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- WHAT IS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE? November 20, 2018
- NEVER BELIEVE THE TRUTH November 19, 2018
- DON’T TAKE SPIRITUAL TRANSMISSIONS FOR GRANTED November 18, 2018
- OVER POPULATION? November 17, 2018
- THE FINE GOLDEN THREAD OF INSPIRATION November 15, 2018
- TO WANT TO BE ENLIGHTENED IS CRAZY TALK! November 13, 2018
- CAN WE TRUST ANYONE? AND… November 13, 2018
- DROPPING THE PAST November 10, 2018
- OUR MIND IS THE TRUE BUDDHA November 8, 2018
- SURPASS YOUR SELF November 6, 2018
- PRECIOUS HUMAN BIRTH November 4, 2018
- BELIEVING IN LIES November 4, 2018
- REALISATION COMES FROM RESTING IN STILLNESS November 4, 2018
- WHEN PURE CONSCIOUSNESS BECAME A CONSUMER November 1, 2018
- DO WE EXPERIENCE LIFE THROUGH A COMPUTER? October 30, 2018
- RECOGNISE THAT YOU RECOGNISE October 28, 2018
- THE TRUTH IS NOT WHAT IS WRITTEN October 27, 2018
- IS RIGPA ANARCHY? October 26, 2018
- HAPPINESS = HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEM October 22, 2018
- IN TWO MINDS? October 21, 2018
- HAPPINESS IS OUR PROTECTION October 20, 2018
- IS LIFE FREEDOM OR BONDAGE? October 19, 2018
- THE CHOSEN FEW October 18, 2018
- WE BECOME CAUGHT AND HELD October 18, 2018
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE EVOLVING? October 17, 2018
- INFLUENCES IN SOCIETY October 14, 2018
- What Is Being Sociable? October 12, 2018
- You See October 12, 2018
- WHY IS EMPTINESS SO IMPORTANT? October 12, 2018
- APPEARANCES AND EMPTINESS October 11, 2018
- FORGETTING AND REMEMBERING October 10, 2018
- WE ARE NOT A SET OF IDEAS October 7, 2018
- AS LONG AS WE ARE LOOKING, WE WILL FAIL TO SEE October 6, 2018
- THE PRACTICALITY OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS BEING WISDOM October 5, 2018
- NEITHER GOD NOR THE BUDDHA CAN FORGIVE US October 3, 2018
- WORRIED ABOUT EGO? October 3, 2018
- IN RIGPA, NOTHING STICKS October 3, 2018
- THE MOMENT GOD WAS CREATED October 1, 2018
- STILLNESS OF MIND AND STILLNESS OF ESSENCE September 30, 2018
- OLD MIND, NEW MIND September 28, 2018
- THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HAS ITS PROBLEMS September 26, 2018
- THINKING IS ONLY OUTSIDE THE BOX September 25, 2018
- WE HAVE TO COMPREHEND BEFORE WE CAN SEE… September 25, 2018
- ‘I’ AM CONFUSED September 23, 2018
- UNSTUCK September 20, 2018
- IT’S ALL WE KNOW – SO WE THINK September 19, 2018
- CALLING ON THE ENLIGHTENED ONES FROM AFAR September 18, 2018
- A TERRIFYING SHOCK September 16, 2018
- SEEING GOOD, SEEING BAD September 14, 2018
- “PLATO’S CAVE IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!” September 13, 2018
Tag Archives: Love
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
“Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder” On a conventional, relative level, this refers to our individual taste, which is formed by our individual understanding and opinion, and will be limited. On an ultimate level, beauty is seen as … Continue reading
IF PHENOMENA WERE REAL
If Phenomena Were Real It takes time to get one’s head around this! If all phenomena were real, then phenomena would be permanent, andnever change. Everything would be frozen. If phenomena changes, then phenomena has no permanent reality and so, … Continue reading
OUR MENTAL HEALTH
Our Mental Heath Life is all about good mental health. With a healthy, peaceful mind, we can cope with anything. How do we get started on our quest? First, we need a question. When we’re young, we are attacked by … Continue reading
BEING SATISFIED WITH DISSATISFACTION
Being Satisfied With Dissatisfaction As we learn, we have to drop the limitations of our previous understanding. In this realisation, we can feel either uncomfortable or elated, and that determines where we go next – or whether we stay where … Continue reading
I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH
I Am Not Good Enough I’m not generous enough, patient enough, disciplined enough, or have enough concentration or knowledge. I am, in fact, defective. Should I be depressed?* The answer is NO! The point is that if we know we … Continue reading
THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION
The Pointing Out Instruction The pointing out of the essence of being. It’s obvious … when pointed out. It’s quite ordinary, having no special or distinctive features. It’s normal, and yet ignored at every moment, while ever-present. We all have perception, so we perceive. That … Continue reading
AWAKENING COMPASSION
Awakening Compassion means waking up to our reality. It means love … even though! When we realise our own true nature, compassion naturally arises in recognition that all sentient beings want happiness, and that this happiness is hidden from them. … Continue reading
WHY WE LOSE INNER PEACE
Why We Lose Inner Peace Doubt! And doubt kills love. Doubt makes us more critical, and we lose inner confidence, joy and…compassion. It is an imbalance of emptiness and cognisance – pure awareness – that affects our natural view of … Continue reading
THE MYSTERY OF LOVE
The Mystery Of Love Here we are talking about divine love – unconditional, ultimate love. This, of course, is Buddhahood – or God Consciousness. In devotional practice, we can get a hint of this, but it’s not an everyday occurrence. … Continue reading
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WHERE DOES LOVE ACTUALLY COME FROM?
Where does love actually come from? Love comes from joy.Joy comes from confidence.Confidence comes from knowing.Knowing comes from awareness.Awareness comes from recognisingpure essence. Love is our Nirmanakaya aspect – manifestation.Awareness is our Sambhogakaya aspect – clarity.Essence is our Dharmakaya aspect … Continue reading
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AM I THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE?
Am I the centre of the universe? When you think about it, life is all about me.We know this ‘me’ isn’t real, so, no one else’s me is real either.Are we alone with our projections? Yes and no. Relatively it’s … Continue reading
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT!
It’s not your fault! It’s not your fault, as nothing ever happened! Whatever happens to you now is not your fault: it is a product from the past. However, the past doesn’t exist, the future doesn’t exist, and the present … Continue reading
TO EGO OR NOT TO EGO?!
To ego or not to ego?! For years, I’ve had a problem with western spirituality, especially in Buddhism. When at retreats, people walk around as if ‘they’ are not there, head to one side and slightly vacant. How did we … Continue reading
HOW DO I KNOW, I KNOW?
How do I know, I know? Language plays tricks. If we remove the word ‘I’ from this question, it now asks, “How does knowing know?” We then realise that there is only knowing that knows. There is no need (or … Continue reading
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HOW NOT TO BECOME A DEMON
How not to become a demon. The core of the Mahayana teachings is Bodhichitta – the ultraistic attitude enshrined by the Four Immeasurables – Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity…but these aspirations are towards others. Most of our time is spent … Continue reading
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DON’T REGRET
Don’t regret. Everything that happens in life is a lesson. From lessons, we learn…or not! If we use intelligence, and recognise emotions and the value of compassion, then we will be facing in the right direction. Of course, we make … Continue reading
LIVING IN AN INSANE WORLD
Living in an insane world. Can we find sanity? Tricky. What is normality? Tricky. Well who is sane? Tricky. This is a tricky world. We sentient beings are not enlightened because we are confused about the truth concerning … Continue reading
BEAUTIFUL WORDS
Beautiful words. We may look for more truth, but we know already- the answer is very simple! Corinthians (old testament) Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, … Continue reading
