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- DHARMA NEEDS NO ADORNMENT May 21, 2022
- SOME DAYS ARE LIGHT, SOME HEAVY, SOME FLAT May 21, 2022
- BEYOND KNOWING AND NOT KNOWING IS KNOWINGNESS May 21, 2022
- SCIENCE AND RELIGION HAVE THE SAME EFFECT May 21, 2022
- FAMILY ATTACHMENTS May 19, 2022
- MEDITATION ONLY SPOILS IT May 18, 2022
- LIFE IS DISSATISFACTION May 17, 2022
- THERE IS NOTHING TO UNDERSTAND May 17, 2022
- WE NEED A CONSTANT REMINDER May 16, 2022
- MAKING OUR SELF FEEL BETTER … May 15, 2022
- DOES ANYTHING EXIST? May 15, 2022
- CAN THE DHARMA BE USED AGAINST HUMANITY? May 15, 2022
- THE MOMENT OF TOTAL CONFUSION May 13, 2022
- FORMS OF EMPTINESS May 12, 2022
- REALISING THE COMPLETE PICTURE May 11, 2022
- CHANGE: BECOMING DIFFERENT May 10, 2022
- WHAT IS SELF? May 9, 2022
- MIXING BUSINESS WITH MEDITATION May 7, 2022
- DZOGCHEN: THE RELIEF FROM DISAPPOINTMENT May 6, 2022
- WHAT IS DZOGCHEN? May 5, 2022
- WHERE ARE WE AT? May 3, 2022
- SOMETHING NOT RIGHT? May 1, 2022
- AND THE TRUTH IS UPSETTING April 30, 2022
- FIND YOUR ONE POINT IN LIFE April 29, 2022
- REFERENCE AND PREFERENCE April 28, 2022
- WE ARE MORE POWERFUL WHEN WE KNOW April 27, 2022
- JUDGING OTHERS BY WHAT’S IN OUR MIND April 26, 2022
- CHAOTIC SPACE April 25, 2022
- THE ONE PURPOSE OF LIFE April 24, 2022
- BREAD AND CIRCUSES April 23, 2022
- INTERFERING WITH NATURE April 23, 2022
- NICE, OR REALISTIC? April 21, 2022
- ACTUAL MEDITATION IS NON-MEDITATION April 20, 2022
- THE CURE BECOMES THE DISEASE April 19, 2022
- THE SHOCK OF REALISATION IS ALMOST UNBEARABLE April 17, 2022
- LIVING IN REALITY, OR IN A DREAM? April 16, 2022
- WE DO HAVE FREE WILL April 15, 2022
- KNOW THINE ENEMY April 14, 2022
- IS 9.7 BILLION PEOPLE TOO MANY? April 13, 2022
- COMPASSION FOR DZOGCHEN PRACTITIONERS April 13, 2022
- STIMULATION & BOREDOM April 11, 2022
- COMPASSION IS RESPONSIBILITY THAT CHALLENGES OLD BRAIN April 10, 2022
- STOP LOOKING FOR ENLIGHTENMENT April 9, 2022
- BEING ON TOP OF THE WORLD April 9, 2022
- FAKE GURUS, REAL GURUS AND RELIABLE GURUS April 9, 2022
- THE DAILY CLONE April 8, 2022
- COMPASSION IS MATURITY OF UNDERSTANDING April 5, 2022
- MEDITATION ISN’T THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS? April 2, 2022
- FINDING YOUR DEMON March 31, 2022
- FINDING YOUR GURU March 31, 2022
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KNOW THINE ENEMY
Know Thine Enemy We will never find Mr. Devil as he’s too clever for that, but we can see the effect of his works within our own mind. There is a saying, “Know thy self”, but what is this self? … Continue reading
FINDING YOUR DEMON
Finding Your Demon 😀 Your demon is your likes and dislikes that wait in ambush. In the moment now, we make a decision to go left or right; if that decision lasts for a lifetime, we are doomed to go … Continue reading
WHAT ARE DEMONS?
What Are Demons? A demon – Mara in Sanskrit – is a troubled mind. Demonic attacks do not come from outside;they’re a residue in our own mind. When we stop our habitual patterning,we stop feeding the habitual patterning of others. … Continue reading
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ORIGINAL SIN
Original Sin The origin of sin is the denial of the origin of truth.Original truth is that we are pure consciousness. The origin of sin is to ignore pure consciousness in favour of being conscious. Being conscious downgrades consciousness into a watcher by ignoring … Continue reading
LIVING WITH DEMONS
Living With Demons Demons like nothing better than to dislike. It is their raison d’être, their sole purpose. Demons lie in ambush waiting to exploit any situation. Sounds familiar? We have to make judgements in order to survive, but these judgements … Continue reading
DIS-EASE LIES IN AMBUSH
Dis-ease Lies In Ambush “Mara (demons) lie in ambush. Mara are our likes and dislikes.” -Tsoknyi Rinpoche 1st It is our likes and dislike that create dissatisfaction. In the moment now, there are no hopes or fears; we simply deal … Continue reading
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Tagged ANXIETY, balance, be at ease, be at peace, be grateful, be in control, energies, likes and dislikes, Mara
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THE OBJECT OF DESIRE
The Object Of Desire The object of desire is my satisfaction. Desire fills the emptiness of consciousness with dualistic ideas, creating an “I” with likes and dislikes. This is the cause of our suffering. In the yoga of one taste, … Continue reading
THE DEVIL KNOWS WE ARE ‘FREE IN THE MOMENT OF SEEING’
The Devil Knows We Are ‘Free In the Moment Of Seeing’ That’s why we are kept busy: the devil makes work for idle hands! Of course, there is no literal ‘devil’; the devil is an expedient images for our own … Continue reading
WHY DON’T WE PRACTISE?
Why Don’t We Practise? Simple. It’s due to an inner mara demon. What is an inner mara demon? It’s our own likes and dislikes: “I’m too busy.” “I’ve better things to do.” “I don’t get anything out of it.” “I … Continue reading
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I FORGOT TO MENTION …
I Forgot To Mention … demons changed my life for the better, and that made life fulfilling! Having attended spiritual centres over the past 47 years, I had a feeling of safety; I’d joined the side of the righteous. People … Continue reading
CATCHING DEMONS
Catching Demons before they catch us Fantasy media (which come in many forms: Hollywood, video games, art, news, religion … ) places imaginary beliefs in the dark corners of our mind. Our reactions to this demonic activity have become so … Continue reading