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- PAINTING OUR OWN FUTURE February 5, 2023
- THE AGE OF MY OPINION February 5, 2023
- CORRUPT MINDS, CORRUPT WORLD February 5, 2023
- HUMANITY’S DISORIENTATION February 4, 2023
- TRAUMAS ARE MEMORIES February 3, 2023
- GETTING USED TO BOREDOM February 3, 2023
- ONE VIEW, MANY EXPRESSIONS February 3, 2023
- WHERE DOES CONFLICT COME FROM? February 2, 2023
- SPIRITUALITY IS BEING GROUNDED February 2, 2023
- LISTENING TO OTHERS AND LISTENING TO OURSELF February 1, 2023
- REJECTING THE EVIDENCE February 1, 2023
- PROFOUND TIBETAN BUDDHISM January 31, 2023
- YOU ARE THE SECRET January 31, 2023
- FINDING YOUR DIFFERENCE January 30, 2023
- WHAT IS GOOD & WHAT IS EVIL? January 30, 2023
- COURAGE IS THE FIRST STEP TO REALISING CONSCIOUSNESS January 30, 2023
- THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY January 30, 2023
- WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS DECEIVED … January 30, 2023
- ARE WE A GAIN-OF-FUNCTION? January 30, 2023
- BLOGS ARE LIVING BOOKS January 28, 2023
- WHERE IS THE MIDDLE WAY? January 28, 2023
- WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE WE? January 28, 2023
- WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS? January 28, 2023
- DON’T GUESS. KNOW. January 27, 2023
- THE PROBLEM WITH RELIGION IS … January 27, 2023
- FEAR ENGENDERERS, FEAR MONGERS AND FEAR BELIEVERS January 26, 2023
- I FEEL GOOD – OR IT FEELS RIGHT January 26, 2023
- GRASPING AT STRAWS January 25, 2023
- SOME DAYS, I FEEL EXTREMELY ANGRY January 24, 2023
- WE CAN LAUGH WHEN THINGS ARE OBVIOUS January 23, 2023
- THE COLLAPSE IN OUR MORALS January 23, 2023
- GODS AND FOOLS January 23, 2023
- HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR JOURNEY YET? January 23, 2023
- THE BUDDHA WAS AN EXPERT BUT … January 22, 2023
- HACKABLE YOU January 21, 2023
- LIFE IS MAINTENANCE January 20, 2023
- GENERATING COMPLEXITY TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE January 20, 2023
- COMPLEXITY BREEDS CONFUSION January 20, 2023
- ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE January 19, 2023
- FREE SPEECH January 18, 2023
- “SUFFERING & SADNESS UNITE US” January 18, 2023
- NEARLY TRUE January 17, 2023
- COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING January 17, 2023
- MINDFULNESS January 17, 2023
- SUFFERING FROM GLORIOUS, OVERWHELMING, COMMON SENSE January 17, 2023
- THE EFFECT OF LAZINESS January 16, 2023
- FIRE PUJAS DON’T DO ANYTHING January 16, 2023
- SPIRITUAL INEPTNESS January 16, 2023
- MOST OF OUR SUFFERING COMES FROM THOUGHTS January 16, 2023
- HAVING A BACK-UP PLAN January 15, 2023
Tag Archives: Knowingness
IS BUDDHISM ABNORMAL?
Is Buddhism Abnormal? Normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. Abnormal: deviating from what is normal, typical, or expected. We have a choice “whether to suffer the slings and arrow of outrageous fortune or take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end … Continue reading
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Tagged abnormal, atheism, bad things happen, CONSCIOUSNESS, dividing ourselves, Knowingness, normal, our normal, taking sides, the middle way, Theism
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MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO KNOW
Most People Do Not Want To Know Most people do not want to know the truth of what they are as they think they know already – but we have been told whatever we think we know. It is amazing … Continue reading
KNOWINGNESS IS ALWAYS PRESENT
Knowingness Is Always Present Knowingness is always present – always has been. Whatever we do, knowingness is “at hand”. Knowingness is nothing other than consciousness. Sitting in silence, doing nothing without an inner voice chattering, just being aware, we realise … Continue reading
CONSUMERS OF CONFUSION
Consumers Of Confusion Why are we the way we are? We are all influenced from birth by the propaganda mill of confused information about any meaning to life. We’re consumers of confusion. It’s just brain-washing = nurture, plus a nature … Continue reading
WE ARE PROGRAMMED TO BE IGNORANT
We Are Programmed To Be Ignorant Our pursuit of happiness is actually the pursuit of ignorance. It’s all upside down. We are all upside down 🙂 Knowledge is neutral. The same knowledge can be used for good or for self-aggrandisement. … Continue reading
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Tagged CONSCIOUSNESS, distractions, gain and loss, harm and benefit, hidden in plain sight, Knowingness, letting og, our progamming, pure consciousness, the bad guys, the good guys, the knowledge, the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of ignorance, the real secret, the secret
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BELIEF KEEPS US IN THE DARK
Belief Keeps Us In The Dark In belief, we are kept in a duality.The danger of belief is that it separates us, and is the cause of conflict. This is why the yoga of ‘one taste’ is so important: the … Continue reading
THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC
The Exoteric And The Esoteric The exoteric lives by the words. The esoteric lives in pure perception. The exoteric lives by knowing things. The esoteric lives by knowingness. The exoteric argues. The esoteric cannot. Exoteric divides. Esoteric unites.
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Tagged esoteric, exoteric, Knowingness, PURE PERCEPTION, unity
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WE DON’T HAVE TO BEN EXPERT TO KNOW
We Don’t Have To Be An Expert To Know We are knowingness itself. When we know that knowingness is pure perception – pure consciousness – then we know what isn’t, In that, we know everything. 🙂 “Well, I don’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged how do you know?, Knowingness, pure consciousness, PURE PERCEPTION
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WHY DO I WRITE EVERY DAY?
Why Do I Write Every Day? Is there too much on my mind? No; it’s the same as everyone else’s. The mind merely responds to whatever karma presents and, if karma is our teacher, there is much to see. Every … Continue reading
IGNORANCE: OBLIVIOUS TO PRIMARY EXPERIENCE
Ignorance: Oblivious To Primary Experience “So what? I’ve got things to do!” And there we have it. Instead of being, we have become. Through being ‘managed’ by karma, we fail to notice that we are being distracted … all the time because, … Continue reading
YOUR SELF IS YOUR TEACHER
Your Self Is Your Teacher It’s all you really have. Be happy with your self. It will teach you all you need to know about attaining the realisation of the essence of mind – consciousness. This self is our mind’s … Continue reading
WE ARE NOT A SET OF IDEAS
We Are Not A Set Of Ideas It just seems that way. It is the ideas -the running programme that we carry around with us – that sets us in a quagmire of limited views of what life is all … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, BUDDHISM, Full potential., Knowingness, spiritual aliens.
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THE SHOCK OF NOT KNOWING NOW
The Shock Of Not Knowing Now If we are not in the moment now, then where are we? It takes milli-seconds* to react. And so, it takes milli-seconds to be distracted. Our spiritual progress is dependent on the time it … Continue reading
HOW TO FOOL YOURSELF
How To Fool Yourself I have to be a good meditator. I have to be Buddhist. I have to be a Dharma practitioner. I have to adopt the Tibetan culture. I have to be in a gompa/temple. I have to … Continue reading
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Tagged feeling guilty, Knowingness, let karma play itself out, not good enough
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ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT NOT KNOW
Once We Know, We Cannot Not Know Whenever we hear, read, touch, smell or taste something and understand it, we get the transmission of pointing out like a bolt of lightening. We then cannot say that we don’t know. As … Continue reading
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Tagged auspiciousness, Fear mongering, Knowingness, spiritual transmission
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THE IMPORTANCE OF IGNORANCE
The Importance of Ignorance Ignorance may be seen in two ways: ignorance and ignore-ance.When we say ignorance (nescience), we mean ‘lacking knowing’.When we say ignore-ance, we mean ‘knowing, but ignoring’. Ignorance is not knowing and ignore-ance is knowing…sounds a bit … Continue reading
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We know
We know. Our essence is clear, and our mind is clear. If our mind was not clear, we couldn’t function as a human being! So we have the potential of perfect (subtle) body, speech and mind (many of our feelings … 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. In this way, Dzogchen is practical - no bells and whistles required. 