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- LOVING LABELS – OTHERS’ LABELS September 28, 2026
- THERE IS NO DHARMA, NO BUDDHISM, NOTHING INTERESTING September 28, 2026
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- KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT COMPASSION September 25, 2026
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- THE LESS THE JUDGEMENT, THE MORE THE INSISIGHT September 19, 2026
- IF YOU’RE BONKERS AND YOU KNOW IT, CLAP YOUR HANDS September 19, 2026
- THE DHARMA IS IN LIFE, NOT IN A BOOK September 18, 2026
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- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING September 12, 2026
- WE ALL HAVE DARK PASTS September 12, 2026
- MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE PAST September 11, 2026
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- IN EMPTINESS, WORDS ARE JUST NOISE September 11, 2026
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Tag Archives: levels of understanding
HUMAN ESSENCE IS ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS
Human Essence Is Enlightened Consciousness There is nothing wrong with humans except that we cling to a mind full of ideas, fixating on them. This darkness creates levels of misunderstanding which result in exaggeration, which impedes the pure light of … Continue reading
HOW THE MUNDANE AND SUPRAMUNDANE WORK
How Mundane And Supramundane Work The mundane and supramundane work in the same way as the exoteric (information for the many) and the esoteric (the truth realised by the few). This is the difference between knowing the truth personally, and … Continue reading
WORSHIPPING SOMETHING ‘HIGHER’ THAN OURSELVES
Worshipping Something ‘Higher’ Than Ourselves A hierarchy creates a misguided view and a separation.Hierarchy: from Greek hierarkhēs ‘sacred rule’. This is political positioning, keeping us in our place. Appreciating someone who has more knowledge or wisdom is beneficial to our understanding, because we already … Continue reading
ESCAPING THE GREAT ILLUSION
Escaping The Great Illusion Escaping the great illusion. And escaping the ‘escaping’ of the great illusion. 🙂 There are many levels of misunderstanding. Believing that our mental self is permanent and that we can’t change, is the illusion. Our reality … Continue reading
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Tagged an ocean of ideas, awaken from the darkness, levels of understanding, misunderstanding pure consciousness, pure compassionate consciousness, recognised the darkness, take responsibility for the moment now, the great illusion, the illusion in action, the self, thyself is our teacher
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BELIEF IS INDIRECT; KNOWING IS DIRECT
Belief Is Indirect; Knowing Is Direct Here, we are talking about reality. It’s obvious that if we merely acquire information from a book, that is hearsay, and doesn’t mean we know. We may think things are a good idea, but … Continue reading
KARMA IS NOT FATE
Karma Is Not Fate Fate: that which has been spoken, making it inevitable that something will happen. Karma: the sum of a person’s previous actions, either beneficial or harmful. Fate suggests that results cannot be changed. Karma suggests that the result can … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, ENLIGHTENMENT, fate, inevitable, KARMA, levels of understanding, negative person, positive person, realisation, sum of actions
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WALKING ON EGGSHELLS
Walking On Eggshells Treading carefully. When we meet someone who has already made up their mind, and is prejudiced for or against another person, group or subject, we have to be overly careful in dealing with them as they might be in denial … Continue reading
IN PRAISE OF REINCARNATION
In Praise Of Reincarnation Two views:Does such an idea do harm or is it of benefit? For most of us, reincarnation is a belief and isn’t worth considering, so we do whatever we want, with no long term feeling of … Continue reading
