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Tag Archives: mind essence
THE ART OF WAR
The Art Of War Sun Tzu – “The very best way to defeat the enemy without fighting is to manoeuvre him into a position where his resistance is futile. If he recognises this, he will surrender.” This how we fight evil. … Continue reading
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FACT AND FICTION
Fact And Fiction What we usually call ‘fact’ is a designation of some thing, but as all things are impermanent and have no ultimate reality, they are a fiction – and that is a fact. 🙂 Every time we become … Continue reading
FORGETTING OR IGNORING WHAT WE ARE
Forgetting Or Ignoring What We Are When we forget what we are, we neglect what we are, and fail to care properly. How many people know what they are? How many couldn’t care less? This is the sort of mind-world … Continue reading
CAN A BEGINNER KNOW DZOGCHEN?
Can A Beginner Know Dzogchen? Can a beginner know Dzogchen? Certainly. Beginner mind, Dzogchen mind, pure consciousness! What’s it all about? Just stay there … rest in open awareness. Not knowing, but realising knowingness is present, is Dzogchen. Pure consciousness … Continue reading
EVIL: AGAINST HUMANITY
Evil: Against Humanity Evil, which is self-serving, prevents humanity from realising the knowledge of ultimate good and evil. Once this is understood, humanity can never be manipulated again. There are many levels, or yanas, of understanding good and evil. Evil … Continue reading
BLESSED ARE THE TROUBLE MAKERS
Blessed Are The Trouble Makers Blessed are the trouble makers, for they shall show us the way. 🙂 The troubles in the world have always been caused by belief in one side or another which, of course, divides us. Through … Continue reading
BEING SELF TAUGHT
Being Self Taught Consciousness learns from a self which is a construct in the mind, and therefore, our mind is programming consciousness by mistakenly giving reality to an illusion. Consciousness assumes that mind is self when, in truth, consciousness is … Continue reading
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BUDDHIST
You Don’t Have To Be Buddhist You don’t have to be Buddhist to study the Buddha’s teaching. The Buddha wasn’t. The teachings are about the psychology of our being: our mind, the mind essence, consciousness itself.What we are.It is the psychology of … Continue reading
WHAT IS AUTHENTIC, GENUINE, VERIFIABLE PRACTICE?
What Is Authentic, Genuine, Verifiable Practice? It’s not meditation, chanting mantras, saying prayers, waving vajras and bells, doing prostrations, listening to teachings, holding retreats, shaving your head: neither is it in flags, Buddha statues, tanka paintings, shrines, beads, cords, robes, … Continue reading
TIBETAN BUDDHISM IS NOT SO SCARY …
Tibetan Buddhism Is Not So Scary… it is just culturally elaborate and symbolic. Guru Yoga, Yidams, Dakinis are all our own mind essence. Mind essence is awareness that is perfectly clear. This is not at all complicated. We are mind … Continue reading
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