Tag Archives: liberation

WHY NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE

Posted on January 21, 2025 by tony

Why Nobody Knows What They Are What we truly are is purposely kept from us by Mara, the creator of the illusions which we recreate. Mara spreads the ‘news’; we spread the word. Even if we see the illusions – … Continue reading →

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MASTERING OUR THOUGHTS

Posted on September 4, 2024 by tony

Mastering Our Thoughts Mastering our thoughts is being free of others’ thoughts which master us, and this is the secret of a contented life, free from the anxiety of others’ exaggerations. The master is pure consciousness, while the slave is … Continue reading →

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EVERYDAY SUFFERING

Posted on January 21, 2024 by tony

Everyday Suffering All-pervasive suffering. Everyday suffering is being bound by our habitual likes and dislikes. We find ourselves complaining, and cannot stop. This is the lot of a non-practitioner. The good news is that feeling uncomfortable about this is the … Continue reading →

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THE MOTIVATION FOR LIBERATION

Posted on June 12, 2023 by tony

The Motivation For Liberation Our motivation for liberation has to be more powerful than the dream state in which we live. We cannot just think or read our way out of our illusory state; we have to actually see, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fixation, liberation, motivation, our illusory state, the dream state, the moment of seeing is our reality | 1 Comment

ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE

Posted on January 19, 2023 by tony

Enlightenment Isn’t Unattainable We might think that enlightenment is something they do over there, or back in the days of yore. 🙂 Something really special, with special powers… Well, we’ve all heard the stories! But what if it isn’t that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged an empty illusion, cognisant consciousness, ENLIGHTENMENT, liberation, no elaborations, our true reality, Pure Awareness, seeking distractions, special powers, the afterlife, the stories aren't miraculous, we are all enlightened | 11 Comments

MEDITATING, AND NOTHING HAPPENS?

Posted on November 2, 2021 by tony

Meditating, And Nothing Happens? Aware that nothing happens in meditation, we have arrived at our true being, pure awareness. The truth is this simple, and that is precisely why we miss it. Occurrence that appear in the mind are merely … Continue reading →

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REALISING GOD THROUGH BUDDHISM

Posted on February 13, 2021 by tony

Realising God Through Buddhism 🙂 There is nothing as satisfying as finding out something personally. It’s called realisation – and it’s liberating. Buddhists do not believe in God the creator. Christians do believe in God the creator. But is there … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BUDDHISM, common ground, Dharmakaya, emptiness, ENLIGHTENMENT, God, God the creator, liberation, Nirmanakaya, non-duality, our highest part, pure compassionate consciousness, pure consciousness, realisation, salveation, sambhogakaya, The three Kayas, Tibetan Buddhism | Leave a comment

THE COMING YEAR IS LIKE EVERY YEAR

Posted on December 31, 2020 by tony

The Coming Year Is Like Every Year All media plays with our imagination by creating fear and hope – and then crushes that hope with more fear. Of course, the world around us is crazy; what else can the unenlightened do? 😀 When … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged liberation, new year, peaceful new year, Pure Awareness, recognising the craziness, recognition and liberation are a unity, the world is crazy | 2 Comments

INSTITUTIONALISED

Posted on October 4, 2020 by tony

Institutionalised Institutionalised: apathetic and dependentThe formula of futile diligence; fear and false security. Through ignorance, people follow other people; we cling and stick together. By beinginstitutionalised, we stop thinking for ourself and learn the formula. We want to be where ‘it’s’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged be a prototype, CONSCIOUSNESS, covering up, Happiness., independent empathetic reality, institutionalised, liberation, our first nature, Pure Awareness, pure consciousness, relative reality, surviving in the group | 3 Comments

FORGETTING AND REMEMBERING

Posted on October 10, 2018 by tony

Forgetting and Remembering Methods and Liberation The techniques and the destination There are two views of a spiritual path; one is how we travel along to get somewhere, and the other is, on having arrived, realising that there is nowhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged completion state, Dzogchen, empty awareness, free of technique, liberation, mindful, the destination, two methods, Vajrayana | 1 Comment

PAVLOV’S DOGS

Posted on March 19, 2018 by tony

Pavlov’s Dogs* Conditioned Reflex, Psychic Secretions, Dopamine, Addiction, Virtual Reality = Mind Hack! Exploitation of the vulnerable is demonic activity: it uses spiritual teachings to profit from human frailty, utilising the three poisons of hope, fear and indifference that govern … Continue reading →

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WHY ‘THE MOMENT NOW’ IS SO IMPORTANT

Posted on February 4, 2018 by tony

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged consciousness is space, don't hang on to the teacher, don't react, KARMA, liberation, neutralising karma, the demonic world, the guru is not the teacher, The Moment Now. | 2 Comments

WE HAVE TO ADMIT TO BEING FOOLS …

Posted on January 21, 2018 by tony

We Have To Admit To Being Fools … before we can be masters Thinking we are already masters, we merely dress up our reality. It’s what humans do; we maintain appearances. From a spiritual point of view, this is foolish … Continue reading →

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LIBERATION FROM DEPENDENCY

Posted on November 30, 2017 by tony

Liberation from Dependency To be able to ‘read between the lines’ means to perceive or deduce a meaning that is hidden or implied rather than being openly stated. ‘Independent’ is being free from outer control, not subject to another’s authority, and capable of thinking or acting for oneself. In other words, genuine liberation. We are … Continue reading →

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WHAT IF OUR SUFFERING WAS A BUSINESS MODEL?

Posted on August 20, 2017 by tony

What If Our Suffering Was A Business Model? “The standard technique of privatisation: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, and you hand it over to private capital.” Noam Chomsky Today in the UK, Professor Steven Hawking criticised … Continue reading →

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REALISATION IS LIBERATION

Posted on July 11, 2017 by tony

Realisation Is Liberation to a certain degree or level As there are many levels of realisation, so too, there are many levels of liberation. Those levels are levels of stability. We may have realised the truth – that our true … Continue reading →

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GROUP THINK

Posted on December 29, 2016 by tony

Group Think A group cannot free itself from the prevailing culture, so members cannot be independently-minded. Ultimately, we have to drop everything. An individual may ask, “Am I deluded?” A group will not ask, “Are we deluded?” A delusion is … Continue reading →

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Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche: “Rainbow Painting”

Posted on July 1, 2013 by tony

Recognise the thought as it occurs so that it is liberated simultaneously with its arising. This is very unlike the stream of thoughts that surges through the mind of an ordinary person. Often called ‘black diffusion,’this state is an unwholesome … Continue reading →

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MEDITATION-SO WHAT?!