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- WAKING UP TO WAKING UP TO WAKING UP March 18, 2019
- ADAPTABILITY IS THE DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE March 17, 2019
- MEDITATION: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS March 16, 2019
- SPIRITUALLY EMPTY? March 13, 2019
- IF TRANSMIGRATION IS A REALITY March 13, 2019
- IS THERE A UNIVERSAL CREATOR? March 12, 2019
- NOBODY IS INNOCENT, AND EVERYONE IS PURE March 10, 2019
- PRACTICE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE March 7, 2019
- THE NAME OF THIS BLOG March 5, 2019
- THERE IS NOTHING SPIRITUAL ABOUT BELIEF March 5, 2019
- WHY DO WE REFER TO GOD AS ‘HIM’? March 4, 2019
- DO WE FEEL WE’RE NOT MAKING SPIRITUAL PROGRESS? March 3, 2019
- FINDING WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR March 1, 2019
- ROBOT TO PREACH AT BUDDHIST TEMPLE February 27, 2019
- THE THREE CAUSES OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE February 27, 2019
- THERE ARE NO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TRUTH February 27, 2019
- TRANSCENDING TRAUMAS, OBSCURATIONS AND SCARS February 26, 2019
- OUR HIDDEN ASPECT February 24, 2019
- AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT CONVENIENCE February 20, 2019
- PSYCHOLOGICAL VIRUSES February 19, 2019
- THE ‘VERY ADVANCED’ PRACTICE OF ONE TASTE February 18, 2019
- THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING THOUGHTS February 17, 2019
- ONENESS ISN’T TWONESS February 17, 2019
- REALISING OUR ULTIMATE BEING February 17, 2019
- SO WE THINK WE HAVE FREE WILL? February 17, 2019
- A DEITY IS A SYMBOL OF OUR ULTIMATE BEING February 17, 2019
- SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS SHOULD BE FREE February 17, 2019
- IS ‘TRUTH’ JUST ANOTHER IDEA? February 16, 2019
- THE AGE OF FAST SPIRITUAL PROGRESS February 14, 2019
- THE VERY DELICATE MATTER OF INSPIRATION February 12, 2019
- WORDS ARE NOT THE TRUTH February 11, 2019
- WE GO THROUGH HELL TO GET TO HEAVEN February 9, 2019
- FOMO – FEAR OF MISSING OUT February 7, 2019
- REALISING SPIRIT February 4, 2019
- IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE WAKE UP… February 4, 2019
- WHEN WE KNOW, THEN WE CANNOT NOT KNOW February 4, 2019
- WHEN SIMPLICITY BECOMES COMPLEXITY February 2, 2019
- THE TWO FEATURES OF THOUGHTS February 2, 2019
- UNITY DOES NOT MEAN UNIFORMITY February 2, 2019
- THE WEAKNESS OF EVIL IS ARROGANCE February 2, 2019
- WE ALL NEED A FEELING OF SUCCESS February 2, 2019
- WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? January 30, 2019
- OTHERS’ SPIRITUAL WAYS January 30, 2019
- REINCARNATION; IS IT WORTH THE GAMBLE? January 28, 2019
- THE GREAT IMPARTIALITY January 26, 2019
- CONFIDENCE AND DOUBT January 25, 2019
- GOOD AND EVIL ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF INDIFFERENCE January 24, 2019
- “ORDER OUT OF CHAOS” January 22, 2019
- BE ORIGINAL; DON’T BE ANGRY January 21, 2019
- TRUTH IS BEYOND BELIEF January 19, 2019
Tag Archives: Mara
WHAT IS EVIL?
What Is Evil? When a question arises, there is always an answer, but it may a little time to find a way to express this, illustrating how deep we can go in our understanding. We normally think of ‘evil’ as … Continue reading
MARA IS RELIABLE
Mara Is Reliable The word ‘mara’ is a Sanskrit word for the demonic activity of selfishness in the mind, which is manifested out of ignorance of our true nature of pure compassionate awareness. Mara is expressed by our likes and … Continue reading
LIFE IS DESIGNED TO GO WRONG
Life Is Designed To Go Wrong We are fed, or we acquire, false information, day in and day out. Understanding the confused world in which we dwell is the path to enlightenment. The world happens outside. Our world happens inside. … Continue reading
7 BILLION IN ‘THE DEVIL’S’ FOCUS GROUP
7 Billion in ‘the Devil’s’ Focus Group “Don’t wander, don’t wander, place mindfulness on guard” Mass surveillance of our likes and dislikes tells ‘the devil’ how to control us. “Along the road of distraction, Mara lies in ambush. Mara is … Continue reading
TURNING ARROWS INTO FLOWERS
Turning Arrows Into Flowers On the night that the Buddha attained enlightenment, he sat under a tree. While he was sitting there, the forces of Mara shot arrows at him to distract him from becoming enlightened; he merely turned their … Continue reading
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BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
Better the devil you know Better the devil you know,than the devil you don’t.Better to train the devil.Better to tame the devil.Best to know that the devilnever existed,because the devil is a confidence trick! Let’s expose this trickery! The … Continue reading
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Tagged Archons, Better the devil you know, demons, Fallen angels, Jinn, Mara
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DEALING WITH DEMONS AND SAMAYA BREAKERS
Dealing with Demons and Samaya Breakers. Demonic activity is selfish activity. That’s it. Selfishness, self-centredness, self-importance are all demonic activities. We, as sentient beings, are dominated by…’me’ first! However, as sentient beings, we also have the potential for enlightenment, for … Continue reading
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WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN?
Why do things happen? Do things just happen? Are they created by causes and conditions? Or do things happen by design? Buddhism says, everything is created by causes and conditions: everything depends on something else. Our present moment of self-identification … Continue reading
OUR BELIEFS SENTENCE US
Our beliefs sentence us. Our beliefs sentence us to see the world in a certain way, and that in turn has an effect on us. This is the law of interdependence: situations are created by a series of links comprising … Continue reading
