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- THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC March 28, 2023
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- REPEATING LABELS March 27, 2023
- THERE ARE MANY WISE WORDS March 27, 2023
- KNOW YOUR ENEMY, KNOW YOURSELF March 27, 2023
- OBLIVIOUS TO OUR REALITY March 26, 2023
- THE ILLUSION WITHIN THE ILLUSION March 25, 2023
- DON’T LET WHAT’S OUT THERE IN HERE March 24, 2023
- WHAT IF THERE IS A FIFTH COLUMN? March 24, 2023
- REASONING IS EMPATHY March 24, 2023
- A WORLD OF MENDACIOUS SOPHISTRY March 23, 2023
- A WORLD OF WAFFLE March 23, 2023
- THE SEED, THE MUD AND THE FRUIT March 23, 2023
- OUR ENEMY IS NOT OUR ENEMY March 23, 2023
- A TALENT FOR DEPENDENCY March 22, 2023
- EXPERIENCING TRAUMA MAKES US EMPATHETIC March 21, 2023
- SELF & ESSENCE March 21, 2023
- CORRUPTING CONSCIOUSNESS March 20, 2023
- DON’T FOLLOW A NAME March 20, 2023
- ARE WE CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS? March 20, 2023
- SIMPLY BEYOND THE MIND March 20, 2023
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS SO ORDINARY March 19, 2023
- DON’T BE A ‘PERFECT MEDITATOR’ March 18, 2023
- EVERYTHING TRANSFORMS, SO NOTHING IS WASTED March 16, 2023
- BUYER BEWARE March 15, 2023
- GOD? OR NO GOD? March 14, 2023
- IF LIFE IS SELF-REPLICATING March 14, 2023
- IF YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY March 13, 2023
- THERE IS NOTHING MORE March 13, 2023
- RESOLVING OUR MIND March 13, 2023
- BARRIER TO TRANSPARENCY March 12, 2023
- THE MIND IS OUR TOOL March 12, 2023
- DON’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU KNOW March 11, 2023
- WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? March 10, 2023
- LIFE IS EXASPERATING March 10, 2023
- WHAT WE ARE NOW March 10, 2023
- DOGMA March 9, 2023
- EXPOSING YOUR SELF March 9, 2023
- FINDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR PATH March 8, 2023
- APPRECIATING OUR STUPIDITY March 8, 2023
- TRUTH BEYOND BELIEF March 7, 2023
- RELATIVE AND ULTIMATE SATISFACTION March 7, 2023
- BECOMING JUDGEMENTAL March 6, 2023
- SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH DISSENTERS March 6, 2023
- PROVOKED OR CHARMED? March 6, 2023
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Tag Archives: our normal
WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS?
What If Our ‘Normal’ Is Madness? Madness: The state of having a serious mental illness … we don’t know what we are. Extremely foolish behaviour … we think we know. A state of wild or chaotic activity … we follow the crowd. We are brain-washed to function at a very basic … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM: WE GET USED TO IT
Our Problem: We Get Used To It Ideas are projected into our minds; if images are repeated enough times, they become our normal without us realising it. Those who study the mental characteristics and attitudes of people or groups watch us settle into our … Continue reading
IS BUDDHISM ABNORMAL?
Is Buddhism Abnormal? Normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. Abnormal: deviating from what is normal, typical, or expected. We have a choice “whether to suffer the slings and arrow of outrageous fortune or take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end … Continue reading
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