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- THE SECOND COMING May 14, 2026
- THE TENDER TRAP May 14, 2026
- SUPPRESSED KNOWLEDGE May 14, 2026
- TIMELESS TIME May 13, 2026
- IS MEDITATION ENOUGH? May 13, 2026
- EARTH: THE HISTORY OF EVIL May 12, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WAS A WEIRD ONE May 11, 2026
- PATHOS IS THE PATH TO ENLIGHTEMENT May 10, 2026
- IS PREDICTION POSSIBLE? May 9, 2026
- WORDS CONTROL OUR MIND May 8, 2026
- THE WORD WEIRD IS WEIRD May 8, 2026
- WHAT IF WE’RE ALREADY ENLIGHTENED? May 7, 2026
- THE MEANING OF LIFE May 7, 2026
- PURIFYING THE MIND May 6, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE PURIFYING? May 5, 2026
- THE MIRROR, MIND ESSENCE, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS May 5, 2026
- THE TRAP OF DISPLAY IN DZOCHEN AND KABBALAH May 5, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN UNENLIGHTENED WORLD May 4, 2026
- GO FORTH AND SPARKLE May 4, 2026
- EVERYONE KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG May 4, 2026
- ORDINARY REALISATION FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE May 4, 2026
- THE TWO STUPIDITIES May 3, 2026
- WHAT KNOWS? May 2, 2026
- WHAT TO DO AFTER REALISATION May 2, 2026
- OUR LIFE IS A PREDICTIVE SCRIPT May 2, 2026
- ALIENATION May 1, 2026
- WE GET OLD BECAUSE WE STOP PLAYING May 1, 2026
- INFINITY CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED May 1, 2026
- THE HEART SUTRA May 1, 2026
- THE SPIRITUAL INNER CIRCLE May 1, 2026
- SPIRITUAL JOBSWORTHS May 1, 2026
- WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG? April 30, 2026
- OUR MORAL LANDSCAPE April 29, 2026
- FOR COMPASSION, WE NEED EMPATHY April 29, 2026
- COMPOS MENTIS – NON-COMPOS MENTIS April 29, 2026
- CONQUERING THE UNIVERSE April 28, 2026
- THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT April 26, 2026
- WE FEAR COMMUNICATION April 25, 2026
- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
- THE ASPECTS OF SELF April 24, 2026
- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
- OUR FABULOUS TEACHER April 21, 2026
- THE NON-PERSON MOMENTS April 21, 2026
- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
Tag Archives: Knowing and not knowing
HOW DID WE BECOME CONFUSED?
How Did We Become Confused? In knowing how we became confused, we can find our way back to our reality. The opposite to knowing is not knowing and understanding the implications of this is quite a shock. We need this … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, co-emergent ignorance, conceptual ignorance, ENLIGHTENMENT, forgetfulness, free in the moment of just seeing, Knowing and not knowing, phenomena is impermanent and illusory, pure consciousness, repairing confusion, the glittering, the inner source of reality, the light, the light of bliss, we are attracted
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WHEN WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW
When We Know, We Cannot Un-know When we know – or recognise – the true nature of our being, which is pure awareness, a challenging problem arises. It is extremely difficult to talk to people who don’t know. It is … Continue reading
GOLD IN THE MUD
Gold In The Mud Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche “Although buddha nature is present in everyone, we fail to recognise it. This ignorance is the main cause for wandering in samsara. Due to the ignorance of not knowing their own nature, sentient … Continue reading
RESISTANCE TO PRACTICE?
Resistance to practice? We are sentient creatures, and therefore easily distracted, and resistant to changing our habits. We just have to remember we have chosen our path of recognising our truth nature. No one made you do it! There are … Continue reading
KNOWING NOT KNOWING
Knowing not knowing. We are pure embodied beingsof luminous consciousnessimprisoned in a karmic creationofour own ignorance. There are two forces in this relative universe: good – knowing and evil – not knowing. In absolute terms, there is neither, as absolute … Continue reading
IF WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM, THEN WE ARE THE PROBLEM!
If we do not understand the problem,then we are the problem! This has two aspects to this: our inner life and our worldly life.The worldly problem is solved by our inner problem. If we do not recognise awareness, then we … Continue reading
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Tagged Knowing and not knowing, The control of major corporations
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IT’S SO EASY TO FORGET
It’s so easy to forget. I used to think, “Well, everyone must want to know the truth.” On observation, it is only the relative truth that is sought… “What is the best wine?” “What do you think of Renaissance art?” … 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. 