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TO EMPATHISE, WE NEED BEGINNER’S MIND
To Empathise, We Need Beginner’s Mind To empathise with others, it is we who have to go back to basics. That’s if we care. Thinking others are wrong because we believe we know better is arrogant and dangerous. Until we … Continue reading
POLITICS: OPIUM FOR THE PEOPLE
Politics: Opium For The People But we’re told that religion is the opium of the people. Religion and politics are man-made sets of beliefs for people to follow. As long as people are addicted to anything, it’s ‘opium’. The Buddha … Continue reading
TWISTED WISDOM
Twisted Wisdom The world has been corrupted by our minds being turned into mud with information or allegations which causes damage. This creates a muddled mind, confused about reality. Being bogged down in physical and political events, our minds repeat facts as … Continue reading
WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?
What is Enlightenment? Is it something supernatural, or is it natural? Much depends on what we consider to be ‘natural’. People can perform extraordinary physical feats; is that wisdom? What if enlightenment was so simple that people did not notice … Continue reading
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THE ONLY WAY OUT IS IN
The Only Way Out Is In Buddhism is the psychology and study of the mind and its effects on consciousness, our true reality; understand your mind, understand your self, understand your illusion, understand your reality. Modern psychology is concerned with … Continue reading
IS THERE A PURPOSE TO LIFE?
Is There A Purpose To Life? On the surface, the nature of this world is ignorance and confusion about reality, which creates emotions. But these emotions can dawn as wisdom. That is the purpose of life – to realise we … Continue reading
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
IMPOSING VIEWS ON THE VIEW
Imposing Views On The View The view is pure consciousness. In imposing a view on the view, we are split. We create a duality of the view and my view. In truth, there is only the view; personal views cause … Continue reading
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THE PATH OF NOT TRYING
The Path Of Not Trying Those who want something feel that they don’t have it. There’s a lot of religion out there, with a lot of rituals and a lot of words, all extremely consuming. These all engender a feeling … 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
WE KNOW MORE THAN WE THINK
We Know More Than We Think Whatever we think is not the truth, and that is the conundrum we live in. It is our limited thinking that inhibits us from knowing everything that we need to know. Knowing everything? When … Continue reading
KARMA AND MERIT
Karma And Merit The way the word ‘merit’ is used can sound like a reward– a carrot held in front of a donkey. The Dharma is a complete personal uncovering of what we are, which is ever-present.Any elaboration of pure … Continue reading
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SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING?
Something More Interesting? Always looking for something more interesting?That’s our problem. This, unfortunately, is laziness because we’re not focusing on the truth of the matter; we are looking for titbits. These tasty morsels are for the needy who seek interesting … Continue reading
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SIZING UP
Sizing Up A Person We look carefully at a person or situation so that we can decide how to act. In the first instant, observation without judgment is taking place to see what clues are given out; this is pure consciousness … Continue reading
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YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BUDDHIST
You Don’t Have To Become Buddhist It’s all about our mindset. You don’t have to become Buddhist to realise the precious teaching of the Buddha, who realised the nature of our essence, the non-duality of appearances and recognition in the … Continue reading
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MAKING UP OUR MIND
Making Up Our Mind When people have made up their mind, there’s no talking to them. There is nothing fresh to discuss, as there are no possibilities. A made-up mind is a fixed mind, ignorant of ‘able to be done’. … Continue reading
DROPPING THE PRACTICE
Dropping The Practice We all practise something – it’s our way of life. When we drop whatever we practise, in that moment we are free. We’re taking a break, a moment’s holiday, with nothing happening. Meditation is actually about dropping … Continue reading
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THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
The Purpose Of Life There is a purpose to life, and that is to be free of artificial intelligence = programming. Programming is a set of instructions pre-written by ‘influencers’ with a particular long-term aim to limit our understanding of reality. How many … Continue reading
MAGNETISM
Magnetism We may think that magnetism is just the act of attraction, but it’s also the act of repulsion. The universe runs on magnetism, and so does our mind. Magnetism is the forces of attraction and repulsion, like and dislike, … 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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OUR BEING IS NOTHING EXOTIC
Our Being Is Nothing Exotic ‘Exotic’ is another’s culture. Exotic: originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country. Late 16th centuryvia Latin from Greek exōtikos ‘foreign’, from exō ‘outside’. Pure consciousness is nothing foreign. All appearances are merely a reminder that this moment is empty cognisance. Once this is understood, experienced … Continue reading
WHEN WE PAY ATTENTION, THE MIND IS SILENT
When We Pay Attention, The Mind Is Silent This is meditation; mindful meditation. It’s natural, isn’t it? When the mind is still, consciousness is still, and that is empty, cognisant space. We are ready to realise the truth that we … Continue reading
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
QUOTING, QUOTING, QUOTING
Quoting, Quoting, Quoting If we just quote words, we will never be able to empathise – let alone have compassion – because it is all … words. That’s what followers do. Be original. Be what you are; pure consciousness. From … Continue reading
CAN WE KNOW EVERYTHING?
Can We Know Everything? It is said that a Buddha is omniscient. It is also said that we are all Buddhas. Ergo, we can know everything. How can anyone know every thing? When we understand the basis of anything, we … Continue reading
DISCOVERING OUR NATURAL STATE
Discovering Our Natural State Our natural state is divine splendour. Pure consciousness is clarity. (It’s a welcome surprise to read in the dictionary that clarity means divine splendour 🙂 ) If we spend our life looking for the truth, we’ve lost … Continue reading
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LIVING IN A FALSE PERCEPTION OF REALITY
Living In A False Perception Of Reality The majority of people on this planet are governed by others’ perception. This is why a suggestion is so easily picked up and mimicked, in order to be in-the-know. We don’t have to … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL TEXT IN THE COMMON LANGUAGE
Spiritual Text In The Common Language The common language is that of the people’s everyday usage. There is no reason not to use it. Throughout history, the common people have had to have intercessors, teachers, gurus to comment – and … Continue reading
OUR MIND IS A DELICATE INSTRUMENT
Our Mind Is A Delicate Instrument Our mind is a delicate instrument that is easily upset. It only becomes robust when it isn’t holding on to thoughts and memories that make us defensive, and therefore vulnerable. Being robust comes from … Continue reading
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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WE ARE ALREADY HAPPY
We Are Already Happy If we are not unhappy or indifferent, then we are happy. Happiness is the release from conflict, which is the bias in the mind. Happiness isn’t about being excited or hopeful or learned or righteous; it … Continue reading
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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CENSORSHIP IS MIND CONTROL
Censorship Is Mind Control Censorship is punishment for thinking outside the box. The only people who want censorship are those who adhere to a belief, and don’t want alternative views on reality to be expressed. Why is this? To maintain … Continue reading
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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WHERE IS THE HOLY LAND?
Where Is The Holy Land? The idea of a ‘holy’ land diverts attention away from the truth. It is our pure mind that is wholesome, and not a place. A place is just a sentimental idea that people fight over. … Continue reading
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DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Distinguishing Between Mind And Consciousness … Distinguishing between mind and consciousness … and their unity. Consciousness – or rather, pure consciousness – is the cognisant essence of mind. It is what we are – pure perception, uncontaminated knowingness before anything … Continue reading
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
Pride And Humility Pride is high self-importance. Humility is low self-importance. Pride fills the atmosphere. Humility has no atmosphere. Pride chatters and disregards. Humility listens. Pride is our Achilles heel. Humility is our protector. Pride is mind. Humility is pure … Continue reading
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WHAT IS IGNORANCE?
What Is Ignorance? Pure consciousness is knowingness. Ignorance is not knowing. The most important thing we ignore is our actual practical reality. Pure consciousness is present whatever we do, say or think, but we’re too distracted to notice this obvious … Continue reading
WHICH CAME FIRST, TEACHER OR TEACHING?
Which Came First, Teacher Or Teaching? This presupposes a beginning. Before there is teaching on pure consciousness, there has to be pure consciousness present already. Truth cannot change. Like pure space, pure consciousness is constant and infinite. It cannot start … Continue reading
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THE DULL DHARMA CLUB
The Dull Dharma Club No rushing off to yet another an interesting lecture. No exotic words and mudras. Pure consciousness is perfectly ordinary, and natural to any culture. It is both dull and brilliant. Dull, because it isn’t interesting. Brilliant, … Continue reading
EGO ACTIVITY
Ego Activity Ego activity: “Believe me.” Enlightened activity: “Just see.” Evil is make-believe. Wisdom is pure seeing. The empty essence of mind is pure consciousness which we fill with fixations. The eternal conflict of wisdom and evil is not out … Continue reading
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CAN A BEGINNER KNOW DZOGCHEN?
Can A Beginner Know Dzogchen? Can a beginner know Dzogchen? Certainly. Beginner mind, Dzogchen mind, pure consciousness! What’s it all about? Just stay there … rest in open awareness. Not knowing, but realising knowingness is present, is Dzogchen. Pure consciousness … Continue reading
THE RABBIT HOLE AND DZOGCHEN
The Rabbit Hole And Dzogchen ‘Down the rabbit hole’ is a quotation from the fantasy story of “Alice In Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, where things got curiouser and curiouser. We live in such a place of illusions in our minds, … Continue reading
WHY SHOULD I GO WITHIN TO FIND HAPPINESS?
Why Should I Go Within To Find Happiness? “Why should I want to go within to find happiness? I enjoy music, science, art – that is happiness to me.” What is it that is enjoying this music, science, art? We … Continue reading
NO PRACTISE, NO SUBTLE EXPERIENCES
No Practise, No Subtle Experiences No practise, no subtle experiences. Know practise, know subtle experiences. If we don’t practise, we cannot enable refined subtle experiences of genuine inner peace, compassion, inspiration, contentment, happiness, confidence and power, in order to endure … Continue reading
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WE CANNOT BE WHAT WE SEE
We Cannot Be What We See We see things, and we see the mind commenting on these things, so we are therefore neither this mind nor our things. We are the empty essence of mind, the clear space of clarity, … Continue reading →