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IT STANDS TO REASON

It Stands To Reason Higher consciousness has to be pure consciousness. Lower consciousness has to be impure consciousness. Higher consciousness sees without thought. Lower consciousness sees, and creates thoughts. It’s detrimental to the realisation that we have always been pure … Continue reading

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BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS

Billions And Billions And Billions Billions and billions and billions of sentient beings have passed through Earth, never realising their true reality of pure consciousness. Actually, make that zillions and zillions and zillions … All these beings have done is … Continue reading

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KARMA IS DHARMA

Karma Is Dharma Karma is the habitual tendencieswhich obscure our true reality. Karma is Dharmabecause it shows us these tendencies. The purpose of life isn’t complicated.Resting in pure awareness, there is nothing else.No worries, no blame, empty of contrivances. We … Continue reading

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WE ARE INDIVIDUAL PURE CONSCIOUSNESS

We Are Individual Pure Consciousness “We?” “Individual?”This is our conundrum 🙂 We only have to remember one thing: that every sentient being is individual pure consciousness that hasn’t changed throughout life. It is our constant reality, like space and formula. Once … Continue reading

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DO WE HAVE TO LEARN THE DHARMA?

Do We Have To Learn ‘The Dharma’? The Dharma is all about our true reality right now; it’s not about where we came from, and it’s not someone else’s history. We merely have to recognise our true reality of pure consciousness through silent … Continue reading

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WHY DON’T WE VALUE OUR TRUE REALITY?

Why Don’t We Value Our True Reality? Do we value our true reality of pure consciousnessor do we value ‘interesting’ phenomena and fantasies more? Valuing that which perceives those ‘interesting’ phenomena and fantasiesis the essence of wisdom: our ultimate reality of … Continue reading

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MARA’S WORLD

Mara’s World Awareness: “It’s What We Have, To Do Things With”. That is what most of us think and, as a result, we ignore our true reality. People become competitive, outdoing one another and creating conflict. We either believe in … Continue reading

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CAPTIVATED BY STORIES

Captivated By Stories We are captivated by art, music, films, books, news, religion, sport, science, politics, conversations … all telling stories about the past. It’s a mental prison that we’re proud to repeat. Consciousness captured, we are a constant audience. … Continue reading

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THE ‘NEWS’ CREATES EMOTIONS

The ‘News’ Creates Emotions Be very aware when the ‘news’ creates high emotions – it’s meant to. ‘News’ is psychological manipulation to stir up the mind. This is why the ‘news’ media and the internet bombard us with ‘interesting’ things that … Continue reading

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TOO SPEEDY TO NOTICE

Too Speedy To Notice We are too speedy to notice our true reality. Every moment whooshes by with something to do or talk about. Whooshing and clarity aren’t accommodating bedfellows. 🙂 The silent clarity of absolute truth goes unnoticed in … Continue reading

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WE ARE THE GAP BETWEEN OUR WORDS

We Are The Gap Between Our Words Our true reality is the gap between our words – silent, pure awareness.

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WE CAN’T STOP THE WORLD

We Can’t Stop The World We can’t stop the world (people believing what they believe) and we can only get off at death, but we can be slightly out of synch. We don’t want to be totally at odds with … Continue reading

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THE SADDEST THING

The Saddest Thing The saddest thing is people spending their lives without knowing their true reality, and then dying. The sadness is in seeing that people are constantly engaged in entertaining their minds, filling up that precious space of pure … Continue reading

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BEING CARRIED AWAY

Being Carried Away When we hear or read something we have already decided on the outcome – before we’ve even have got to the end. This is our life – being carried off by ideas. When we look at something … Continue reading

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HUMAN ENGINEERING – HUMAN MODIFICATION

Human Engineering – Human Modification Everything on Earth can be modified – especially our minds – and therefore, our expectations and our beliefs. This starts in our infancy with ‘sweet’, pleasing little somethings, and then we spend the rest of … Continue reading

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THE REAL DHARMA HAS NO FRILLY BITS

The Real Dharma Has No Frilly Bits Keeping the Dharma real is dealing with life in its raw state, and not as it was in the past. The world is very different from 2,500 years ago, although our problems are … Continue reading

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HOW WE STAY AWAKE

How We Stay Awake When we wake up, we’ve realised our true reality of pure consciousness; we then constantly see what isn’t reality and what is a slight-of-hand, and the non-reality thus keeps us awake continuously. 🙂 Being awake is … Continue reading

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THE IMITATION OF KNOWING

The Imitation Of Knowing What make us feel good? It is when we reverse not knowing into knowing. The relief is the joy of knowing that we’ve solved a problem. Something that we’d always felt but have never resolved has … Continue reading

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WHAT IS WORSE THAN BELIEF?

What Is Worse Than Belief? Worse than belief is wanting to believe There are two obscurations in the mind: ignorance of our true reality, and the maintenance of that ignorance. When we stick to one side about whatever we read … Continue reading

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ORDINARY: NOTHING SPECIAL

Ordinary: Nothing Special Through the realisation of our true reality, we realise how ordinary it is, and how ordinary we are, just being pure consciousness – the true essence of all sentient beings. People cannot accept being ordinary, and make … Continue reading

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TWO MIRACLES

Two Miracles One miracle is the stupidification of a planet, and the other, the realisation of that stupidification. Stupidification is consciousness believing in an ‘I’, creating the idea that ‘I’ have consciousness, when what we are is consciousness. It’s a … Continue reading

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THE ONLY WAY OUT IS IN

The Only Way Out Is In Buddhism is the psychology and study of the mind and its effects on consciousness, our true reality; understand your mind, understand your self, understand your illusion, understand your reality. Modern psychology is concerned with … Continue reading

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WALKING IN OTHERS’ DREAMS

Walking In Others’ Dreams We have enough problems living in our dreams, let alone living in others’ dreams 🙂 We believe others are the enemy and they believe we are; it’s all a manipulation of concepts/dreams. Some of us have … Continue reading

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WHAT DO ‘PROPER’ PEOPLE DO?

What Do ‘Proper’ People Do? Proper people: conforming to conventional established standards of behaviour and manners; correct, with good taste and being right. Improper people: not in accordance with accepted standards. Aggression towards the established view, whether political or spiritual, … Continue reading

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REALISATION = HAPPINESS

Realisation = Happiness When we realise and understand our true reality, we should be happy at every moment. How can we not be happy? Being unconditionally happy means without reliance on external events. Get it? It does not rely on … Continue reading

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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?

What Is The Purpose Of Life? The purpose of life is to understand our true reality, which is why we are here: to eliminate our confusion, releasing us from emotional attachments to a self-identity. Consciousness is imprisoned in a mind. … Continue reading

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THE WORLD DOESN’T MAKE SENSE! OR DOES IT?

The World Doesn’t Make Sense! Or Does It? If we think the world is run by idiots, we are deceived. Those behind the scenes know exactly what they’re doing and why. Confusion + delay creates chaos. We seek salvation, but … Continue reading

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NORMAL AND ABNORMAL …?

Normal And Abnormal …? If we don’t meditate, we become unstable = the collective normal. If we hold on to the meditation, we become stiff = the collective normal. If we meditate, and drop the meditation – short moments many … Continue reading

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WHY BELIEF IS THE OPPOSITE TO TRUTH

Why Belief Is The Opposite To Truth Belief is the constant trap of duality-separation. If we find a stone and worship it, believing that it has powers, this belief will make us feel strong and comforted. In fact, the power … Continue reading

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SIMPLE BUT DIFFICULT … BUT SIMPLE

Simple But Difficult … But Simple Our true reality is simply pure awareness. Its presence is precious timelessness. We do not have to do anything to know or realise this. So why is it difficult? It’s difficult to comprehend as … Continue reading

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THE DIY OF ENLIGHTENMENT

The DIY Of Enlightenment Once we realise our true reality, and have not just received information, but actually ‘get it’, we see Dharma everywhere. The ‘news’ is a good example; from an absolute perspective, it is anti-truth and disinformation, but … Continue reading

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WHAT DOES BUDDHISM TEACH?

What Does Buddhism Teach? The word ‘Buddha’ means awakened to our true reality, and having exhausted all fixed ways of thinking which are the result of past actions. In other words, to be enlightened. Do I have to become a Buddhist? There have been … Continue reading

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THERE IS NO MENTAL PEACE WITHOUT MEDITATION

There Is No Mental Peace Without Meditation Mental peace is our true wealth. It is the wealth of emptiness that we can return to when we have lost clarity and become anxious, swallowed up by emotions. It is the source … Continue reading

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LED TO BELIEVE

Led To Believe Vote for a belief. Belief diverts consciousness from knowing to merely accepting. Being encouraged to identify/believe in something or other and become outraged creates the opposite effect – disbelievers. It’s meant to. This is exactly the mission … Continue reading

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THE DIS-EASE OF IGNORANCE

The Dis-Ease Of Ignorance When we don’t ignore the truth of our reality which is pure consciousness, we gain confidence, perfectly at ease with whatever happens. We know we’re not going to change people who ignore their reality, but we … Continue reading

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WHEN KNOWING REALITY BECOMES A BELIEF

When Knowing Reality Becomes A Belief Belief: acceptance without proof. This is how our reality was downgraded. Belief can make us feel, do and say wonderful things, but it’s all about a material world created in the mind. Belief is … Continue reading

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EXPERIENCE THE GIFT

Experience The Gift Gift: a thing given willingly without payment. A natural ability. The gift is the teaching on our true reality, and the experience this gives. The gift is realising our genuine uniqueness, as opposed to an adopted persona. Happiness: the relief from suffering. … Continue reading

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CROSSING THE BARRIER

Crossing The Barrier Most ordinary beings aren’t interested in their true reality as they’re bustling around, engaged in one-upmanship. The problem for spiritual adherents/devotees is being given answers, and then bustling around, engaged in one-upmanship. This competitiveness inhibits crossing the … Continue reading

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SO FEW GET IT

So Few Get It So few realise their true reality that never changes. Most think consciousness is something that they have, and that’s it; they vaguely assume that there is more, but that it’s unknowable. This is precisely what belief … Continue reading

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LISTENING TO OTHERS AND LISTENING TO OURSELF

Listening To Others And Listening To Ourself Many people speak about truth, more or less, and we may be fortunate to find someone whose words echo the way we feel. What is important is observing our self at play rather … Continue reading

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THE BUDDHA WAS AN EXPERT BUT …

The Buddha Was An Expert But … The Buddha was an expert, but he said, “Don’t take my word for the truth; test it for yourself”. If he said that, then don’t take any expert’s word for it. If we … Continue reading

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ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE

Enlightenment Isn’t Unattainable We might think that enlightenment is something they do over there, or back in the days of yore. 🙂 Something really special, with special powers… Well, we’ve all heard the stories! But what if it isn’t that … Continue reading

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BANNING FREE SPEECH

Banning Free Speech There seems to be a co-ordinated effort to ban what we say.This will not stop what we think and how we think.This will not stop what we see and how we see.Even the Buddha couldn’t do that! … Continue reading

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WHERE DID/DO WE GO ASTRAY?

Where Did/Do We Go Astray? According to ancient teachings, we – consciousness – have been trekking through the universe, driven by habitual ignorance of our true reality beyond time, and so, every sentient being has been our mother … That … Continue reading

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EXISTING IN A SEA OF DESPAIR/SAMSARA

Existing In A Sea Of Despair/Samsara Samsara: the cycle of human existence motivated by hopes and fears and indifference (Sankrit). In this sea of samsara, we either drift, drown or play. ‘Drifting’ is vacancy, ‘drowning’ is indifference and ‘playing’ is … Continue reading

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HOW PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NATURAL

How Pure Consciousness Is Natural While just perceiving through the senses, no thought is present. We might assume that, because we are seeing objects and events, thought is present. Not so. Being aware of just seeing is pure consciousness. No … Continue reading

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WHEN WE FORGET WHAT WE ARE

When We Forget What We Are When we forget what we are, we lose all sense of reality. So many people choose to be ignorant of their true reality in favour of filling their minds with some sort of amusement … Continue reading

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LET’S KEEP IT SIMPLE

Let’s Keep It Simple Sit for a moment. Relax. Be one with the senses and the elements … breathe air … see light … smell odour/scent … taste flavour … feel touch. These are our direct connection with the world, … Continue reading

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WHY WE CANNOT RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER

Why We Cannot Relate To One Another Even though the ‘view’ of pure consciousness is the original essence of all sentient beings, different levels of fixations obscure this ‘view’, causing obstacles when relating or empathising with one another. We are … Continue reading

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THE CURE BECOMES THE DISEASE

The Cure Becomes The Disease Whatever we are attracted to solve our problems – be it knowledge of science, religion, politics, literature, music, medicine, drugs, sex, conspiracies or just the latest ideas – ends up causing us dis-ease if we … Continue reading

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