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- FRUSTRATION CAN TURN TO ANGER February 7, 2023
- LIVING WITH REALISATION February 6, 2023
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- THEY DON’T WANT US TO THINK FOR OURSELVES February 6, 2023
- DOES THE DEVIL WARN US? February 6, 2023
- PAINTING OUR OWN FUTURE February 5, 2023
- THE AGE OF MY OPINION February 5, 2023
- CORRUPT MINDS, CORRUPT WORLD February 5, 2023
- HUMANITY’S DISORIENTATION February 4, 2023
- TRAUMAS ARE MEMORIES February 3, 2023
- GETTING USED TO BOREDOM February 3, 2023
- ONE VIEW, MANY EXPRESSIONS February 3, 2023
- WHERE DOES CONFLICT COME FROM? February 2, 2023
- SPIRITUALITY IS BEING GROUNDED February 2, 2023
- LISTENING TO OTHERS AND LISTENING TO OURSELF February 1, 2023
- REJECTING THE EVIDENCE February 1, 2023
- PROFOUND TIBETAN BUDDHISM January 31, 2023
- YOU ARE THE SECRET January 31, 2023
- FINDING YOUR DIFFERENCE January 30, 2023
- WHAT IS GOOD & WHAT IS EVIL? January 30, 2023
- COURAGE IS THE FIRST STEP TO REALISING CONSCIOUSNESS January 30, 2023
- THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY January 30, 2023
- WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS DECEIVED … January 30, 2023
- ARE WE A GAIN-OF-FUNCTION? January 30, 2023
- BLOGS ARE LIVING BOOKS January 28, 2023
- WHERE IS THE MIDDLE WAY? January 28, 2023
- WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE WE? January 28, 2023
- WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS? January 28, 2023
- DON’T GUESS. KNOW. January 27, 2023
- THE PROBLEM WITH RELIGION IS … January 27, 2023
- FEAR ENGENDERERS, FEAR MONGERS AND FEAR BELIEVERS January 26, 2023
- I FEEL GOOD – OR IT FEELS RIGHT January 26, 2023
- GRASPING AT STRAWS January 25, 2023
- SOME DAYS, I FEEL EXTREMELY ANGRY January 24, 2023
- WE CAN LAUGH WHEN THINGS ARE OBVIOUS January 23, 2023
- THE COLLAPSE IN OUR MORALS January 23, 2023
- GODS AND FOOLS January 23, 2023
- HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR JOURNEY YET? January 23, 2023
- THE BUDDHA WAS AN EXPERT BUT … January 22, 2023
- HACKABLE YOU January 21, 2023
- LIFE IS MAINTENANCE January 20, 2023
- GENERATING COMPLEXITY TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE January 20, 2023
- COMPLEXITY BREEDS CONFUSION January 20, 2023
- ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE January 19, 2023
- FREE SPEECH January 18, 2023
- “SUFFERING & SADNESS UNITE US” January 18, 2023
- NEARLY TRUE January 17, 2023
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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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Tagged an expert, compassionate, discipline, don't take my word for truth; test if for yourself, EMPATHY, generous, KINDNESS, on the verge, our experiences are individual, our true reality, patience, patient, teachings are generlaistions, The Buddha, travelling along others' paths, we are not free
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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
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
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
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
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
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
THE SHOCK OF REALISATION IS ALMOST UNBEARABLE
The Shock Of Realisation Is Almost Unbearable Nine and a half billion people on this planet are unaware of their true reality, and so they’re not free. We just accept the status quo of following everyone else in our particular … Continue reading
YOU’RE THEM
You’re Them Until we know our true reality, we will live in the reality of others. Once, due to a predisposition and bias, we have adopted others’ ideas, we’ve lost our reality. Ideas are a magic show; we want to … Continue reading
BUDDHISM FOR TODAY
Buddhism For Today The quality of Buddhism is tested through compassion in our relationships. How empathetic are we? This is this age of conflict, and conflict requires people. Buddhism today is about compassion, or rather, the lack of it. Merely … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, fearless and harmless, genuine, how empathetic are we?, isolation, non-=dual caring, OM MANI PEME HUM, our path to enlightenment, our true reality, re-ignite compassion, strife, The Buddha, the mantra of compassion, true compassion, understanding others, we are disturbed
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BEING AT HOME WITH OUR SELF
Being At Home With Our Self It’s lovely – and such a relief – once we stop conforming. We totally misunderstand spirituality if we think that we have to be something different from the way we are. That is what … Continue reading
THE HEART IS THE ESSENCE OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
The Heart Is The Essence Of Pure Consciousness This is opposite to what people generally think of as their ‘heart’; we usually see ‘heart’ as our feelings, but that is merely a reaction in the same mind as our thoughts. … Continue reading
EVIL IS BANAL
Evil Is Banal We may think of evil as something terrible, but that extreme vision starts with a lack of understanding of our original nature. Evil lacks originality: it is banal and obvious, and obeys its programming without question. Our original … Continue reading
‘CONSPIRACY’ MEANS ‘SECRET PLAN’
‘Conspiracy’ Means ‘Secret Plan’ What do you think esoteric knowledge is? It is knowledge intended for the few; knowledge for the many is exoteric. Some secrets are there to protect us from misusing knowledge, while other secrets are kept with … Continue reading
OUR MINDS NEED CHALLENGING
Our Minds Need Challenging Our minds need challenging, otherwise we function habitually in auto-pilot. At the moment, we may think we’re normal when, in fact, we are living in a repetitive reality, saying and doing the same things every day … Continue reading
TRUTH ISN’T AN EXAGGERATION
Truth Isn’t An Exaggeration To build our reality, we may use errors, omissions, distortions, restructuring, denial, minimisations, exaggerations, justifications. The only reality is in the seeing without comment.Seeing isn’t believing; it’s knowing. An exaggeration is not the truth:it is stretching the truth … Continue reading
CONFUSING CONSCIOUSNESS
Confusing Consciousness Confusing consciousness confuses us. Do we have consciousness, or are we consciousness? Two paths that lead in opposite directions. Because of this, we only communicate on a relative level. True communication is rare. Most humans believe that consciousness … Continue reading
CONSPIRACY
Conspiracy Is there a truth hidden from us in plain sight? Yes. Who is in on it? Everyone! The last thing anyone wants to look at is themselves – their true reality – because of a creation of a personal … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy, finding fault, Mara, our essence, our true reality, plain sight, power, Pure Consciousness., Samsara, the truth
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SEX, DESIRE AND WISDOM
Sex, Desire And Wisdom If it wasn’t for sex and desire, we wouldn’t be here – and neither would our gurus. Being born allows us all to ‘wise up’ to our true reality, so we needn’t feel guilty. We are … Continue reading
FINDING OUR TRUE LINEAGE
Finding Our True Lineage Returning to our inner intention. Being happy. There is a lineage calling within us all: it is our path to enlightenment. This isn’t an organisation or tradition; it’s an inner longing. It isn’t hope; it’s more … Continue reading
FROM NOT KNOWING TO KNOWING, IN A MOMENT
From Not Knowing To Knowing, In A Moment From ignoring to realising, in a moment. We are usually too occupied and busy to realise our true reality, the source of absolute truth. When we stop being occupied for a moment, … Continue reading
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WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?
What Is Pure Consciousness? The one absolute truth about pure consciousness is that it is already pure; we do not have to make it pure. Without knowing this, we remain imprisoned in falsehoods, dullness and guilt. It is the fact … Continue reading
ARE WE GHOSTS IN HUMAN FORMS?
Are We Ghosts In Human Forms? A ghost is merely consciousness lost in not knowing its true nature; because of this, it drifts around due to karma. The realisation of our true nature is both the purpose of life and … Continue reading
THE CHOSEN FEW
The Chosen Few The chosen few are the few who choose to realise their true reality. Many believe they are the way they are; a fixed self identity that cannot change. A few look at that fixated self identity and … Continue reading
IT TAKES TIME TO REALISE OUR REALITY
It Takes Time To Realise Our Reality The essence of the Dharma cannot be comprehended by the conventional mind. Hearing or reading about the Dharma is immediate, but that’s just information: to experience and realise the Dharma, we need a … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY IS HARD-NOSED REALITY
Spirituality Is Hard-Nosed Reality which is the firm foundation for compassionate, hard-nosed reality. Hard-nosed: realistic, determined, tough-minded, unsentimental, down-to-earth, no-nonsense, pragmatic, clear-thinking, realistic, practical, rational, shrewd and astute. The opposite: sentimental, superstitious: believing in lucky charms, make-believe, fantasy: making exaggerated claims. To claim that we are ’empaths here to … Continue reading
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