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- DON’T TAKE YOURSELF FOR GRANTED October 27, 2020
- PHANTOM SPIRITUALITY October 26, 2020
- ESOTERIC TEACHINGS IN THE WEST October 26, 2020
- EVER WONDERED ABOUT MODERN WARFARE? October 26, 2020
- AM I WRONG OR AM I PERFECT? October 24, 2020
- HAPPINESS AND SUFFERING = NO DIFFERENCE October 23, 2020
- HOLINESS IS MORE THAN BEING HANDY October 22, 2020
- NOT FINDING IS FINDING October 22, 2020
- “WHAT IS THE USE OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?” October 20, 2020
- START AN INFORMATION DIET October 20, 2020
- OBSCURING THE TRUTH October 19, 2020
- EMPATHETIC ENTITIES October 18, 2020
- BUDDHISM IS VEDANTA October 16, 2020
- INTROVERT AND EXTROVERT October 15, 2020
- TRUTH ISN’T AN EXAGGERATION October 14, 2020
- MINDFUCK October 14, 2020
- APOLOGIES FOR THE CASCADE OF ARTICLES October 12, 2020
- “FINDERS KEEPERS” October 12, 2020
- NO LONGER A SEEKER October 12, 2020
- IF WE THINK WE ARE RIGHT… October 12, 2020
- GOD, MYSELF AND ME October 12, 2020
- SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS ONLY A GENERALISATION October 11, 2020
- ORIGINAL SIN October 10, 2020
- NO MUD, NO BUDDHA October 10, 2020
- WHAT’S THE POINT? October 9, 2020
- CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING BETTER? October 8, 2020
- IGNORANCE: OBLIVIOUS TO PRIMARY EXPERIENCE October 7, 2020
- “ALL FORM AND NO SUBSTANCE” October 6, 2020
- IDEAS OCCUPY OUR MIND October 5, 2020
- REALISATION ISN’T BELIEF, TRUST OR CONFIDENCE October 5, 2020
- INSTITUTIONALISED October 4, 2020
- DON’T READ THIS … MEDITATE! October 2, 2020
- WE AREN’T COMPLETE PEOPLE … YET October 1, 2020
- CONSCIOUS-MESS September 30, 2020
- DON’T TAKE YOUR SELF TOO SERIOUSLY September 30, 2020
- IF WE BELIEVE IN WORDS, WE BECOME SPELLBOUND September 29, 2020
- WE ARE THE OCCULT September 29, 2020
- WE ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING September 28, 2020
- SUFFERING IS THE RESIDUE OF OUR PAST September 28, 2020
- WE CONFORM BECAUSE WE FEAR September 27, 2020
- TURNING PEOPLE INTO THE ENEMY September 27, 2020
- TAKING LIBERTIES September 27, 2020
- SILENT AWARENESS September 25, 2020
- LIFE IS BOTH TOTALLY INSPIRING AND TOTALLY CHALLENGING September 24, 2020
- THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE September 23, 2020
- SELF-CONSCIOUS September 23, 2020
- HIDING BEHIND A MASK OR LABEL September 23, 2020
- PYRAMIDS OF HUMANITY September 23, 2020
- BUDDHISM HAS NO BELIEFS September 20, 2020
- THE MIND HAS A BACK DOOR September 18, 2020
Tag Archives: Love
CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING BETTER?
Can You See Anything Better? We are the pure light of consciousness, the pure light of clarity. It is that which sees and can know. When we forget, ignore, aren’t bothered or become indifferent to this pure light, all that … Continue reading
BEWILDERMENT AND PANIC CREATE STRESS
Bewilderment And Panic Create Stress We may never know the cause of something, but we can see and feel the effect – stress. It doesn’t matter whether a scenario originated from ignorance or intention, we see the effects all around … Continue reading
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Tagged bewilderment, bias, calm abiding, clarity, Confusion, disease, division, fear and hope, hormones, immune system, Love, Meditation, panic, right intention, right understanding, Stress, stressed, taking sides
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DON’T BE A BUDDHIST; BE A BUDDHA
Don’t Be A Buddhist; Be A Buddha Don’t be a Buddhist; be a Buddha. Don’t be a Christian; be a Christ. If we fixate on history, we won’t realise what we are now. History is a subjective narrative. We are … Continue reading
KNOW ONE, KNOW ALL
Know One, Know All There are thousands of teachings about our reality; they all result in the realisation of non-dual, pure awareness. Without that, nothing would be known. Once realised, there is no further need for theories. Sin is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, EMPATHY, Knowledge, Love, non-duality, Pure Awareness, REALITY, Sin, teachings, the dream, theories
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WE CANNOT HAVE COMPASSION WITHOUT EMPATHY
We Cannot Have Compassion Without Empathy We cannot have compassion without empathy, and we cannot have empathy without having suffered. Love is practical rather than idealistic.
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE BELIEVE
It Doesn’t Matter What We Believe What we believe is not what we are. Before belief, there is the spirit of pure knowing that can discern: the openness of pure knowing is the reason we naturally love. We all love … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs divide, believe, closedness, compassion, EMPATHY, Love, openness, pure knowing
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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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Tagged (Rabindranath Tagore, Devotional practice, Love, The Mystery Of Love
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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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Tagged Dharmakaya, Love, Nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
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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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Tagged Awareness, compassion, Dharmakaya, emptiness, knowing, Love
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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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Tagged compassion, demons, EQUANIMITY, JOY, Love, THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES
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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
