIND March 20, 2019
- WAKING UP TO WAKING UP TO WAKING UP March 18, 2019
- ADAPTABILITY IS THE DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE March 17, 2019
- MEDITATION: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS March 16, 2019
- SPIRITUALLY EMPTY? March 13, 2019
- IF TRANSMIGRATION IS A REALITY March 13, 2019
- IS THERE A UNIVERSAL CREATOR? March 12, 2019
- NOBODY IS INNOCENT, AND EVERYONE IS PURE March 10, 2019
- PRACTICE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE March 7, 2019
- THE NAME OF THIS BLOG March 5, 2019
- THERE IS NOTHING SPIRITUAL ABOUT BELIEF March 5, 2019
- WHY DO WE REFER TO GOD AS ‘HIM’? March 4, 2019
- DO WE FEEL WE’RE NOT MAKING SPIRITUAL PROGRESS? March 3, 2019
- FINDING WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR March 1, 2019
- ROBOT TO PREACH AT BUDDHIST TEMPLE February 27, 2019
- THE THREE CAUSES OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE February 27, 2019
- THERE ARE NO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TRUTH February 27, 2019
- TRANSCENDING TRAUMAS, OBSCURATIONS AND SCARS February 26, 2019
- OUR HIDDEN ASPECT February 24, 2019
- AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT CONVENIENCE February 20, 2019
- PSYCHOLOGICAL VIRUSES February 19, 2019
- THE ‘VERY ADVANCED’ PRACTICE OF ONE TASTE February 18, 2019
- THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING THOUGHTS February 17, 2019
- ONENESS ISN’T TWONESS February 17, 2019
- REALISING OUR ULTIMATE BEING February 17, 2019
- SO WE THINK WE HAVE FREE WILL? February 17, 2019
- A DEITY IS A SYMBOL OF OUR ULTIMATE BEING February 17, 2019
- SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS SHOULD BE FREE February 17, 2019
- IS ‘TRUTH’ JUST ANOTHER IDEA? February 16, 2019
- THE AGE OF FAST SPIRITUAL PROGRESS February 14, 2019
- THE VERY DELICATE MATTER OF INSPIRATION February 12, 2019
- WORDS ARE NOT THE TRUTH February 11, 2019
- WE GO THROUGH HELL TO GET TO HEAVEN February 9, 2019
- FOMO – FEAR OF MISSING OUT February 7, 2019
- REALISING SPIRIT February 4, 2019
- IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE WAKE UP… February 4, 2019
- WHEN WE KNOW, THEN WE CANNOT NOT KNOW February 4, 2019
- WHEN SIMPLICITY BECOMES COMPLEXITY February 2, 2019
- THE TWO FEATURES OF THOUGHTS February 2, 2019
- UNITY DOES NOT MEAN UNIFORMITY February 2, 2019
- THE WEAKNESS OF EVIL IS ARROGANCE February 2, 2019
- WE ALL NEED A FEELING OF SUCCESS February 2, 2019
- WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? January 30, 2019
- OTHERS’ SPIRITUAL WAYS January 30, 2019
- REINCARNATION; IS IT WORTH THE GAMBLE? January 28, 2019
Tag Archives: KARMA
DO WE FEEL WE’RE NOT MAKING SPIRITUAL PROGRESS?
Do We Feel We’re Not Making Spiritual Progress? This is a psychological dilemma rather than a spiritual one. Spirit is nothing more than pure consciousness; it’s what we are, right now. It is that which sees these words without comment … Continue reading
REINCARNATION; IS IT WORTH THE GAMBLE?
Reincarnation; Is It Worth The Gamble? If we see this life as the only reality, then it doesn’t matter what we do as there are no long term consequences, unless we belong to an organisation or belief system, where we … Continue reading
PLUMBING WITHOUT A PLUMBER
Plumbing without a Plumber As we progress along the path of exposing the false and hollow nature of ideas and beliefs about our self, we may experience a feeling of alienation towards the collective consciousness which is drifting along, driven by the winds of karma. When … Continue reading
SHORT CUT TO THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
Short Cut To The Four Noble Truths The realisation of the ultimate truth in one single moment The four noble truths are; the existence of suffering, the cause of that suffering, the cessation of suffering, and following the path that … Continue reading
THE SUBTLE CHANGE IN CONSCIOUSNESS
The Subtle Change In Consciousness from the unreal to the real. Humans (in fact, all sentient beings) perceive through the senses: we recall memories, form judgements and then react. This is our reptilian response of fight, flight or freeze, and … Continue reading
YOU CAN’T ENLIGHTEN BELIEF
You Can’t Enlighten Belief If someone holds a belief, they have to let go of that belief before they can realise reality. If we hold a belief about someone else’s enlightenment, we will never know what enlightenment is. When a … Continue reading
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SEEING GOOD, SEEING BAD
Seeing Good, Seeing Bad Good = beneficial Bad = harmful Both have an effect on us. Finding fault is easier than seeing good. Seeing good needs the complete picture. The complete picture is seeing both benefit and harm. In finding … Continue reading
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BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
“Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder” On a conventional, relative level, this refers to our individual taste, which is formed by our individual understanding and opinion, and will be limited. On an ultimate level, beauty is seen as … Continue reading
MIND-FULL OF EMPTINESS
Mind-Full of Emptiness This is the path to enlightenment: the complete picture. There are two aspects to complete enlightenment: one is consciousness-awareness and the other is its purity of emptiness. There are also two ways of coming to this realisation. … Continue reading
EVIL IS SUBTLE
Evil is Subtle Evil creates and reconditions our karma. We all have the potential for enlightenment, but there is a darker part of the human condition, which we could call selfishness, or ‘evil’. Evil needs a cause in order to … Continue reading
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MAKE DO AND MEND = DHARMA
Make Do And Mend = Dharma We accept (make do) whatever karma brings our way. We heal (mend) that karma by not clinging to it. This view is the enlightened attitude, and the very happiness we seek. Make do and … Continue reading
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Tagged cause and effect, Confusion, Happiness, healing, KARMA, residue, spiritual practice, the enlightened attitude
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MUNDANE AND SUPRAMUNDANE LIFE
Mundane And Supramundane Life There are two different ways of looking at life: the mundane, earthly, materialistic experience, and the supramundane experience above and beyond that. We oscillate between the two so quickly that we don’t notice the confusion, doubt … Continue reading
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HOW ARE WE UNIQUE?
How Are We Unique? We are a mixture of pure consciousness and karma. Karma is the accumulation of habitual ideas which gives rise to re-actions. We usually express ourselves through this karmic mist. This expression or manifestation isn’t unique as … Continue reading
CURLY AND THE BUDDHA
Curly And The Buddha “Do you know what the secret of life is?” “No – what?” “This.” “Your finger?” “One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else just don’t mean shiiit.” “That’s great – but what’s … Continue reading
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WHY ‘THE MOMENT NOW’ IS SO IMPORTANT
Why ‘The Moment Now’ Is So Important The guru is not the teacher. The moment now is the teacher. The guru can only tell us about the moment now. The moment now is consciousness. If we are not in the … Continue reading
SELF-KNOWING AWARENESS
Self-Knowing Awareness We are automatically (without conscious thought or attention) spontaneous awareness/ consciousness. Nothing creates this: it works by itself without human control. A human is merely consciousness that became confused and attached itself to certain ideas which, driven by karma, … Continue reading
IS DEATH TERMINAL?
Is Death Terminal? Well, life is terminal. Death going to happen, because it’s normal! It isn’t ‘normal’ to go consciously through the whole process. There are many teachings about what might happen to us after the death of the body, … Continue reading
MASTERY OVER PERCEPTION
Mastery Over Perception Mastery over perception means that we cease to react to appearances. Karma is therefore no longer reinforced, purifying samsara. And the lighter … and lighter … we feel! You can see where this is going! 😀 Karma: … Continue reading
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Tagged ENLIGHTENMENT, feeling lighter, influences on our behaviour, KARMA, karmic influences, Samsara
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WHATEVER PATH WE FOLLOW
Whatever Path We Follow Whatever path we follow, whatever we believe, whatever we think we know, it is essential to realise that pure perception is taking place, through the haze of the brain/mind’s chattering. We don’t have to recall special … Continue reading
THERE ARE A LOT OF GURUS OUT THERE
There Are A Lot Of Gurus Out There There are therefore a lot of methods Do we choose a teacher, or does a teacher choose us? If whatever happens is due to karma, then everything is timely and synchronistic, and … Continue reading
WHAT CAN WE TRUST?
What Can We Trust? Good things happen to us, bad things happen to us, horrid things happen to us: there is no escaping this fact because it’s actually happening. That is what we can trust – that things happen. What … Continue reading
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ADOPTING A TRADITION
Adopting A Tradition Tradition: the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation. This could also be called programming. Traditional, practical values of decency and compassion are important for a society, as long as this is not abused by corrupting powers: programming … Continue reading
WHAT IS KARMA, AND HOW CAN WE SEE IT?
What Is Karma, And How Can We See It? We see karma in our behaviour. Our behaviour is karma, and karma creates our behaviour. Karma is a Sanskrit word for the results of actions; the cause of an effect. Reactions … Continue reading
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THE ART OF BEING HAPPY BEING YOU
The Art Of Being Happy Being You Our spiritual path is the dissolution of our confusion regarding what we truly are. What we are is the lucid clarity that illuminates every thing perceived. That is the light. The confusion is … Continue reading
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ROUTINE RECITATIONS AND KARMA
Routine Recitations and Karma Karma is the personal programming in our mind that affects our behaviour: it is the result of previous actions, which creates reactions. It’s how habits are formed. Whatever happens in the mind affects the brain, in … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiration, conformity, intention, KARMA, mantras, spiritual prayers
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DON’T BE SURPRISED; NOTHING IS RANDOM
Don’t Be Surprised; Nothing Is Random Everything has a cause, due to conditions. Each leaf grows and falls in a precise way, due to causes and conditions. In the autumn, leaves cannot not fall. A deluded person cannot not be … Continue reading
NO EGO, NO KARMA
No Ego, No Karma Know ego, know karma. It’s important to accept that we have to live through that which we have already created, but the effects can be reduced. Our every reaction is a product from our past, which … Continue reading
ACCEPTING OR NOT ACCEPTING REINCARNATION
Accepting or Not Accepting Reincarnation There is no argument: some believe in reincarnation while others do not. Either way, it’s a belief, and beliefs have psychological consequences. Every individual decides what life and death are all about. We may not … Continue reading
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IS OUR KARMA OUR GUIDE?
Is Our Karma Our Guide? The recognition that we are seeing through a habitual bias is an extremely subtle business: “we see through a glass darkly”. We needn’t feel guilty about this because the moment that we become aware of … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Is Our Karma Our Guide?, KARMA, speech and mind., Universal teacher.
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IT IS AS IT IS
It Is As It Is “But I don’t like it as it is!” “Sorry; our karma chose this impure realm, and according to karma, it’s perfect. The good news is that we can end karma.” “How?” “By accepting everything as … Continue reading
SAMSARA IS NOT OUT THERE
Samsara Is Not Out There Some aspects of the teachings take time to assimilate. First, we need the right attitude to receive teachings: without this, we are merely picking up information for the head to toy with, rather than realising … Continue reading
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Tagged John Lennon, KARMA, Precious Dharma teachings, SAMASARA, sentimentality
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WHY ACT WITH VIRTUE?
Why Act With Virtue? The Buddha said, “Do good. Do no harm. Tame the mind.” What is ‘doing good’? What is ‘virtue’? It is a sympathetic understanding of cause and effect. A simple sentence can have a whole load of … 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
FANCY A TRIP TO DEWACHEN?
Fancy a trip to Dewachen? First, we must step out of our chain of cyclic reactions. If we wish for higher realms such as Dewachen – the realm of infinite joy and happiness – we must break this vicious cycle … Continue reading
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A SYMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING
A Sympathetic Understanding When we have a sympathetic understandingof causes and effects (karma),we becomethe lord of compassion. Since beginningless timebeings have endured unbearable sufferingdue to mis-understanding. When we have a sympathetic understandingof causes and effects (karma),we evolve,never to return to … Continue reading
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DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR, BIRTH OF THE NEW
Death of the old year, birth of the new We are coming up to the end of the year. How are you? Is there a looseness in the ego? Is the ego clinging less to fixated ideas.Do you feel more … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, KARMA, Pure Essence. Pure Awareness, wisdom
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MEDITATION IS LIKE WATCHING A FILM
Meditation is like watching a film. For a film to be projected it needs,a film, light and a screen. The light is our essence.The film is the projection of our karma, our storehouse of reactions.The screen is the phenomenal worldonto … Continue reading
PLAYING WITH EGO
Playing with ego. Essence, seeing its reflection through the reactions of emotions, believes that to be itself, and clings to this view. This is the creation of a duality. So, there are two of us: one is real, and the … Continue reading
JUGGLING KARMA
Juggling karma. Karma is seen in our behaviour.Every reaction is a productof previous reactions.Every reaction will be the causeof future reactions.We are juggling our behaviour. This juggling is done within empty space.So much so, that we do not notice the … Continue reading
BREAKING THE PROGRAMMING
Breaking the programming. From childhood, we are bombarded with subtle traumas, even in game play and interactions. Every time we react, this increases our karma. Karma is the result, or imprint, left in the mind, due to our fixations, … Continue reading
A WORD OF WARNING
A word of warning. Padmasambhava said, “Though your view is higher than the sky, keep your deeds finer than barley flour.” He is talking about receiving exalted teachings on the view, but not caring about our conduct. As Tulku Urgyen … Continue reading
LOOKING FOR A HIGHER SELF
Looking for a Higher Self. The truth is at the beginning, middle and the end. There are many levels, each using the same words, but the meaning changes – perception refines – the cloud clears. Truth shines though all the … Continue reading
WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN?
Why do things happen? Do things just happen? Are they created by causes and conditions? Or do things happen by design? Buddhism says, everything is created by causes and conditions: everything depends on something else. Our present moment of self-identification … Continue reading
FUTILE DILIGENCE CREATES KARMA
Futile diligence creates karma. The more we concentrate, the more we can concentrate. The more we can concentrate, the more we can focus. The more we can focus, the more we are aware. The more we are aware, the … Continue reading
