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- PREDICTABLE SUFFERING April 4, 2026
- NATURE (BUDDHA-NATURE) VERSUS NURTURE (MARA-NATURE) April 3, 2026
- BEING BUDDHIST IS BEING ORDINARY April 2, 2026
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- REALISATION COMES FROM DROPPING THE MEDITATION March 31, 2026
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- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
- OUR COLLECTIVE PROBLEM March 28, 2026
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- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
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- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
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Tag Archives: pure consciousness
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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WORSHIPPING SOMETHING ‘HIGHER’ THAN OURSELVES
Worshipping Something ‘Higher’ Than Ourselves A hierarchy creates a misguided view and a separation.Hierarchy: from Greek hierarkhēs ‘sacred rule’. This is political positioning, keeping us in our place. Appreciating someone who has more knowledge or wisdom is beneficial to our understanding, because we already … Continue reading
AFTER REALISATION
After Realisation What should life be like after the realisation of our true being? Life is just as it is, with all its karmic load. But now, that karmic load is our undoing.😀 Our karma – our attitude – shows pure … Continue reading
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WHY DON’T WE LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE?
Why Don’t We Like Certain People? Why don’t we like certain people?And conversely, why don’t they like – or ignore – us? We can feel uncomfortable around them, and they us. We see a person in the street, and we … Continue reading
DEVIATIONISM
Deviationism The action of departing from an established course. Long ago, humans knew the absolute truth of their reality, which was – and is – pure consciousness. What has happened since then? We changed course to adopt forms, words and materialism. That was the deviation – from … Continue reading
CONFLICT IS DHARMA
Conflict Is Dharma Dharma is looking another way. This is the age of conflict – the Kaliyuga. There are many teachings out there, but the really practical teaching is within, in our conflicts with the world and others. In practical terms, conflict … Continue reading
‘ONE UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS’ – ONE RING TO BIND THEM ALL
‘One Universal Consciousness’ – One Ring To Bind Them All It’s all about control. “…One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them,One ring to bring them all,and in the darkness, bind them…”– J.R.R. Tolkien Look at the manifestation … Continue reading
HEAVEN AND HELL
Heaven And Hell Heaven and hell are states of mind: wisdom and ignorance; good and evil. Heaven is the essence of mind:the clarity of pure consciousness; that which purely sees. The contents of mind, which we hold on to, create our hell. Being … Continue reading
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THINKING WE KNOW THE TRUTH IS CORRUPTION
Thinking We Know the Truth Is Corruption The ultimate truth cannot be comprehended or grasped mentally. Whenever we do this, we corrupt the pure experience. Comprehend: Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.Corrupt: Latin corrumpere ‘to mar, bribe, destroy’, from cor-‘altogether’ + rumpere ‘to break’. Pure consciousness is beyond words, definitions, and long, … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS SHOULDN’T BECOME A RELIGION
Pure Consciousness Shouldn’t Become A Religion Pure consciousness should never have become a religion or a philosophy. It is what we are already, not what we can become. Rituals and academic understanding are props and supports. These systems are a … Continue reading
THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE
The Centre of The Universe You are the centre of the universe! The centre cannot be anywhere else; the universe is infinite, so there is no centre. It’s not in space or another dimension. It’s not on a mountain, inside … Continue reading
THE SADDEST THING
The Saddest Thing The saddest thing is people spending their lives without knowing their true reality, and then dying. The sadness is in seeing that people are constantly engaged in entertaining their minds, filling up that precious space of pure … Continue reading
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WHAT DOES REALISATION MEAN?
What Does Realisation Mean? Realisation is personal verification, and meditation is the method for verification. Realisation is not regurgitation – the repetition of information without analysis or comprehension. When people start knowing through experiential practice rather than believing, the world will be a better place; … Continue reading
ARE WE INDIVIDUALS OR PART OF A WHOLE?
Are We Individuals Or Part Of A Whole? It’s up to each individual to come to their own conclusion.😀Some believe we’re part of something, while others see that we are individuals – like everyone else.😀 When we realise that we can’t … Continue reading
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CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT
Can’t Think Straight Thinking straight is direct perception,rather than perception through preconceived ideas. These preconceived ideas are our karma,which limits understanding. Thinking straight is observation through the senseswithout comment or judgement. Running our thumb across the cutting edge of a … Continue reading
LETTING GO OF DOUBT
Letting Go Of Doubt The light that dispels darkness. Whenever we doubt – “Do I know enough?” “Is that it?” “I’m not sure of this” – these are all judgements in the mind observed by consciousness. Whenever there’s doubt, never … Continue reading
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Tagged clarity, consiousness, corruption and distress, Doubt, indecisive and needy, just seeing, pure consciousness, the bigger picture, the essence of mind, transcending basic principles of desire and aversion, Trauma, vulnerable, we're not good enough, wisdom
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HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR?
How To Have A Happy New Year? How to have a happy new year? By knowing the difference between reality and illusions, or by realising that there is no difference? When consciousness recognises it’s living in mind’s illusions … that … Continue reading
AN INSULT TO INTELLIGENCE
An Insult To Intelligence The problem is that we taught to believe, which is an insult to intelligence. We acquire bits of information – actually, we’re given masses of bits of information, so much so that it’s truly difficult to … Continue reading
DON’T CONFUSE WHAT IS ‘SPIRITUAL’
Don’t Confuse What Is ‘Spiritual’ ‘Spiritual’ is consciousness, conscious awareness, pure consciousness. It’s what we are. There is no place to go to find it. We cannot even find it in our own mind, as it is the very essence … Continue reading
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WHERE DID I GO RIGHT?
Where Did I Go Right? 🙂 We spend our lives following others who follow others, who have been following others for thousands of years. Sounds a bit fishy, doesn’t it? For me, following others was miserable and felt wrong as … Continue reading
WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?
What Is Pure Consciousness? We are consciousness; we cannot be anything else, but we’re attached to our ideas in the mind. Consciousness is the cognisant space of mind. We are not what we can see, but fall into the trap … Continue reading Continue reading
ONLY YOU CAN KNOW THE TRUTH
Only You Can Know The Truth The internet is full of information. Other people are full of information. This blog is full of information. How do we know if any of it’s true or not? We don’t. The only thing … Continue reading
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FORGERIES ARE CREDIBLE
Forgeries Are Credible Forgeries are credible – that’s why we accept them – but they’re not the real thing. Holding on to an idea about reality rather than knowing reality is a fraud which affects our mental health. This idea … Continue reading
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WATERED-DOWN DHARMA
Watered-Down Dharma If we don’t know what Dharma is – the teaching of our reality – we won’t know or recognise any slight deviations. But why would anyone deviate or water-down the Dharma? Two reasons.One: people are not ready to … Continue reading
THERE IS NOTHING NEW
There Is Nothing New There is nothing new– just different words about the same subject. We are pure consciousness.We obscure that pure consciousness with thoughts. Freedom is acknowledging this fact.
IT MATTERS
It Matters Everything we think, do and say matters to our well-being, and the well-being of those around us. Just repeating conventional facts and rituals smothers reality, and that’s the intention. We are so much more than facts and rituals. … Continue reading
BUDDHISM IS NOT A BELIEF SYSTEM
Buddhism Is Not A Belief System Buddhism is beyond human constructs; it is realising that we are pure consciousness, the same as the timeless Vedic teachings. Any material advice such as, “Do this, don’t do that”, are temporal matters as … Continue reading
HOW DO WE FIND TRUTH?
How Do We Find Truth? First, we have to understand the meaning of the word ‘truth’. Truth is timeless; it is that which never changes. If something changes, it has been influenced, and so it is only a temporary event, … Continue reading
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EVIL: INGENIOUS BUT STUPID
Evil: Ingenious But Stupid The world conditions us into believing, rather than knowing. This deception actually creates favourable conditions for true spiritual progress as we recognise that, in following others, we have become lazy and reliant on their say-so—even the … Continue reading
THE DARK IGNORANCE OF MIND
The Dark Ignorance Of Mind Why ‘dark ignorance’? Thoughts contaminate and obscure the essence of mind, which is the light, the clarity of pure consciousness. This contamination of mind dulls us, and we—consciousness—then function in a mundane and predictable way. … Continue reading
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MANTRAS ARE HANDY
Mantras Are Handy If we cannot stabilise our mind because it’s full of thoughts which we can’t drop, there is a method to help. A mantra is a word or phrase that we repeat; we cannot think of two things … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIOUSNESS AND MIND
Pure Consciousness, Consciousness and Mind ii Look at the two i’s. We notice that they are not the same. That is consciousness at work. Consciousness starts to analyse with the mind, and realises that they are two different typefaces. It … Continue reading
CONNECTING WITH OTHERS
Connecting With Others Connecting with like-minded people is rare. Why? Too much fear. Through fear of change, fear of not knowing it all, we’ve gone a little skew-whiff. We cannot blame people for not knowing what they are–or even wanting … Continue reading
WE CAN NEVER FIND HAPPINESS
We Can Never Find Happiness There’s no point in looking for happiness. Why? As pure consciousness, we are happiness itself. We don’t have to look, just see. 🙂 Pure consciousness is what we are. Happiness in the films/songs/books/news is just … Continue reading
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HUMAN ENGINEERING – HUMAN MODIFICATION
Human Engineering – Human Modification Everything on Earth can be modified – especially our minds – and therefore, our expectations and our beliefs. This starts in our infancy with ‘sweet’, pleasing little somethings, and then we spend the rest of … Continue reading
LEADING A FULFILLING LIFE
Leading A Fulfilling Life We look around us and see angst, anxiety and oneupmanship everywhere. Why is this? People live dual lives; one is for the outer world to impress others, while the other finds this duality unfulfilling. This isn’t … Continue reading
THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION INTO THE NATURE OF MIND
The Pointing Out Instruction Into the Nature of Mind We cannot hear this enough. When our mind isn’t thinking of anything, we fall into silent vacancy. This is the state of not knowing, which is also called ‘undecided’ or ‘common … Continue reading
FINDING FAULT IS OUR PERSONAL PRISON
Finding Fault Is Our Personal Prison Finding fault with others – or our self – is a occupational hazard. It takes training to see with wisdom, in effortless, silent clarity. Everyone is suffering in some way, due to conditioning. Being … Continue reading
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Thinking Outside The Box As long as we think the box is real, we won’t want to get out. When we can think outside the box, we are outside the box. Outside the box is before thought, allowing the clarity … Continue reading
THE SECOND COMING
The Second Coming Maybe, just maybe, there’s been a huge misunderstanding. The second coming is supposed to refer to someone who will vanquish our foes; this person is meant to be our saviour. However, the realisation of our true essence … Continue reading
THE ART OF DENIAL
The Art Of Denial We cleverly ignore our true reality in favour of phantoms of beliefs in our mind that we assume make us special. That is the confidence trick of thinking that we are ‘in the know’, but we … Continue reading
SUBTLE SUGGESTIONS BECOME BELIEFS
Subtle Suggestions Become Beliefs Subtle suggestion becomes a belief, and beliefs become fixations. Fixation makes us reactive, as we now think the suggestion is reality. Hypnotism is the power of suggestion and misdirection, boring people into submission; words, words, words … Continue reading
MARA KNOWS WHAT WE KNOW
Mara Knows What We Know Mara knows what we know, but doesn’t experience it. Mara: Demonic minds waiting in ambush. Demonic minds know what we know – that all sentient beings are driven by attraction, aversion and indifference. They can … Continue reading
THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF MIND IS PURE
The Fundamental Nature Of Mind Is Pure We are that fundamental nature of mind – pure consciousness. We’ve wandered far from our natural state, which has always been here, right now. Consciousness is the knowingness of the non-conceptual space of … Continue reading
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