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- NOT MANY GET IT January 25, 2022
- EPIPHANY = REALISATION January 24, 2022
- THE MIRACLE OF HEALING THE BLIND January 24, 2022
- EVERYWHERE WE LOOK, THERE ARE SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS January 24, 2022
- THE PROBLEM WITH REALISATION January 24, 2022
- A MACGUFFIN IS NOTHING AT ALL January 23, 2022
- CAN SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS BE USED TO DECEIVE PEOPLE? January 22, 2022
- THE BANALITY OF EVIL IS ENLIGHTERNING January 22, 2022
- THE DOMINO EFFECT OF INDIFFERENCE January 21, 2022
- REALISATION IS EARTH SHATTERING January 20, 2022
- THE LIGHT OF DARKNESS January 19, 2022
- BUDDHISM FOR TODAY January 18, 2022
- HOW CAN I ENHANCE CONSCIOUSNESS? January 17, 2022
- MAKING A BIG DEAL OF OUR SPIRITUALITY January 17, 2022
- IF THIS IS THE ONLY LIFE January 16, 2022
- REALISATION IS NOT ENLIGHTENMENT January 15, 2022
- IF WE WANT A BETTER WORLD January 14, 2022
- THE WORLD IS A STAGE … STAGED! January 13, 2022
- LUCIFER, THE BRINGER OF LIGHT January 13, 2022
- ARE YOU A DIFFICULT PERSON? January 12, 2022
- ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES TWO WORLDS January 12, 2022
- STUCK IN A MIND LOOP January 11, 2022
- THE EXOTERIC AND THE ESOTERIC January 10, 2022
- THE DHARMA CAN BE THE MUD January 10, 2022
- IS THE TRUTH BEING KEPT FROM US? January 9, 2022
- I DO NOT FOLLOW ANYONE … January 9, 2022
- THE LAW OF KARMA January 9, 2022
- I ALWAYS FEEL I AM WRONG January 8, 2022
- MASS PSYCHOSIS January 7, 2022
- COMPASSION AND EMPATHY January 6, 2022
- THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING IS CATHARTIC AND CLEANSING January 5, 2022
- ALL WE DO January 5, 2022
- HOW DO WE START OUR JOURNEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT? January 4, 2022
- TWO WAYS TO DESTROY THE INDIVIDUAL SELF January 4, 2022
- NOT EVERYONE GETS IT January 1, 2022
- MAY THE LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS January 1, 2022
- THE LONG CONFIDENCE TRICK ON CONSCIOUSNESS December 31, 2021
- WHAT IS BETTER THAN BEING TOLD THE TRUTH? December 30, 2021
- WHERE GROUCHO MARX WENT WRONG :-) December 30, 2021
- FEELING DULL AND STUPID? … BRILLIANT! December 29, 2021
- THE POWER OF SUGGESTION INFLUENCES BEHAVIOUR December 28, 2021
- LOOK FOR YOUR SELF December 28, 2021
- BUDDHISM AND DINOSAURS December 27, 2021
- THE ONLY PERSON YOU WILL LEARN FROM December 27, 2021
- BEGINNER MIND, DZOGCHEN MIND December 26, 2021
- IF WE ARE NOT TOLD THE TRUTH December 25, 2021
- ARRESTED, JUDGED AND CONDEMNED … Lol! December 24, 2021
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE’RE NOT LIVING IN HELL? December 23, 2021
- LIFE IS PERSONAL INVESTIGATION December 22, 2021
- APPARENT BUT EMPTY December 21, 2021
Tag Archives: Pure Awareness
ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES TWO WORLDS
One Word That Describes Two Worlds ‘Ornament‘ 1. Ornament: Serving to look more attractive, while having no practical purpose. Ordinary human beings project their ideas and opinions as useless ornaments. 2. Ornament: A quality of grace. A quality of inner … Continue reading
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Tagged divine, divine qualities, divine seeing, emanating joy, enlightened being, gain confidence, inner purity, just seeing, ornament, our inner reality, our true inner being, Pure Awareness, selfish delusion, the quality of grace, uncontaminated clarity of consciousness
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COMPASSION AND EMPATHY
Compassion And Empathy A word is a merely a sound. Words have meaning, however, and if we don’t understand that meaning, we merely make sounds. Compassion: concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others and a wish to help. Empathy: the ability and … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, CONSCIOUSNESS, EMPATHY, judgement, memory, our mind's pinboard, perception, Pure Awareness, pure being
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WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF MIND ESSENCE?
What Are The Qualities Of Mind Essence? The only way we can find the answer to this is through personal questioning and experience. Someone else’s answer is hearsay and thus, only a generalisation. It is for us to experience personally. … Continue reading
JUDGING AND BEING JUDGEMENTAL
Judging And Being Judgemental Spiritual practice is about knowing the difference. One is momentary;the weighing up of possibilities. The other is mechanical;being predictable and fixated. In being judgemental, we don’t see clearly because, instead of being fresh, pure awareness, we … Continue reading
THE MOST PRECIOUS TIME IN MODERN HISTORY
The Most Precious Time In Modern History This is the most precious time in modern history, as more and more people are not just believing what they are told. The internet has made this possible. The message to “Know thy … Continue reading
THERE IS NO NEED TO ARGUE
There Is No Need To Argue There is no need to be irritated and argue. It’s okay to see things differently as we are all from different cultural backgrounds and at different levels of understanding. Look to see your own mental … Continue reading
THE COMING YEAR IS LIKE EVERY YEAR
The Coming Year Is Like Every Year All media plays with our imagination by creating fear and hope – and then crushes that hope with more fear. Of course, the world around us is crazy; what else can the unenlightened do? 😀 When … Continue reading
MEDITATION
Meditation It’s not what you think!Confusion will dawn as wisdom. First, we have to recognise that we are confused and dissatisfied. This honest admittance creates the necessary motivation for change to occur, to find a natural solution to just being happy. There … Continue reading
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Tagged confusion dawns as wisdom, confusion never existed, elightenment, focus, homo illustratum, KARMA, Meditation, negative emotions control us, Pure Awareness, purpose of meditation, recognition, rest in awareness, there is nothing else, watch the breath, we are not in control
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TRUTH IS CHALLENGING TO OUR PROGRAMMED MIND
Truth Is Challenging To Our Programmed Mind Our mind is full of ideas: we want to know the truth, but cannot find it. The problem is actually recognising it when it is presented, and we have to know the difference … Continue reading
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INVESTIGATING TRUTH – RECOGNISING EVIDENCE
Investigating Truth – Recognising Evidence The problem with investigating truth is knowing the difference between wanting proof (something acquired or borrowed) as opposed to proving as a personal experience. If we want proof without proving, whatever we come up with will still be a theory; it’s … Continue reading
INSTITUTIONALISED
Institutionalised Institutionalised: apathetic and dependentThe formula of futile diligence; fear and false security. Through ignorance, people follow other people; we cling and stick together. By beinginstitutionalised, we stop thinking for ourself and learn the formula. We want to be where ‘it’s’ … Continue reading
SILENT AWARENESS
Silent Awareness For some, the idea of emptiness or purity is obscure; it’s too far away, beyond them … which it is! 😀 ‘Silent awareness’ is just another phrase for pure consciousness, or empty cognisance. We are inner beings of … Continue reading
BEING GENEROUS TO OUR SELF
Being Generous To Our Self Our ‘self’ is consciousness’s identification with the mind’s projections or collection of ideas. This collection of ideas is not our complete picture, and so we doubt and are confused. We ignore that which is … Continue reading
WHEN WE LOSE OUR WAY
When We Lose Our Way We want to know the truth. We find the truth, and realise that it is simplicity itself. The very essence of consciousness; pure awareness. It has no need for elaborations; just recognition that leads to … Continue reading
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Tagged blazing splendour, dependent, enchanted by elaborations, ENLIGHTENMENT, expression, let go, losing our way, luminosity of pure awareness, personal adjustment, personal investigation, Pure Awareness, sharing, Simplicity, The essence of consciousness., the truth
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CUTTING THROUGH EXTREMIST VIEWS
Cutting Through Extremist Views We are all extremists when we react. The practice of Trekcho. Traditionally, this practice is the Tibetan Nyingma method of seeing the arising of thoughts (or emotions) before they are fully formed, thus cutting through them … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, depression, everything is real, extremism, free in the moment of seeing, get to the point, inseparability of emptiness and cognisance, life is meaningless, our view as opposed to the view, positive desperation, Pure Awareness, Pure Consciousness., reaction, REALITY, Trekcho, Tulku Urgyen
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CAPTIVATED BY PERCEPTION
Captivated By Perception Through perception, we are imprisoned by our clinging to a chain of concepts while remaining unaware of that which is aware of perception. It may sound strange, but we need to train in awareness. Why do we … Continue reading
IS THE VOICE OF GOD…A NYAM?
Is The Voice Of God … A Nyam? This isn’t meant to upset anyone; the intention is to clarify, and identify the mistakes that may happen when we become attached to experiences, believe in them, make rules about them and … Continue reading
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Tagged before words, God, language, non-duality, Pure Awareness, Pure Consciousness., Shiva, the voice of god, translation
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ON FINDING NOTHING, WE HAVE ARRIVED
On Finding Nothing, We Have Arrived When we look for our mind and a self, nothing is found. All that is left is empty awareness. This is such a simple realisation that it is unbelievable! We have found what remains…pure … Continue reading
BRAINWASHING
Brainwashing The world brainwashes us. Our practice is to wash away the brainwashing. The soap is proper meditation; pure awareness noting all intrusions and letting go. The intrusions now become our teacher, reminding us that all indoctrinations have no reality. … Continue reading
WE ARE PLASTIC BELIEVERS UNTIL …
We Are Plastic Believers Until … We are plastic believers until genuine pure awareness is realised, resulting in genuine empathy and genuine compassion. Practice is more than appearance. There are westerners who call themselves ‘shaman’, and who adopt indigenous cultures … Continue reading
FEELING SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR
Feeling Superior Or Inferior There are those whom we think are superior; we will one day realise what they realise. There are those whom we think are inferior; they will one day realise what we realise. It is only a … Continue reading
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KNOW ONE, KNOW ALL
Know One, Know All There are thousands of teachings about our reality; they all result in the realisation of non-dual, pure awareness. Without that, nothing would be known. Once realised, there is no further need for theories. Sin is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, EMPATHY, Knowledge, Love, non-duality, Pure Awareness, REALITY, Sin, teachings, the dream, theories
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THE INNER PICKLE
The Inner Pickle Still trying to make sense of the world? When we know that humanity is ignorant of its true nature – which is the wisdom of pure awareness – then we are never surprised that it does crazy … Continue reading
APPEARANCES AND EMPTINESS
Appearances and Emptiness This is the key to letting go, and genuine freedom All that we encounter, we make real, relating to everything, and giving our ‘value judgements’. We become attached to all these appearances, and that binds us to ideas … Continue reading
A TERRIFYING SHOCK
A Terrifying Shock Ignorance: not recognising. How is that a shock? How many people on Earth recognise their true nature of pure awareness of ultimate being? They may be aware of their job, family, interests, church or being Buddhist, but … Continue reading
WE ARE BORN MEDITATING
We Are Born Meditating Meditation is just being aware We are always meditating, but this goes unnoticed when we are distracted by events, actions or objects. Being aware is natural and ordinary, so meditation is natural and ordinary. Unfortunately, through … Continue reading
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LET GO
You Don’t Have To Let Go Letting go of emotions or ideas isn’t something we have to do: all that is necessary is to be aware. Purely aware. Pure awareness liberates thoughts and emotions naturally. Grasping does not exist in … Continue reading
ONE TASTE: IS THERE RIGHT AND WRONG?
One Taste: Is There Right And Wrong? How to argue, and not argue The Buddha said; “Just as the great ocean has one taste – the taste of salt – so also this teaching and discipline has one taste – … Continue reading
WHEN ARE WE AWAKE?
When Are We Awake? When we are aware. When we are solely aware! When the mind becomes attached to a thought, it goes into a day-dream state. This thought may be very profound but it is still a day-dream, and … Continue reading
CARELESS MINDS
Careless Minds Our mind wanders: it collects ideas, replays and projects. In this state, it is a mischief maker, a gossip, an intruder. It entertains … but whom? The watcher. Contagious mind distracts our enlightened nature. These ideas become a problem … Continue reading
TOGAL = FIVE LIGHTS OR RAYS
Togal = Five Lights Or Rays The light that shines These rays are the five wisdoms that are the natural display or manifestation of pure, empty awareness: “mirror-like wisdom”, “wisdom of all-encompassing space”, “wisdom of equality”, “discriminating wisdom” and “all-accomplishing … Continue reading
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO DISAPPOINTING?
Why Are People So Disappointing? If we are disappointed in others, then maybe they are also disappointed in us. We can either be disappointed that something we expected to happen didn’t, or we can be disappointed when something happens that … Continue reading
TRUTH SEEKERS AND TRUTH FINDERS
Truth Seekers And Truth Finders … and finders, keepers! As truth seekers, we look at this approach and that approach, and “Oho! What they doing over there?!” We are offered things to wear, wave and chant, with books to read … Continue reading
ARE CHRISTIANITY AND BUDDHISM COMPATIBLE?
Are Christianity And Buddhism Compatible? Certainly, if one widens the circle of understanding. Compatible: Latin compatibilis, from compati – ‘suffer with’. Put it this way; we are all human. All humans have both awareness and beliefs, and they suffer. To have a belief, we … Continue reading
THE INSIDIOUS SIDE OF ONENESS
The Insidious Side Of Oneness ‘Insidious’ means to ambush, to lie in wait, to proceed cunningly in a gradual, subtle way, with harmful effects. Here, ‘oneness’ means not being different from the rest, not being an individual. Our reactions are … Continue reading
WAKING, DOZING, AND … ZZZ …
Waking, Dozing, and …zzz….. When introduced to the nature of mind, which is pure awareness, we might say, “It’s wow! This is great!” … a….n…d … back to sleep … 😀 In the Tibetan Nyingma tradition, the approach to reality … Continue reading
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TAKING THE HEART OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING TO HEART
Taking The Heart Of The Buddha’s Teaching To Heart It’s really very simple. The heart of the Buddha’s teaching is spontaneous presence, which is the same as non-duality, empty essence, pure consciousness, pure awareness, nowness. It could also be described … Continue reading
FAULT FINDING AND HOLDING ON
Fault Finding And Holding On… is the path to perpetual torment. As humans, there is no end to fault finding, so there is no end to suffering. We find fault with others, and they find fault with us. It’s part … Continue reading
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THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PURE AWARENESS
There Is No Substitute For Pure Awareness It’s available now for free. Just sit still without comment. Insight is available to us all. Just sit still without comment. Mahamudra and Dzogchen is now. Just sit still without comment. Nothing “fancy … Continue reading
PRACTICAL WISDOM
Practical Wisdom Wisdom has to be a practical realisation of our true self, as opposed to adherence to a mistaken self which causes our confusion, and therefore, our suffering. We are not condemning this mistaken self, this acquired ‘me’: we … Continue reading
WHAT IS ONENESS?
What Is Oneness? Wikipedia has a brilliant overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism Ultimate, oneness is not two parts. Oneness is pure awareness. Pure awareness is not aware of other – or itself. Pure empty awareness is nondualism. Whatever we then call this is … Continue reading
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ULTIMATELY, TEACHING IS ABOUT JUST ONE POINT
Ultimately, Teaching Is About Just One Point Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche said … “When I give teachings, I speak about just this point and when I give another teaching, I speak about just this point. “It is like the chirp of … Continue reading
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MEDITATION HASN’T MADE MY LIFE BETTER…”
“Meditation Hasn’t Made My Life Better …” …nothing has changed It is possible that we feel this way. We are still feeding the beast – those concepts about ourself, and how we think we ‘should’ be. There are two aspects … Continue reading
“I CANNOT FIND PURE AWARENESS”
“I Cannot Find Pure Awareness” “I cannot find myself” Pure awareness is that which is aware of thoughts, without comment. No comment means no contamination. It is therefore pure emptiness: our empty essence. The idea that pure awareness cannot be … Continue reading
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THE HEART OF DZOGCHEN
The Heart of Dzogchen The pointing out instruction is letting go. Awareness looks, sees and drops. Traditionally, the gesture (non-verbal) for the pointing out instruction is: the teacher holds his/her palms up to show looking out. They then turn the … Continue reading
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BUDDHA IN THE MUD. There are two truths: the real and the seemingly real. Their connection is the negative emotions. There is a secret life to the emotions; they can liberate us. 