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MEMORIES SEPARATE US
Memories Separate Us As long as we cling to an idea, we will be at odds with others. ‘At odds’ is an idiom meaning to be in a state of disagreement, conflict, or contradiction with someone or something, due to … Continue reading
WHAT IS MEDITATION?
What Is Meditation? Meditation is remaining pure being in the midst of experience. Holding onto memories is poverty. There is richness in spontaneity. Pure being never changes in experience.Be decided rather than undecided.
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WE LIVE IN STORIES
We Live In Stories We live in stories, memories, mental recordings that we replay. It’s what reincarnates at every moment, and causes us to remain fixated. Everyone wants to be ‘in the loop’ – in a circle of individuals who think … Continue reading
NEW REALISATIONS AND OLD BRAIN
New Realisations And Old Brain Some things are difficult to explain, because we’re working within an old, traumatised brain that is still running in the background even though we have had new realisations. We might be able to talk about … Continue reading
HOW DO WE IMPROVE OUR INTELLIGENCE?
How Do We Improve Our Intelligence? Intelligence is improved by dropping what we think we know. It leaves more room 🙂 What we think we know is a limited, fossilised, conventional view. We may even become experts in the conventional, … Continue reading
ORDINARY CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
Ordinary Consciousness And Pure Consciousness Ordinary or common consciousness is what all sentient beings are. We find things to eat, look for interesting things to play with, and sleep. We use our mind of memories to interpret all that we … Continue reading
THE SUBTLE CHANGE IN AWARENESS
The Subtle Change In Awareness Awareness of awareness isn’t pure awareness, as it’s still a duality of being aware of some aspect, and relating to this. In pure awareness, there is no notion of being aware; there is just awareness … Continue reading
OUR THOUGHTS ARE SAMSARA
Our Thoughts Are Samsara Samsara: a Sanskrit word for the vicious cycle of existence, in which we chase our tails to find happiness. All our thoughts are an expression of Samsara. To understand Samsara, we first have to see that … Continue reading
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DEALING WITH A CRAZY MIND
Dealing With A Crazy Mind The mind isn’t crazy; it is just full of memories that consciousness clings to. These memories cloud direct perception because consciousness is always referring to these memories. It is that which is driving us crazy. … Continue reading
CONTROLLING OUR MIND
Controlling Our Mind Our minds are cluttered with memories which we are, unfortunately, proud of, equating an efficient memory with intelligence. All we are actually doing is repeating words, which may not be relevant to a situation. Intelligence is an … Continue reading
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LIVING THE DREAM OR LIVING IN REALITY
Living The Dream Or Living In Reality We can’t make assumptions about this as it’s very tricky. 🙂 Living in now, this present moment as it is, is the reality-experience of pure consciousness. It’s nothing mysterious or religious. The senses … Continue reading
THE ILLUMINATI’S SECRET
The Illuminati’s Secret We conform to others’ standards too easily, without question. Why? Because we have been processed that way for generations. The secret is; we are already members of the ‘Illuminati’ 🙂 People talk about organisations like the Illuminati … Continue reading
WE ALL THINK WE’RE RIGHT
We All Think We’re Right We all think we’re right.We all have regrets. It therefore stands to reason that, in the future,we will we have regrets about what we think now.😀 Everything we think comes from copying others, while ignoring … Continue reading
MIXING UP MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Mixing Up Mind And Consciousness Our mind is that which translates experience related to our environment. The mind builds up memories to which we (consciousness) refer. We are not the mind; we have a mind. If we can see it, … Continue reading
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A.I. IS STUPID: IT HAS NO WISDOM
A.I. Is Stupid; It Has No Wisdom Artificial Intelligence is merely a fast memory-machine referring to its programming. This is the same as humans referring to memories. A.I. is created in someone’s image. A.I. and humans are both cliché machines, … Continue reading
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CONTROLLING OUR SELF IS CONTROLLING OUR MIND
Controlling Our Self Is Controlling Our Mind Our mind is full of information stored as memories which colour our reactions. Once this information/thought is established in our mind, we re-enact it through our habitual behaviour. This is our self-programming. Certain … Continue reading
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WE MAY KNOW, BUT STILL FEEL UNEASY
We May Know, But Still Feel Uneasy We may feel that life is wrong. We, as people, don’t seem right – we are reactive and dismissive. So we look for an answer. Even when we finally come across a view … Continue reading
WHEN IS LIFE COMPLETE?
When Is Life Complete? Life is complete when we get over ourself 🙂 Life is complete when we recognise the mind’s faults and limitations which are due to our past, and are content to live with these faults and limitations, … Continue reading
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RESOLVING OUR MIND
Resolving Our Mind Resolving our mind: lifting the veil. Our mind is past memories to which consciousness clings. Mistakenly, we call these memories “I”, and this I appears in every conversation to reinforce itself. Everything that we think is coloured … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS – THE ESSENCE OF MIND
Consciousness – The Essence Of Mind Consciousness – the essence of mind. And the essence of consciousness is emptiness. Mind is memories (software) which affect the brain (hardware) and our attitude. Whether the mind moves or is still, the essence … Continue reading
MAKING THE MOST OF OURSELF
Making The Most Of Ourself Our ‘self’ is an idea in the mind held together by memories to which consciousness clings. These memories are karma: this karma causes us confusion as we think it’s our reality, while feeling there is … Continue reading
WE RUN ON MEMORIES & INFLUENCES
We Run On Memories & Influences We run on memories and influences; that is our programming for life. Subtle traumas – unpleasant and pleasant – are landmarks in the mind that obscure/darken/cover our lens. All the while, pure view sits … Continue reading
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SPONTANEOUS CONSCIOUSNESS
Spontaneous Consciousness Spontaneous consciousness: no time to refer to memory; open, natural, and uninhibited. Coming to our senses without identifying; just spontaneously present. That is what we are. Once we are controlled by memories, we go into our habitual patterning. That is … Continue reading
EVERYTHING HAS A CAUSE
Everything Has A Cause Things don’t just happen; everything has a cause. There is a reason why we are asleep, but appear to be awake. What does ‘waking up’ mean? We wake up when we become aware of the mechanics … Continue reading
JUDGING AND BEING JUDGEMENTAL
Judging And Being Judgemental Spiritual practice is about knowing the difference. One is momentary;the weighing up of possibilities. The other is mechanical;being predictable and fixated. In being judgemental, we don’t see clearly because, instead of being fresh, pure awareness, we … Continue reading
WHEN DO OUR PROBLEMS START?
When Do Our Problems Start? Our problems start the moment consciousness becomes attached to an idea. That first idea was ‘my self’. Why is attachment a problem? If we (consciousness) hold on to an idea, then we lose the clarity … Continue reading
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 