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LEVELS OF AWARENESS

Levels Of Awareness Being aware: we are aware of whatever we are doing, which is a duality – me + activity Being aware of being aware: meditation, which is a duality – me + stillness Being awareness itself: our original … Continue reading

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DON’T MEDITATE; BARELY BE AWARE

Don’t ‘Meditate’; Barely Be Aware Meditation is simply sitting in silence and being aware, purely aware. That pure awareness is pure consciousness, released from contaminating thoughts. When thoughts arise, it is awareness that spots them and, in this way, thoughts … Continue reading

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CAN WE KNOW THE ULTIMATE TRUTH?

Can We Know The Ultimate Truth? Can we know happiness? Yes. How? We are what we pursue. We just have to realise this. How do we do that? Through meditation. Meditation is letting go of all concepts and allowing pure … Continue reading

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SPIRITUALITY IS BEING GROUNDED

Spirituality Is Being Grounded Truly. Spirituality is consciousness being aware – purely aware – when we give our ‘self’ up to whatever occurs. If we are not grounded, this ‘self’ flies off the handle. 🙂 The feeling of ‘self’ is … Continue reading

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LISTENING TO OTHERS AND LISTENING TO OURSELF

Listening To Others And Listening To Ourself Many people speak about truth, more or less, and we may be fortunate to find someone whose words echo the way we feel. What is important is observing our self at play rather … Continue reading

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ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE

Enlightenment Isn’t Unattainable We might think that enlightenment is something they do over there, or back in the days of yore. 🙂 Something really special, with special powers… Well, we’ve all heard the stories! But what if it isn’t that … Continue reading

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WHEN WE COME TO OUR SENSES

When We Come To Our Senses When we come to our senses, no thought is present in that moment; that is pure awareness. When thoughts arise, all we have to do is become aware of one or other of the … Continue reading

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HUMANITY = MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO

Humanity = Monkey See, Monkey Do ‘Monkey-mind’ is a Buddhist term meaning a mind that jumps all over the place, and is restless, fanciful, inconstant, confused, uncontrollable. How did we get this way? Aristotle said, “Give me a child until he is … Continue reading

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DOES THE PAST EXIST NOW?

Does The Past Exist Now? Yes – through our karma. ‘Karma’ is a Sanskrit word for the residue of past actions lodged in our mind that creates our habitual re-enactments such as, “There ‘I’ go again”. This is why most … Continue reading

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LOOK FOR YOUR SELF

Look For Your Self Truth is the absence of self. Look for your self. Describe this self. Self-image is an illusion. In pure awareness, there is nothing but pure awareness. Our reality is pure observation, without the idea of an … Continue reading

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MEDITATION ONLY SPOILS IT

Meditation Only Spoils It Meditation is a method to bring the mind to stillness for the clarity of awareness to be acknowledged though mindfulness. It is in relating to this experience, however, that we end up in a constant duality … Continue reading

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ACTUAL MEDITATION IS NON-MEDITATION

Actual Meditation Is Non-Meditation The Buddha said, “Not too tight and not too loose.” What did he mean by that? We neither cling to the method nor become distracted. Meditation is just a reminder. Once we remember or realise our … Continue reading

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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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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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ALL WE DO

All We Do  All we do is forget what we are. All we need to do is remember what we are. When we forget what we are and become a who – involved in external matter and reactions that create … Continue reading

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TWO WAYS TO DESTROY THE INDIVIDUAL SELF

Two Ways To Destroy The Individual Self There are two ways to destroy the individual self. One: become part of the collective. Two: see that this self doesn’t exist. The unenlightened want us to conform to their ideas. The enlightened … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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THE CLARITY OF PERCEPTION IS THE THIRD EYE

The Clarity Of Perception Is The Third Eye The third eye is just another name for pure awareness, or pure consciousness. Not recognising the clarity of perception that sees directly, we rely on our memory interpreter, the dream-maker. The world … Continue reading

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUING OUR TRUE REALITY

The Importance Of Valuing Our True Reality … … rather than wandering off into vacant distractions When we can acknowledge that the way in which we live and love is unsatisfactory, then we are on the path to enlightenment: the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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IS EVIL THE CATALYST FOR ENLIGHTENMENT?

Is Evil The Catalyst For Enlightenment? Catalyst: a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change. There will always be good and evil in the universe, with confused beings in the middle choosing to lean one way or the other. In … Continue reading

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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

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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

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