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- WAKING UP TO WAKING UP TO WAKING UP March 18, 2019
- ADAPTABILITY IS THE DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE March 17, 2019
- MEDITATION: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS March 16, 2019
- SPIRITUALLY EMPTY? March 13, 2019
- IF TRANSMIGRATION IS A REALITY March 13, 2019
- IS THERE A UNIVERSAL CREATOR? March 12, 2019
- NOBODY IS INNOCENT, AND EVERYONE IS PURE March 10, 2019
- PRACTICE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE March 7, 2019
- THE NAME OF THIS BLOG March 5, 2019
- THERE IS NOTHING SPIRITUAL ABOUT BELIEF March 5, 2019
- WHY DO WE REFER TO GOD AS ‘HIM’? March 4, 2019
- DO WE FEEL WE’RE NOT MAKING SPIRITUAL PROGRESS? March 3, 2019
- FINDING WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR March 1, 2019
- ROBOT TO PREACH AT BUDDHIST TEMPLE February 27, 2019
- THE THREE CAUSES OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE February 27, 2019
- THERE ARE NO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TRUTH February 27, 2019
- TRANSCENDING TRAUMAS, OBSCURATIONS AND SCARS February 26, 2019
- OUR HIDDEN ASPECT February 24, 2019
- AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT CONVENIENCE February 20, 2019
- PSYCHOLOGICAL VIRUSES February 19, 2019
- THE ‘VERY ADVANCED’ PRACTICE OF ONE TASTE February 18, 2019
- THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING THOUGHTS February 17, 2019
- ONENESS ISN’T TWONESS February 17, 2019
- REALISING OUR ULTIMATE BEING February 17, 2019
- SO WE THINK WE HAVE FREE WILL? February 17, 2019
- A DEITY IS A SYMBOL OF OUR ULTIMATE BEING February 17, 2019
- SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS SHOULD BE FREE February 17, 2019
- IS ‘TRUTH’ JUST ANOTHER IDEA? February 16, 2019
- THE AGE OF FAST SPIRITUAL PROGRESS February 14, 2019
- THE VERY DELICATE MATTER OF INSPIRATION February 12, 2019
- WORDS ARE NOT THE TRUTH February 11, 2019
- WE GO THROUGH HELL TO GET TO HEAVEN February 9, 2019
- FOMO – FEAR OF MISSING OUT February 7, 2019
- REALISING SPIRIT February 4, 2019
- IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE WAKE UP… February 4, 2019
- WHEN WE KNOW, THEN WE CANNOT NOT KNOW February 4, 2019
- WHEN SIMPLICITY BECOMES COMPLEXITY February 2, 2019
- THE TWO FEATURES OF THOUGHTS February 2, 2019
- UNITY DOES NOT MEAN UNIFORMITY February 2, 2019
- THE WEAKNESS OF EVIL IS ARROGANCE February 2, 2019
- WE ALL NEED A FEELING OF SUCCESS February 2, 2019
- WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? January 30, 2019
- OTHERS’ SPIRITUAL WAYS January 30, 2019
- REINCARNATION; IS IT WORTH THE GAMBLE? January 28, 2019
- THE GREAT IMPARTIALITY January 26, 2019
- CONFIDENCE AND DOUBT January 25, 2019
- GOOD AND EVIL ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF INDIFFERENCE January 24, 2019
- “ORDER OUT OF CHAOS” January 22, 2019
- BE ORIGINAL; DON’T BE ANGRY January 21, 2019
- TRUTH IS BEYOND BELIEF January 19, 2019
Tag Archives: Pure Awareness
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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SPECULATION IS TIRING
Speculation Is Tiring Speculation, concepts and philosophies are tiring: they are the cause of inner and outer conflicts. But true experience of awareness – or rather, ‘pure awareness’ – is energising, and is the source of inner joy, as contaminations … Continue reading
HOW DO WE LET GO?
How Do We Let Go? It is arrogant to think one could answer such an important question, but if an answer arises, why not share it? 😉 How do we let go? This is dependent upon the level of understanding … Continue reading
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THE INNER VOICE OF SILENCE
The Inner Voice Of Silence Pure awareness . . . . . . . .NB. This phrase came to mind yesterday in a reply. Interestingly, I just looked to see if anyone had used this phrase before, and someone had … Continue reading
DEBUNK YOUR SELF
Debunk Your Self Deflate a puffed up image. Debunk: exposing false or hollow ideas or beliefs, reducing an inflated reputation. We all have inflated ideas about ourselves: we have hopes, we have fears and we are choosy. There is something … Continue reading
BE HAPPY WITH YOUR SELF
Being Happy With Your Self This is so important! We are pure awareness. Your self is ordinary awareness’s confused projection. It is by virtue of this confused projection that pure awareness is realised. Gradually, confusion refines and dawns as wisdom. … Continue reading
NOT FORGETTING OUR TRUE NATURE
Not Forgetting Our True Nature When pure awareness is forgotten, we are like ordinary people. We forget when awareness relates to ‘something’. When awareness is captured by ‘something’, this is a relating reality; absolute reality relating to something outside itself. … Continue reading
WHY DO WE MEDITATE?
Why Do We Meditate? Meditation is becoming familiar with our true nature. Techniques clear the mental distractions that obscure this pure nature. Meditation is not something we do; it is recognising what we are. Pure awareness. Humans are excellent at … Continue reading
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DESIRE IS NOT ALL BAD
Desire is not all bad The more we want, the more we want The more we eat – the more we want to eat The more we sleep – the more we want to sleep The more we drink – … Continue reading
UNCERTAINTY IS THE KEY TO RECOGNISING PURE AWARENESS
Uncertainty is the Key to Recognising Pure Awareness If we think we are pure awareness, we have just come out of pure awareness. If there is uncertainty about pure awareness, merely be aware of that which is aware of that … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING THE FORMULA
Understanding the Formula To understand the answer we have to understand the formula (the process), or the outcome is meaningless. In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the ultimate answer is 42, which doesn’t make sense without the correct question.It’s … Continue reading
BEING SKILFUL
Being skilful Being skilful has many levels: whatever we think we understand can always be refined.As well as being compassionate to others, being skilful is protecting one’s own mind from pride. As we advance through the levels of perception, we … Continue reading
YOU HAVE TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION
You have to ask the right question The right questionis that which hits the heart of our problem. However,asking the right question should come with a warning.You will get the answer.Once you have the answer,life will never be the same. … Continue reading
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIL
The Psychology of Evil The dictionary translates Satan as ‘an adversary’, Lucifer as ‘the morning star’, ‘bringer of light’ or ‘fallen angel’, and Devil as ‘evil spirit’. From the Buddhist point of view, the Devil/Lucifer/Satan have as much reality as … Continue reading
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DOING BETTER IS IMPOSSIBLE
Doing Better is Impossible Doing better is impossible. Doing better is judgemental, and is therefore driven by desire and aversion. In that driven state of mind there is no end to bettering. “I must improve myself, I must improve others.” … Continue reading
TOO MUCH TALK ABOUT PURE AWARENESS!
Too much talk about pure awareness! This is because pure awareness is all there is! Precisely because we become more and more familiar with pure awareness, we experience in a different way, as our obscurations naturally drop away. We become … Continue reading
PURE AWARENESS
Pure Awareness. On first hearing this phrase we may think, “I have no idea what that is.” Exactly!!! Pure Awareness is not something we make happen, as it is already present. All that is needed is clarity. And that is … Continue reading
