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- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
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- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
- ONE LIGHT OR MANY LIGHTS? March 23, 2026
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- DON’T LET DAMAGE CONTROL YOUR LIFE March 23, 2026
- BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY March 22, 2026
- BELIEVING AND DEBUNKING March 22, 2026
- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS March 21, 2026
- GROUPS ARE CONFORMITY March 21, 2026
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- WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS? March 20, 2026
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- WORLD EVENTS CHANGE OUR THINKING March 20, 2026
- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
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- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
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Tag Archives: path
DECEIT AND BELIEF AND PATH
Deceit and Belief And Path Deceit: deliberately causing someone to believe something that is not true. Belief: acceptance that something is true, without proof. Path: direction in which a person is moving. We are constantly deceived by the unenlightened to believe in some thing or other, and that becomes our path … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute truth, are we thirsty for truth, Belief, deceit, Duality, non-duality, path, pure consciousness, relative, truth is constant, two truths
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NO PATH, NO JOURNEY, NO DESTINATION
No Path, No Journey, No Destination We are here now. So what obscures ‘now’? Nothing. Absolutely nothing of any substance. Emotions arise to protect the false idea of ‘me and mine’: pride, jealousy, desire, fear, hatred and ignorance obscure nowness. … Continue reading
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Tagged chop wood fetch water, Fruition, Ground, kingdom of enlightenment, nowness, path, Religion and Spirituality.
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THE TERMINOLOGY OF THE THREE KAYAS
The Terminology of Three Kayas If you are like me and get confused about terminology, this may help your confusion…I mean, clarify your confusion! The traditional names for our three enlightened qualities are dharmakaya, sambhogakaya and nirmankaya. These are known … Continue reading
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THE CHOICE OF SPIRITUAL REFINEMENT
The choice of spiritual refinement. If there is such a thing a divine, holy, sacred…it’s us! These are pretty words, and it’s easy to mistakenly think that we therefore do not have to do anything. To recognise this purity is … Continue reading
THE END IS THE BEGINNING
The end is the beginning. In this blog, everything that needs to be said, has been said! The only point in writing now is to refine understanding. The way of Dzogchen (also known as Maha Ati, the great prefection), as … Continue reading
A-Z Dharma
A-Z Dharma. Probably like me, you want an A-Z of Dharma… “Just tell me what’s what!” I don’t think understanding works like that. There are places we can go to study the ABC of Dharma, and for some it may … Continue reading
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 