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- LIVING A SHARED FICTION February 20, 2026
- WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED? February 20, 2026
- DOES RELIGION WAKE US UP? February 19, 2026
- MEDITATION GAZE February 18, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING CONFUSION February 18, 2026
- FRUSTRATED AT BEING FRUSTRATED February 18, 2026
- CYCLES: THE HABITUAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR February 17, 2026
- BUDDHISM AND THE VEDANTA SEE THE UNIVERSE AS INFINITE February 16, 2026
- AI THE NEXT RELIGION February 15, 2026
- WE SHOULD ALL ASK, “WHAT IF I’M WRONG?” February 15, 2026
- NO MORE TO LEARN February 15, 2026
- MISSION CREEP AND SCOPEMONGERING February 14, 2026
- THEY DIM OUR LIGHT February 13, 2026
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT A RELIGION February 12, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “DO IT YOURSELF” February 12, 2026
- THE END OF OCCUPATION February 11, 2026
- LEAVING THE GHOSTS BEHIND February 11, 2026
- UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT LIFE SHOULD BE AGREEABLE? February 10, 2026
- WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR? February 10, 2026
- THE INABILITY TO RECOGNISE EVIL February 9, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING THE INVISIBLE PRISON February 9, 2026
- THE FORMULA THAT ENTRAPS EVERY BEING February 8, 2026
- NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PREDICAMENT WE ARE IN February 7, 2026
- PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE NOT A SPIRITUAL PERSON February 7, 2026
- HAS HUMANITY BEEN LIED TO? February 7, 2026
- MADE IN ANOTHER’S IMAGE February 7, 2026
- WHAT WAS IS NOW February 6, 2026
- NO PURPOSE, NO ENERGY February 5, 2026
- THE POINT AND POINTLESSNESS OF LIFE February 4, 2026
- OUR MIND IS THE CAVE February 3, 2026
- WE NEVER LEFT THE CAVE February 3, 2026
- FINDING EGO February 3, 2026
- GUIDING LIGHT February 3, 2026
- SIMPLE BUT NOT EASY February 2, 2026
- THE DHARMA IS BEYOND SLEEP February 2, 2026
- INTERGRATING EVERY MOMENT February 2, 2026
- ACCEPTING AND REJECTING HAS CONSEQUENCES February 2, 2026
- ARTIFICAL DHARMA February 1, 2026
- WHY THE INABILITY TO EVOLVE? January 31, 2026
- A DEVIATION FROM BUDDHISM, BUT NOT THE BUDDHA January 31, 2026
- WHO IS RIGHT? January 30, 2026
- THE LIGHT THAT DISPELS DARKNESS January 29, 2026
- AI CANNOT TALK FROM EXPERIENCE January 29, 2026
- INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION …continued and continude January 28, 2026
- INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION continued January 28, 2026
- INTERNET AI MODE DEFINITION January 28, 2026
- IT’S CREEPY – LITERALLY January 27, 2026
- COMPASSION IS HONOURING ANOTHER’S JOURNEY January 26, 2026
- BEINGS PUT TO SLEEP January 26, 2026
- KNOWING AND AWARENESS January 25, 2026
Tag Archives: not too tight
ACTUAL MEDITATION IS NON-MEDITATION
Actual Meditation Is Non-Meditation The Buddha said, “Not too tight and not too loose.” What did he mean by that? We neither cling to the method nor become distracted. Meditation is just a reminder. Once we remember or realise our … Continue reading
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INNER HAPPINESS AND OUTER HAPPINESS
Inner Happiness And Outer Happiness Our inner happiness affects our outer happiness. If we only look for outer happiness, then we will have to go on looking. (Don’t be put off by the word ‘happiness’; read it as ‘sanity’.) Inner … Continue reading
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Tagged ENLIGHTENMENT, good mental health, Happiness, impermanence, inner happiness, not too loose, not too tight, Nothing is real., Our natural state, OUR TRUE NATURE, outer happiness, Pure Consciousness., SANITY, the rightness of everything, we are not this body or mind
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THAT OLD SELF
That Old Self Even though we may be learned in philosophies and have glimpses of meditative experience of our true nature, our old quirky self is still around. The way we talk, walk, sit…all indicate previous programming created by our … Continue reading
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ARE YOU ‘PUT OFF’ BY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE?
Are You ‘Put Off’ By Spiritual People? The Buddha said, “Not too tight and not too loose.” He could have said, “Not too wet and not too dry.” Not many of us are just moist! People seem to fall into … Continue reading
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