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- WORDS ARE NOT DIRECT EXPERIENCE July 10, 2020
- WHAT STARTS AN ARGUMENT? July 9, 2020
- WHEN DID MY IGNORANCE START? July 7, 2020
- THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION = CLARITY AND CALM July 7, 2020
- WE LIVE IN CONTRADICTIONS July 5, 2020
- OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE IS OUR KARMA July 2, 2020
- DARKNESS SUDDENLY LIFTS July 2, 2020
- WHAT DO WE VALUE MOST? July 1, 2020
- FAKE NEWS IS INCOMPLETE INFORMATION June 30, 2020
- WE NEED OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD June 29, 2020
- CRUELTY WANTS TO BE SEEN June 29, 2020
- MEDITATION INCREASES INTELLIGENCE June 27, 2020
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS VERIFIABLE June 26, 2020
- WE ARE SLEEPWALKING IN OTHERS’ DREAMS June 25, 2020
- COMMON SENSE AND COMMON KNOWLEDGE June 24, 2020
- WHEN DO OUR PROBLEMS START? June 23, 2020
- TUMMO? … TUMMO! June 21, 2020
- TAKING A REST FROM MEDIA OBSESSION June 15, 2020
- BUY INTO A SYSTEM, BUY INTO A PACKAGE June 13, 2020
- WE ARE ONE WORD … PREDICTABLE June 12, 2020
- TURNING LOVE INTO HATE, AND HATE INTO LOVE June 11, 2020
- “THE DEVIL MAKES WORK FOR IDLE HANDS” June 11, 2020
- “WHAT IS I?” June 9, 2020
- OH NO, NOT “HAPPINESS IS WITHIN” … AGAIN! June 8, 2020
- THOUGHT IS RECYCLED DATA June 7, 2020
- DEALING WITH OTHERS’ KARMA June 6, 2020
- ARE WE OPTIMISTS, PESSIMISTS OR REALISTS? June 5, 2020
- NOTICING OUR DREAM STATE June 4, 2020
- WE’RE NOT A WHO, WE’RE A WHAT June 3, 2020
- DHARMA HAS TO BE PRACTICAL June 3, 2020
- UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE June 2, 2020
- THE MAINTENANCE OF IGNORANCE June 2, 2020
- I’M NOT BUDDHIST May 31, 2020
- BRANDING RECOGNITION IS SOCIAL ENGINEERING May 30, 2020
- TO BE SERIOUS OR NOT TO BE SERIOUS? May 29, 2020
- WE WILL NEVER SEE THE TRUTH May 28, 2020
- ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR WORDS … I MEAN, PROGRAMMING? May 28, 2020
- HOW CAN I BECOME PURE? May 27, 2020
- IT’S OBVIOUS WHEN POINTED OUT May 26, 2020
- ADDICTION TO THE FEAR OF MISSING OUT May 26, 2020
- BUDDHISM AND CULTURE May 25, 2020
- ‘WOKE’ IS THE GREAT CONFIDENCE TRICK May 24, 2020
- WE DON’T REALISE THAT WE ARE BELIEVERS May 24, 2020
- NOBODY CAN GIVE US FREEDOM May 24, 2020
- WHY IS REALISATION HAPPINESS? May 23, 2020
- DON’T TRY TO WAKE UP WHEN YOU’RE ALREADY AWAKE May 23, 2020
- HUMANS ARE ENLIGHTENED BEINGS May 21, 2020
- WE ARE PRIMED TO CONFORM May 20, 2020
- THERE IS NO OTHER GOD BUT OUR SILENCE May 19, 2020
- SELF-CONTROL; SELF-MASTERY May 17, 2020
Tag Archives: Meditation
WE NEED OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD
We Need Oxygen In The Blood If you are feeling more tired than you should, look into the issue of the amount of oxygen in the blood. Get an Oximeter, and find out how and why to use it. There … Continue reading
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MEDITATION INCREASES INTELLIGENCE
Meditation Increases Intelligence Intelligence is the ability to see consequences, causes and conditions clearly. Meditation is firstly the practice of concentration, being able to focus without distraction. This discipline enables us to clear the mind, just to perceive and to … Continue reading
OH NO, NOT “HAPPINESS IS WITHIN” … AGAIN!
Oh No, Not “Happiness Is Within” … Again! We have heard this time and time again, but still we search for contentment. Why? Because it’s too simple, too ordinary. Our true being is ordinary, without special or distinctive features. It … Continue reading
THOUGHT IS RECYCLED DATA
Thought Is Recycled Data We show off our data … … and it shows. And then, there is Data Smog: an overwhelming excess of information. We might think that the more information we have the more we will know – … Continue reading
NOTICING OUR DREAM STATE
Noticing Our Dream State When we are lost in thought, we are in a dream state. As ordinary beings, we don’t notice this as it’s our normality. We function in this state most of the day, as we are usually … Continue reading
I DON’T WANT TO MEDITATE
I Don’t Want To Meditate I don’t want to meditate. Then don’t. Just be aware of being aware. That’s not difficult, is it? That’s just being ‘normal’, and that’s meditation. Don’t make it into a thing. Sit with a straight … Continue reading
IF WE DON’T MEDITATE, WE WILL NEVER ‘GET IT’
If We Don’t Meditate, We Will Never ‘Get It’ Understanding reality isn’t an intellectual exercise; it is pure experience in the stillness of the mind. Absolute stillness is pure consciousness. Our reality is never in our thinking. The more we … 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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THIS SERIOUS WORLD HEALTH CRISIS
This Serious World Health Crisis This serious world health crisis could become even more serious. COVID-19 is a serious world health issue. We’re right to be concerned, and action is needed to protect those with poor immune systems, and contain … Continue reading
PREMEDITATION
Premeditation Premeditation is the intention or plan to act in a certain way: this is how we maintain our self-programme. If we are not in meditation, then we are in premeditation! And if we are stuck in meditation, then we … Continue reading
SOFT AND HARD
Soft And Hard We don’t realise how hard and fixated we are about things. Anything hard snaps easily. Meditation – or remembering our true nature – brings about an unbreakable softness. We become more flexible. Wishing you many transmissions and … Continue reading
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ALWAYS RETURN TO FIRST PRINCIPLES
Always Return To First Principles Watching the breath cuts through circling thoughts. This brings us back to thought-free now. We become one with the breath. Breath is life. Life is spirit. Spirit is pure consciousness. We are this without thinking. … Continue reading
BRAINWASHING
Brainwashing The world brainwashes us. Our practice is to wash away the brainwashing. The soap is proper meditation; pure awareness noting all intrusions and letting go. The intrusions now become our teacher, reminding us that all indoctrinations have no reality. … Continue reading
HOW TO REALISE HOW HAPPY WE ARE
How To Realise How Happy We Are The more we meditate, the more we are consciously aware of being aware of where we are, and the more we realise that we are happy. Everything drops away, except the task in … Continue reading
IT’S ALL ABOUT ME-ME!
It’s All About Me-me! A meme (pronounced meem) is that which is imitated. Are we just a copy of others’ ideas? We may take a side because of a condition brought about by others. Is this not divide and conquer? What if memes are … Continue reading
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FROM NOT KNOWING TO KNOWING, IN A MOMENT
From Not Knowing To Knowing, In A Moment From ignoring to realising, in a moment. We are usually too occupied and busy to realise our true reality, the source of absolute truth. When we stop being occupied for a moment, … Continue reading
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THE MORE WE BECOME INVOLVED
The More We Become Involved The more we become involved in a material world, the more we become involved in the mental world, and the more we will become captivated. The more we talk about what we’ve done or think, … Continue reading
FEELING SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR
Feeling Superior Or Inferior There are those whom we think are superior; we will one day realise what they realise. There are those whom we think are inferior; they will one day realise what we realise. It is only a … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, Awareness, desire, Effortless effort, Ignorance, jealousy, Meditation, negative emotions, Pride, Pure Awareness, wisdom, wise beyond compare
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MISDIRECTING CONSCIOUSNESS
Misdirecting Consciousness Now we see, now we don’t. Now we see … consciousness simply sees, never changing and never commenting. Now we don’t … because consciousness became involvedwith whatever is seen, it lost sight of itself and took on a … Continue reading
MEDITATING WITH EYES OPEN
Meditating With Eyes Open As we were saying yesterday, the senses are non-conceptual: in the milli-moment when we see, smell, taste, hear and touch, there is just perception – pure perception, pure awareness, pure consciousness. That is what we are! I … Continue reading
WE MEDITATE WHEN WE FORGET
We Meditate When We Forget Meditation is for when we forget that we are pure consciousness: pure consciousness doesn’t need to meditate. Meditation is the method to recognise and realise the silent openness of pure consciousness. Once this is experienced, … Continue reading
WE ARE THE PRODUCT OF OTHERS’ IDEAS
We Are The Product Of Others’ Ideas Product: the result of a process. For millennia, humanity has been the product to generate wealth. In recent years, technocracy – the control of society by the elite – has made this even easier. … Continue reading
GOOD MEDITATION, BAD MEDITATION; IDENTICAL
Good Meditation, Bad Meditation; Identical The mind is a jungle of concepts: whether there are clearings or tightly tangled undergrowth, this jungle simply abides in space. In meditation, whatever takes place in the mind, know that awareness, empty cognisance, pure … Continue reading
MEDITATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION
Meditation Has Nothing To Do With Religion Meditation has nothing to do with religion. Religion turns meditation into an occasion. Meditation is the practice of simply resting in awareness to realise that we are that awareness. Meditation is not an … Continue reading
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NATURE AND, OH DEAR, NURTURE
Nature And, Oh Dear, Nurture Our nature is pure consciousness; it’s what we truly are. However, our nurture (the care and protection afforded us) is what we have acquired. The first is our ultimate reality, while the second is our … Continue reading
THE GREAT DISCERNMENT
The Great Discernment Being original isn’t being different. For discernment, we need clarity, and there is nothing clearer than pure, empty cognisance. To realise emptiness, we meditate. To meditate, we need right instruction. The right instruction is knowing when to drop … Continue reading
MEDITATION: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
Meditation: Order Out Of Chaos Mental chaos occurs when pure consciousness (our true reality) becomes obscured by our fixations. That loss of pure, spontaneous clarity creates chaos, confusion and suffering. We become divided when we miss the oscillation between pure … Continue reading
NOBODY IS INNOCENT, AND EVERYONE IS PURE
Nobody Is Innocent, And Everyone Is Pure Anyone could realise this, and Somebody did! We all cause harm in some way. Harm happens when consciousness adopts an ‘i’ to project. We are here to reverse the harm this ‘i’ has … Continue reading
“ORDER OUT OF CHAOS”
“Order Out Of Chaos” Old Latin:ORDO AB CHAO Everything is created by causes and conditions; everything follows an order. Nothing just suddenly happens. If we are unwilling to look at both the causes of world events and what goes on … Continue reading
ESOTERIC TEACHINGS
Esoteric Teachings Esotericmeans ‘known by the few’, whereasexotericis ‘known by the many’. Exoteric teachings are the gradual paths comprising of methods that inspire us, convincing us to stay committed. These teaching have disciplines attached to them; the do’s and dont’s, … Continue reading
THE SUBTLE CHANGE IN CONSCIOUSNESS
The Subtle Change In Consciousness from the unreal to the real. Humans (in fact, all sentient beings) perceive through the senses: we recall memories, form judgements and then react. This is our reptilian response of fight, flight or freeze, and … Continue reading
THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING REALITY
The Importance Of Knowing Reality All appearances are seen within the clear space of mind. That space of clarity is pure consciousness, sometimes called Emptiness, or Shunyata in Sanskrit. The senses are non-conceptual: things are experienced by virtue of pure … Continue reading
NEVER BELIEVE THE TRUTH
Never Believe The Truth Belief has been our greatest deception. Belief is the opposite to knowing. Belief obscures knowing. To ‘believe’ is to accept that something is true without proof. If we believe the truth, then we will never know the truth. To knowis … Continue reading
WHAT IS MEDITATION, REALLY?
What Is Meditation, Really? Meditation is the direct recognition of the nature of mind, and whatever obscures it. And that which obscures it can the method of meditation itself! In the moment of recognition, there is no meditation. So, if … Continue reading
MEDITATION DOESN’T MAKE US OBLIVIOUS
Meditation Doesn’t Make Us Oblivious Meditation is being aware all the time. Some people believe that meditation means being oblivious – being unaware of what is going on around them. Maybe there are traditions were one becomes totally absorbed, but … Continue reading
NO ONE BECAME ENLIGHTENED BY MEDITATING
No One Became Enlightened By Meditating “No one became enlightened by meditating: they became enlightened by dropping the meditation.” Meditation is the method to come to stillness in the mind, to arrive at empty essence, to realise the non-duality that … Continue reading
SECULAR, SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF REALITY
Secular, Systematic Examination Of Reality We don’t have to be religious or spiritual to experience our primary nature of consciousness. Secular examination is based on our human faculties of logic, empathy, reason and moral intuition, none of which are derived from supernatural revelations. We see, … Continue reading
“THAT’S TOO DEEP FOR ME!”
“That’s Too Deep For Me” People are fooled into believing that they cannot see “That’s too deep for me!”This is a phrase I often hear when the subject of consciousness is brought up in conversations. I explain that consciousness is … Continue reading
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Beyond Boundaries Taking time out of our programme. Programme = before written = karma Who wrote and consented to the programme? We did. When we look at our life, we find that it has a pattern to it, and so … Continue reading
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THE INVASION OF OUR MINDS
The Invasion Of Our Minds This is the reason why we meditate Meditation is merely letting the mind settle down: First, watch the breath. Experience the awareness of watching the breath. Rest in that awareness. Realise the spaciousness and clarity … Continue reading
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THERE IS NO NEED TO KEEP ON MEDITATING
There Is No Need To Keep On Meditating In being “free in the moment of seeing”, we drop the meditation. Seeing is the spontaneous presence of pure consciousness. In the moment of being free, all elaborations drop away. That is … Continue reading
WHY SHOULD I MEDITATE?
Why Should I Meditate? To feel better If we are wanting to feel better about ourselves, we recognise that things aren’t quite right, now. This could mean that our battery has run down, our precious energy is being wasted, or … Continue reading
LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE?
Looking For A Miracle? Don’t miss the real one. It turns ordinary beings into Buddhas And awakens those who are dreaming. A miracle is a welcomed consequence. A miracle needs evidence, something obvious to our eye or mind. If we … Continue reading
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SO NEAR BUT SO FAR
So Near But So Far Don’t miss the complete picture. You do not have to keep on meditating – you know! Just recognise being aware. We have a choice about what we believe; that’s if we know we have a … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS USELESS WITHOUT MEDITATION
Spiritual Knowledge Is Useless Without Meditation Meditation is the experience of knowledge, and experience leads to realisation. Meditation is sitting erect and relaxed, being aware of the thoughts taking place in the mind, not following or being driven by them. … Continue reading
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SOCIAL MEDIA, THE DOPAMINE HIT AND MINDFULNESS
Social Media, The Dopamine Hit And Mindfulness Social media gives us feedback and validation … fast! It’s what we live for, and so it actually controls us. We don’t see it, because we are in it. This is demonic intent. … Continue reading
WE LIVE IN PARALLEL REALITIES
We Live In Parallel Realities One reality is our physical, human form of body, speech and mind, while the other is consciousness, our ethereal reality. Ethereal: extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world, from Greek aithēr ‘upper air’, from the base of aithein ‘burn, shine’ It’s a … Continue reading
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CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE PROTECTOR
Consciousness Is The Protector When we acknowledge conscious awareness – the heart of our being – we realise that conscious awareness is present before any thought of hope and fear. In other words, knowingness is already present: we innately know. … Continue reading
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
Information Overload = mental indigestion = forgetting our essential nature = forgetting how precious this life is = forgetting compassion = unable to make sense of life = unable to see and think clearly If there is no space to … Continue reading
DON’T BLAME THE MEDITATION
Don’t Blame The Meditation We may think that we do not have emotions, or that we do not get angry. Then we start meditating, and suddenly realise that we do. Don’t blame the meditation for being aware. 😀
