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WE WERE WARNED
We Were Warned The Buddha said,“Do not take my words for the truth: test them for yourself.” This was a warning, because to just believe in written or spoken words without practice and experience creates a false reality. Belief in … Continue reading
SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG
Suddenly, We Realise We Were Right All Along We’ve all been touched-in-the-head. Everybody wants to be a somebody, when they’re everybody, and so, a nobody. In the universe, we are specks on a speck, in a galaxy that is a … Continue reading
THE SUBTLETY OF BEING
The Subtlety Of Being This is the most refined level of absolute being, often described as extremely subtle, pure luminosity or primordial consciousness. Beyond the everyday gross mind of sensory perception and conceptual thought is subtle being where we just … Continue reading
OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE
Our Natural State Is Meditative It’s quite ordinary. Meditation is merely being aware of being aware,realising we are that awareness and resting there.This is what we are: pure consciousness. Our practice is to preserve this inner peace.We meditate twice a … Continue reading
WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS
Why We Ignore Consciousness People ignore consciousness to avoid self-examination, prioritising immediate gratification with yes/no answers, and looking no further. Taking consciousness for granted, we prefer tangible material results over subjective experience where we discover objective consciousness, which is pure … Continue reading
INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE
Inner Peace Takes Discipline There has always been unease in the world, because humans have two sides to them: reaction and inner peace. Discipline is maintaining this inner peace, which is our original state of pure consciousness. We choose sanity, … Continue reading
BUDDHISM AND THE VEDANTA SEE THE UNIVERSE AS INFINITE
Buddhism and The Vedanta See The Universe As Infinite Both are the way of seeing, rather than whatever is seen. They both consider the universe to be an infinite chain of cycles of cause and effect – an infinite timeless … Continue reading
THEY DIM OUR LIGHT
They Are Dimming Our Light Ideologies are structured systems of beliefs, values, and doctrines that explain the blueprint for future social, economic, or political organisation. They function as frameworks which – consciously or unconsciously – shape our understandings of the … Continue reading
THE FORMULA THAT ENTRAPS EVERY BEING
The Formula That Entraps Every Being This formula of desire, aversion and ignorancecontrols our every thought and action. The word ‘formula’ (from the Latin – shape or mould) refers to an established pattern used to achieve a consistent result. We’ve … Continue reading
WE ARE ALREADY IN THE AFTER-LIFE
We Are Already In The After-Life We are already in the after-life. 😀 Life is a continuity from one moment to the next, and we all carry certain traits affect the moment now. Don’t think of yourself as one, but … Continue reading
WHAT IS KARMA?
What Is Karma? Karma is not a punishment; it’s our personal algorithm, our set of rules, or programming. It’s a habitual pattern of behaviour created by the residue of acquired ideas from the past. And so, the same sort of … Continue reading
THEISTS ARGUE
Theists Argue Theists argue. Non-theists argue. Agnostics argue. Buddhists argue. 🙂 In pure consciousness, there is nothing to disagree about: we have arrived. Clarity is beyond words.
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THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION
The Pointing Out Instruction The pointing out instruction of the essence of our reality. In front of you is space. Whatever takes place in that space, space doesn’t change. Now look at the space in the mind; whatever takes place … Continue reading
THE UNIVERSE IS A COLLECTION OF OPPOSITES
The Universe Is A Collection Of Opposites The more we realise the purpose of life and the mind, the worse it all seems. The point is understanding that this ‘worsening’ means there are more reminders of that which is perceiving … Continue reading
IF YOU HAVE LONGING, TRY SHORTING
If You Have Longing, Try Shorting 🙂 ‘Longing’ is wishful thinking and belief – the machinations of religion, philosophy, and opinions that are long and winding roads. ‘Shorting’ is direct experience of the realisation of pure consciousness: our original being, … 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
WHAT WE DON’T NOTICE
What We Don’t Notice We don’t notice being taken over by ideas, losing the ability to see clearly. When we hear or see something, we go to memory for reference, and then react. This is a learnt pattern of behaviour … Continue reading
THE PROBLEM WITH RELIGION
The Problem With Religion Religion means ‘to bind’, which should mean to remember. To remember, we use words, symbols and rituals that become the form of that religion. This is where the form takes over and we forget the essence. … Continue reading
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IT STANDS TO REASON
It Stands To Reason Higher consciousness has to be pure consciousness. Lower consciousness has to be impure consciousness. Higher consciousness sees without thought. Lower consciousness sees, and creates thoughts. It’s detrimental to the realisation that we have always been pure … Continue reading
HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS
Higher Consciousness We cannot read, think, believe our way to a higher consciousness-heaven. Higher consciousness is pure consciousness beyond thoughts, which are man-made interpretations. If we cannot recognise pure consciousness, how can we recognise heaven, nirvana, paradise, our ultimate reality … Continue reading
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THE HARM FROM QUOTING OTHERS
The Harm From Quoting Others The harm we do by quoting others and trying to impress is the cause of conflict. When we quote what others say or mention their names, we’re projecting, giving ourselves some sense of authority by … Continue reading
WE CANNOT MAKE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS HAPPEN
We Cannot Make Pure Consciousness Happen We cannot make pure consciousness – the reality of the infinite universe – happen. It’s already present in every sentient being. It’s not a creation, it’s what we are. All we have to do … Continue reading
YOU’VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
You’ve Heard It All Before You’ve heard it all before, but it never registered, and there is a reason. You’ve been guided in the other direction. You won’t find God or the Buddha ‘out there’. Any notion of that is … Continue reading
HAVING A GOOD MOAN
Having A Good Moan Having a good moan is the opposite to having a bad moan. 🙂 A bad moan is the result of misunderstanding, suffering the bad things happening in the world and being stuck in a continuum of … Continue reading
INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM
Information, Knowledge, Wisdom Information is words. Knowledge is experience of the words. Wisdom is how experience is applied. Knowledge can be used for good or evil. We have to decide which is which, and that isn’t at all easy. Evil … Continue reading
LIFE IS ABOUT REMEMBERING
Life Is About Remembering Life is about remembering what we are, which is pure consciousness, rather than a mind spending its life being entertained and forgetting its true nature. Forgetting is Mara activity. We all need something that reminds us … Continue reading
LIVING IN A SYSTEM
Living In A System We live in a systemWe believe in the system and die in the system. The set up. System: from Greek sustēma, from sun ‘with’ + histanai ‘set up’. Even if we join another group, religion or culture … Continue reading
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
Billions And Billions And Billions Billions and billions and billions of sentient beings have passed through Earth, never realising their true reality of pure consciousness. Actually, make that zillions and zillions and zillions … All these beings have done is … Continue reading
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DANCING TO SOMEONE ELSE’S TUNE
Dancing To Someone Else’s Tune Dancing to someone else’s tune:following someone else’s directions. We’ve been doing this for thousands of years. Some people think that we’re part of a universal consciousness, but what consciousness? Is it a materialistic consciousness that … Continue reading
IT’S OBVIOUS WHEN POINTED OUT
It’s Obvious When Pointed Out Clarifying a broken system. The system we all live in isn’t broken; it’s created and maintained to be that way. There aren’t different ‘political’ parties- it’s one party with opposite facets. Most people are unaware … 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
SIMPLE EVIL – SIMPLE GOODNESS
Simple Evil – Simple Goodness When we can think for ourselves, we may come to a particular conclusion that others cannot see or don’t agree with. The realisation of our true reality of pure consciousness is simple; we just have … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS INCONCEIVABLE
Pure Consciousness Is Inconceivable Inconceivable: not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable. To conceive – to form an idea in the mind – is a process that takes time.Pure consciousness is not an intellectual exercise; it is inconceivable in … Continue reading
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DO WE HAVE TO LEARN THE DHARMA?
Do We Have To Learn ‘The Dharma’? The Dharma is all about our true reality right now; it’s not about where we came from, and it’s not someone else’s history. We merely have to recognise our true reality of pure consciousness through silent … Continue reading
HIGHER SELF v NO SELF
Higher Self v No Self The idea of a higher Self subtly misleads, and that locks us into intellectualisation. This concept creates a cyclic existence of relating to high Self, low self, high Self, low self … thus, a duality. … Continue reading
OFFICIAL WISDOM AND UNOFFICIAL WISDOM
Official Wisdom And Unofficial Wisdom Official: having the approval or authorisation of an authority. Official wisdom: the approved version learnt from a book or by word of mouth.Unofficial wisdom: pure consciousness – intuitive, spontaneous, unlearned. How do we tell the difference?One speaks; the other listens.
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WHY DON’T WE VALUE OUR TRUE REALITY?
Why Don’t We Value Our True Reality? Do we value our true reality of pure consciousnessor do we value ‘interesting’ phenomena and fantasies more? Valuing that which perceives those ‘interesting’ phenomena and fantasiesis the essence of wisdom: our ultimate reality of … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING AND NOT UNDERSTANDING
Understanding And Not Understanding Understanding isn’t accepting and repeating a set of words and beliefs that saturate the mind. Understanding comes from raw practice, and direct insight into the nature of mind; without this, we’re guessing. Hearsay is gossip – … Continue reading
THE DHARMA HAS TO BE HARD HITTING
The Dharma Has To Be Hard Hitting If the Dharma isn’t hard hitting, it won’t directly cut through our fixations, revealing the ultimate truth of our reality. Watering-down dilutes the Dharma into pleasing speculation, and weakens original experience. Watered-down Dharma is … Continue reading
JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS
Just Following Orders Just following orders is just following words, which is the lowest form of intelligence, as we feel we’re immune from having to take responsibility. The result is the dark history of the world through the adoption of … Continue reading
SHATTERING YOUR COMPOSURE
Shattering Your Composure If your composure can be shattered, it’s fake. However, at that very moment when we are in shock, a gap arises. This is emptiness. Pure consciousness. Our composure is fragile until we have no self to maintain. … Continue reading
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BEING A CONSTANT PESSIMIST
Being A Constant Pessimist Pessimism: a belief that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over goodness. Being governed by negativity, we will find fault in everything – except ourselves – as we … Continue reading
THE ANCIENT TEACHINGS AREN’T ANCIENT
The Ancient Teachings Aren’t Ancient The ancient teachings on the ultimate truth about our reality aren’t ancient, they are timeless. The ultimate truth is here right now, the very essence of all sentient beings. It is the actual meaning of … Continue reading
MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL
Making A Mountain Out Of A Mole Hill Making a mountain out of a mole hill is an exaggerated belief that misinterprets the reality, thus making too much out of minor issues. This is how Mara (demonic mind) subtly works. … Continue reading
DOES CONSCIOUSNESS CARE?
Does Consciousness Care? There are those who think consciousness has no morals. That is Mara at work. We are consciousness, and there are two aspects to us/consciousness; ordinary, contaminated consciousness and pure, uncontaminated consciousness. This is the proverbial struggle of good … Continue reading
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EVEN WITH PROOF
Even With Proof Even with proof that we cannot be anything other than pure consciousness – that which is staring at what is staring us in the face 🙂 – we still revert to a habitual way of thinking, due … Continue reading
GET THE BIG PICTURE
Get The Big Picture We need to get the big picture before we get into the details. Essence before form. When we become wrapped up in rituals, we ignore what it’s all about. We are pure consciousness. That is the big picture, … Continue reading
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