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Tag Archives: Meditation
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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Tagged Awareness, dualism, Ignorance, Meditation, non-duality, Non-meditation., protection, Pure Consciousness.
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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. 😀
CARELESS MINDS
Careless Minds Our mind wanders: it collects ideas, replays and projects. In this state, it is a mischief maker, a gossip, an intruder. It entertains … but whom? The watcher. Contagious mind distracts our enlightened nature. These ideas become a problem … Continue reading
SIMPLY WATCHING THE BREATH
Simply Watching The Breath Sitting quietly, not following thoughts, focusing on the inhalation, pausing, exhaling, aware of the breath is resting in the clarity of stillness. This is basic meditation, and helps us to concentrate. Being able to concentrate means … Continue reading
I DON’T WANT TO MEDITATE!
I Don’t Want To Meditate! “I don’t see the point of meditation. I don’t like people who meditate.” Well, that’s a good starting point – and we all have to start somewhere. We don’t have to meditate. We just have … Continue reading
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PERCEIVING THOUGHTS
Perceiving Thoughts As with perceiving phenomena, where neither thought nor judgement is necessary (unless there is a need), so the same with thoughts in meditation. If we do have to think or reason about something, we can do that later, … Continue reading
WE CONSENT TO BEING DISTRACTED
We Consent To Being Distracted It’s a shock when we realise this. We may think that being distracted is involuntary, and that we are powerless and have no control. This is incorrect. We just haven’t noticed that we actually have … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM IS FASCINATION
Our Problem Is Fascination Fascination creates the noise of our delusion Fascination: interest, preoccupation, passion, obsession, compulsion, captivation, enchantment; allurement; charm, attraction, intrigue, attractiveness, appeal, magnetism, pull, draw. We have to balance our understanding of spiritual essence, and our functioning … Continue reading
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THERE IS MORE TO MEDITATION THAN JUST MEDITATING
There Is More To Meditation Than Just Meditating Meditation is the vehicle to recognise our true nature of pure awareness, pure consciousness. It also reveals how we take possession of a mistaken, mental, self identity. Meditation is nothing special, but … Continue reading
THE QUALITY OF MEDITATION
The Quality Of Meditation What really counts is the quality of mind resting. Absolutely doing nothing. Just being aware. It counts because, throughout life, the quality and quantity of resting in our natural state of being mounts up. The outcome … Continue reading
BEFORE GAINING CONFIDENCE
Before Gaining Confidence Before we gain confidence, we need conviction, and before conviction, we need to be convinced. So, what do we trust? Our spiritual journey usually starts by meeting someone, or by hearing or reading something that makes some … Continue reading
I STILL WANT TO IMPROVE!
I Still Want To Improve! This is how we all feel. In the moment now, it’s true that there is nothing to improve as, in the moment now, there is only pure awareness – emptiness – with phantoms arising within … Continue reading
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WORKING WITH STRESS
Working With Stress Meditation is the answer. It just takes a little time to affect the whole system.
MEDITATION HASN’T MADE MY LIFE BETTER…”
“Meditation Hasn’t Made My Life Better …” …nothing has changed It is possible that we feel this way. We are still feeding the beast – those concepts about ourself, and how we think we ‘should’ be. There are two aspects … Continue reading
THE MORE WE SIT IN SILENCE …
The More We Sit In Silence … … the more change occurs, and the longer the realisation lasts. Meditation Meditation promotes relaxation of body, speech and mind, builds life force energy (prana) and develops compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness etc. … Continue reading
VALUING MEDITATION TIME
Valuing Meditation Time in this precious human life. Our meditation period is our set time for concentration, inner peace and clarity, recharging our energies of body, speech and mind. Then, throughout the day, we remain mindful, which sustains this inner … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME A GOOD ALIEN
How To Become A Good Alien Alien: ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other’. Other: refers to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about. We are not talking about being ‘alienated’ or … Continue reading
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HEALING STARTS WITH MEDITATION
Healing Starts With Meditation …not with theories or philosophies. Sit, and watch the breath and mind. Detachment occurs between watched and watcher. Realisation; a watcher cannot be found; there is merely watching. Once we become familiar with this reality, it … Continue reading
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REAL CHANGE OCCURS
Real Change Occurs from long periods of sitting! When we sit in meditation for long periods, our whole system slows down to where it should be, totally relaxed. It is understandable that, when living in this modern corporate world, finding … Continue reading
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MEDITATION ISN’T MINDFULNESS
Meditation Isn’t Mindfulness Meditation is mind emptiness The practice of meditation is mindful awareness. When the practice of mindful awareness is dropped, mindful awareness turns out to be emptiness. Once mindful awareness realises the clarity of emptiness, the warmth of … Continue reading
I CAN’T MEDITATE
I Can’t Meditate I want to meditate, but can’t. I don’t see the point of meditation; it seems so complicated. There are many responses to meditation, and sometimes the reasons for meditating are not clearly explained. We may be wary … Continue reading
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IS GOD A MEME?
Is God A Meme?* Is the ‘idea’ of God a meme? Not that God is a meme: ‘God’ is a word to describe a quality of pure existence. We can experience pure existence by recognising our own pure awareness, and … Continue reading
STRESS INFLAMES THE BRAIN
Stress Inflames the Brain Longterm stress erodes memory, which means we neither function properly nor think straight – and we live in a world of stress! Being aware of stress and the causes of stress, and finding a solution to … Continue reading
THE BEST MEDITATION IS…
The Best Meditation Is… when we stop meditating! Tulku Urgyen said, “Short moments many times.” This is essential in awareness meditation. We don’t hang on to anything, effortlessly relaxing, without the mental gymnastics of mindfulness. The Dzogchen approach is that … Continue reading
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THE ONE THING THAT SOLVES EVERYTHING
The One Thing That Solves Everything ..and you don’t have to be religious to understand this! Awareness. Awareness is the one thing that is undeniable. By awareness, everything is known. When awareness knows itself, it is half way to enlightenment. … Continue reading
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ABLE TO MEDITATE BUT NOT LIBERATE
Able To Meditate But Not Liberate Meditation is not liberation: it is the path to liberation. Meditation is a wonderful method to focus the untamed mind (the flibbertigibbet, the idle chattering), and so tame it. But meditation practice itself can … Continue reading
I CAN’T FIND PURE AWARENESS WHEN I MEDITATE
I can’t find pure awareness when I meditate That means you’re trying too hard. Just relax. Our modern mind has been speeded up: pressure, time, job/career, family, mortgage, speedy food and drink lacking real nutrition, and over stimulation from media. … Continue reading
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WE ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS
We Are All Suffering From Mental Illness If we weren’t, we’d be enlightened! When the mind wanders, it suffers, because of ideas it holds about itself and the world in which it lives: this is conventional, relative reality. The mind … Continue reading
ANTIDOTES ARE NEVER ENDING
Antidotes Are Never Ending Antidotes are a temporary measure – the ‘problem’ will repeatedly return. Understanding that the ‘problem’ is temporary reveals the true nature of the ‘problem’ – that it is empty of any true existence. So there is … Continue reading
WASTING LIFE IN BEING DIFFERENT
Wasting Life in Being Different There are two aspects to meditation: focused attention and panoramic attention. In meditation terms, these are Shamata (watching the breath) and Vipassana (insight of awareness). During the early stages, we are still trying to change, … Continue reading
GAINING CERTAINTY IN SPIRITUALITY
Gaining Certainty In Spirituality What is spirituality? It is pure-awareness. Pure-awareness is timeless spontaneous presence. There is nothing else; that is non duality. When pure awareness turns its attention outward, it is relating to things and ideas; this ‘relating’ is … Continue reading
WHY WE SHOULD MEDITATE FOR OUR SELVES
Why We Should Meditate For Our Selves The Meditation Scientist Scientists and meditators use the same instrument: the microscope. For a scientist, this is a physical object, and for a meditator, it is the nature of mind looking at the … Continue reading
HEALTHY HUMAN BEING
Healthy Human Being = healthy bacteria = healthy brain = healthy mind Seeing through the mirror, darkly or lightly We have a problem…actually, two of them: our body and our mind. Both can be the cause of not thinking straight. … Continue reading
“I CAN’T MEDITATE”
“I Can’t Meditate” Being aware that we cannot meditate is meditation! First we must know why we meditate. The essence and nature of mind is infinite awareness: it is merely filled with temporary desires and aversions. We are naturally infinite … Continue reading
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NO MEDITATOR, NO MEDITATION
No Meditator, No Meditation When there is meditation, there is a meditator. So how can there be no meditator, and no meditation? This is not a mental conundrum; it is logical experience, gained by looking, seeing and dropping. When pure … Continue reading
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THE BEST ONE CAN SAY ABOUT MEDITATION
The best one can say about meditation “ ! ”
RE-COGNISE
Re-cogniseTo recognise, is to re-cognise, to know again, to validate. So when we recognise truth this is because we recognise what is already known. That is how we know. We only doubt because of not being quite sure what is … Continue reading
EASY STEPS TO DELUSION
Easy steps to delusion. The main problem for new age philosophies is that they take parts of ancient teachings which are complete on the nature of mind, and so only ‘get’ a piece of the picture, which distorts … Continue reading
THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING
The cause of suffering In general, we are controlled by our emotions. The emotions arise because of ideas we hold about our projected self. These ideas are re-enforced by the environment in which we live, which is due to our … Continue reading
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