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Tag Archives: Pure Awareness
REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE
Realisation Is Confidence Realisation is having confidence in the reality we all share – pure consciousness. Being prepared to accept that there could be something to shatter that confidence is humility; we have to be prepared to change and adapt. … Continue reading
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‘JUDGING’ FROM A DZOGCHEN POINT OF VIEW
‘Judging’ From A Dzogchen Point of View Dzogchen is the spontaneous raw experience of pure consciousness. It’s unconditioned awareness. There is neither accepting nor rejecting; it is pure observation. There are many names for this spirit of awareness, but it’s … Continue reading
VALUING AWARENESS
Valuing Awareness Valuing awareness is valuing our reality. We take ever-present awareness for granted, forgetting that it’s how we know. If we are not aware of being aware, we’re still living in the collective dream. Awareness is meditation. Pure awareness … Continue reading
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WE LIVE IN AN UNENLIGHTENED WORLD
We Live In An Unenlightened World We live in an unenlightened world; lacking wisdom of pure awareness, of course there are problems. This isn’t just due to a lack of facts, but a misunderstanding of reality – the illusion of … Continue reading
LOOKING AT ALL SIDES
Looking At All Sides To be open-minded, we need to look at all sides, all views. Are the people who hold these views open or closed? Can they communicate, or do they just talk? To know the truth of our … Continue reading
POINTING TO OUR SIMPLE REALITY
Pointing To Our Simple Reality We are aware. There’s nothing difficult about experiencing this. Just being aware. If we start to analyse awareness, such as asking where it came from, it becomes a product of mind, and we abide in … Continue reading
REACTING ISN’T THINKING
Reacting Isn’t Thinking When we react to something, this is our habitual routine, our programming. It’s what makes us a type, and therefore predictable. This is what surveillance monitors. Are we going through our routine, or have we deviated? When … Continue reading
DO I HAVE TO MEDITATE?
Do I Have To Meditate? The effect of meditation is to realise that we are pure awareness. Once we live this understanding, then no, we don’t have to meditate. But we cannot assume in some vague way that we are … Continue reading
BELIEF AND AWARENESS
Belief And Awareness Belief and awareness are not the same. Belief is an idea in the mind that we accept without empirical experience. Pure awareness is empirical experience. Belief is an idea, a fantasy that gives rise to many opinions. Pure awareness is pure perception, pure … Continue reading
BUDDHISTS, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, OVERDO IT
Buddhists, Like Everyone Else, Overdo It Humans are obsessive, overly-dramatic creatures. We like sensation and spectacle which bypasses our common sense. As humans, we overdo everything because of psychological disorders, such as perfectionism, fear of failure, peer pressure, validation … … Continue reading
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THE SADNESS OF WISDOM
The Sadness Of Wisdom Once we realise our true reality, we want to help others to realise this as well. It’s quite simple; we are the spirit of pure awareness, pure consciousness, dwelling in a temporary body. Realising this answers … Continue reading
THE TRAUMATISATION OF HUMANITY
The Traumatisation Of Humanity Throughout history, humans have been traumatised by information/news/entertainment, which is programming that leads us away from our true reality. Unable to feel content, we constantly look for something different, and become addicts of the new. This … Continue reading
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 DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH OTHERS
We Don’t Have To Agree With Others We don’t have to agree with others,but we don’t have to be disagreeable either. 🙂 Disagreement is about the use of words. We aren’t saying others are wrong, it’s just that we are on … Continue reading
MORAL CODE
Moral Code What sort of moral code do we have? One: Survival of me and mine?Two: Understanding the nature of reality for all = empathy? There are many degrees of knowing right from wrong. We have to constantly check our … Continue reading
LET’S SAY THE BUDDHA IS A MYTH
Let’s Say The Buddha Is A Myth Let’s say the Buddha is a myth.Let’s say all spiritual teachings are a myth.What do we do now? Until we can see for ourselves, we’re merely borrowing beliefs. How do we know the … Continue reading
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OUR REALITY IS THE GAP BETWEEN THOUGHTS
Our Reality Is The Gap Between Thoughts Between our thoughts is a gap, a pause, an emptiness; it is the light of clarity which is what we are, pure awareness. However, we keep losing our reality by becoming attached to … Continue reading
THE NEW AGE ‘SOURCE’ OF DECEPTION AND CONFUSION
The New Age ‘Source’ Of Deception And Confusion If we don’t know what’s real, then a substitute will be believable. Most people believe in stories handed down to them which contain unprovable assumptions. The New Age agency created the idea … Continue reading
WHAT ARE ‘ESOTERIC’ AND ‘EXOTERIC’?
What Are ‘Esoteric’ And ‘Exoteric’? The esoteric is understood by the few who are practiced. The exoteric is understood by the many who do not practice. The esoteric is pure experience of pure awareness. The exoteric is knowing about pure … Continue reading
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WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR DIS-INFORMATION FROM?
Where Do You Get Your Dis-information From? We are told, “Seeing is believing.” This is dis-information, but it’s the code that we live by which lies dormant in our minds but which can be activated at any moment. We are … Continue reading
PURE AWARENESS IS BEING NATURAL
Pure Awareness Is Being Natural Pure awareness is being ordinary, being natural; it’s just being aware. There is no attitude, no learning, no superiority – just awareness. Meditation is just being aware, anywhere. Pure awareness isn’t an altered state of … Continue reading
NOT REALISING THE DEPTH OF OUR PROBLEM
Not Realising The Depth Of Our Problem The realisation of the absolute truth that we are original, pure, conscious awareness is right here, right now. It’s not ‘up there’. Enlightenment is right here, right now. Dewachen is right here, right … Continue reading
THE SUBTLE CHANGE IN AWARENESS
The Subtle Change In Awareness Awareness of awareness isn’t pure awareness, as it’s still a duality of being aware of some aspect, and relating to this. In pure awareness, there is no notion of being aware; there is just awareness … Continue reading
IS THERE A GOD OR NOT?
Is There A God or Not? This is a pointless debate as it’s a personal issue. No one should impose their views on to others – and criticising those who believe/don’t believe is futile. What matters is how we feel … Continue reading
THE PETTY ILLUSION: WE THINK WE ARE AWAKE
The Petty Illusion: We Think We Are Awake While engaged in either dream states of thought or vacancy, we ignore our ever-present reality of pure consciousness. We are science fact in science fiction. Fact is awareness. Fiction is whatever we … Continue reading
WHO CREATED OUR REALITY?
Who Created Our ‘Reality’? This ‘reality’ was created by those who convinced people to believe in truth, rather than knowing truth for themselves. We therefore became reliant on them. Convince: to cause to believe firmly in the truth of something, from Latin convincere, from con‘with’ + vincere … Continue reading
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DON’T OBSESS ABOUT MEDITATION
Don’t Obsess About Meditation Quality not quantity in meditation, even though quantity is promoted. Short moments, many times. When meditation just becomes a ritual, it’s not meditation. The real meditation is letting go, hence short moments, many times. Know why … Continue reading
IF WE DO NOT PRACTISE
If We Do Not Practise If we do not sit in solitary stillness with an open mind, we will never realise the ultimate answer to all our questions. In practice, all questioning drops away, because we realise that that which … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS JUST BEING AWARE OF AWARENESS
Meditation Is Just Being Aware of Awareness When more people meditate, the world will change for the better. At the moment, people are all about ‘me-and-what-I-know’. This limits understanding of an infinite reality. Just being aware can be at any … Continue reading
A LIE HAS AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH
A Lie Has An Element Of Truth To Be Believable The Buddha never asked us to believe,just accepting his words. People who believe do not know; they assume, and follow others. It’s shocking to see how many just accept whatever … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALREADY IN NIRVANA
Pure Consciousness Is Already In Nirvanae That which sees the ‘I’ at work is already in Nirvana, Heaven, Buddha realm …Pure consciousness is our only reality; it’s right here, right now. To ‘reach’ Enlightenment, we merely have to realise that … Continue reading
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WAKING UP IS SIMPLE; STAYING AWAKE ISN’T
Waking-Up Is Simple; Staying Awake Isn’t Staying awake is Buddhahood. Whatever we are doing, pure consciousness is present. We don’t have to do anything to achieve this as pure consciousness is doing the seeing right now; it is being aware. … Continue reading
IS PURE AWARENESS SIMPLISTIC?
Is Pure Awareness Simplistic? All sentient beings are aware. They have to be, in order to be. 🙂 Understanding this is quite simple. In the very first instant of being aware and before judgements set in, this awareness is pure, … Continue reading
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LOOKING IN ON THE MIND
Looking In On The Mind When looking in on the mind, two things occur; one is seeing mind’s activity, and the other is the observation of this activity in the mind. The observation cannot be identified or found as it … Continue reading
DHARMA QUENCHES THIRST
Dharma Quenches Thirst If we’re thirsty, it’s the ‘water’ we want, not the glass. Seekers of elaborations never find satisfaction. This is how the Dharma becomes very expensive. Satisfaction comes from realisation. This how the Dharma is free. How? Stop … Continue reading
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COVERED BY INVENTIONS
Covered By Inventions A concept is a device, an invention in the mind formed by belief, from being told something and accepting it as ‘authority’. Humanity had been covered in concepts; ‘disguising the truth’ is a variant of the word ‘covert’, … Continue reading
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WHY AM I NOT TOTALLY CONVINCED?
Why Am I Not Totally Convinced? Q. Why am I not totally convinced that pure consciousness is the ultimate truth? A. Old brain. The old brain was developed in our early years, when the mind was infiltrated and fixed about … Continue reading
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WHY ARE THERE HOLY PLACES?
Why Are There Holy Places? Why are there holy buildings, holy robes, holy names, honorific language? Pure consciousness is nothing special; we all have buddha nature – pure mind. If it is made special, we weaken it. Elaboration smothers the … Continue reading
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MEDITATION BRINGS YOU OUT OF YOURSELF
Meditation Brings You Out Of Yourself Meditation brings you out of yourself. 😀 When sitting in silent awareness, there is just pure cognisance. We call this pure consciousness. No duality is required: observation is without identifying an observer.
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DEALING WITH A CRAZY MIND
Dealing With A Crazy Mind The mind isn’t crazy; it is just full of memories that consciousness clings to. These memories cloud direct perception because consciousness is always referring to these memories. It is that which is driving us crazy. … Continue reading
BUDDHISM IS PURE OBSERVATION
Buddhism Is Pure Observation Buddhism isn’t about learning; it is about clarity. Clarity means divine splendour – not divine cleverness 🙂 Buddhism is pure observation. It’s not a matter of thinking about what is being observed; that is for the … Continue reading
IN FACT, DON’T MEDITATE
In Fact, Don’t Meditate Sitting down to meditate is enough meditation. We made the decision. Now, just be aware that awareness is what you are. In fact, don’t meditate. Allow the eyes to be open so that everything can enter … Continue reading
THIS CONSTANT FIRST MOMENT
This Constant First Moment This constant first moment of awareness is precisely what we are. We can’t be anything else. As we progress, this truth becomes more and more obvious, without any doubts. It is the most important aspect of … Continue reading
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FOCUSING ON THE NEGATIVE
Focusing On The Negative When we focus on the negative, it is we who become negative. Rather, focus on that which focuses on the negative things of life. It’s foolish to think that we can change this corrupt world, but … Continue reading
WE ARE DIVINE SPLENDOUR – SO WHAT?!
We Are Divine Splendour – So What?! Divine splendour is pure consciousness. “So what? My life isn’t suddenly better.” To dismiss this absolute truth means that it hasn’t been experienced, and we expect a fantasy to happen instead. Such a … Continue reading
MEDITATION MATTERS
Meditation Matters Meditation is being aware of awareness, realising we are this awareness. It is just a moment that can be extended. Meditation uncovers natural inner peace, free from anxiety, obsessiveness and vacancy – the three poisons that affect our … Continue reading
THE AGE OF HATRED
The Age Of Hatred This is said to be the age of the Kali Yuga, the age of conflict. Conflict breeds hatred. In the dictionary, hatred is defined as intense dislike. We can read all about this in the ‘news’ … Continue reading
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