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- TIMELESS TIME May 13, 2026
- IS MEDITATION ENOUGH? May 13, 2026
- EARTH: THE HISTORY OF EVIL May 12, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WAS A WEIRD ONE May 11, 2026
- PATHOS IS THE PATH TO ENLIGHTEMENT May 10, 2026
- IS PREDICTION POSSIBLE? May 9, 2026
- WORDS CONTROL OUR MIND May 8, 2026
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- WHAT IF WE’RE ALREADY ENLIGHTENED? May 7, 2026
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- PURIFYING THE MIND May 6, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE PURIFYING? May 5, 2026
- THE MIRROR, MIND ESSENCE, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS May 5, 2026
- THE TRAP OF DISPLAY IN DZOCHEN AND KABBALAH May 5, 2026
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- ORDINARY REALISATION FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE May 4, 2026
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Tag Archives: pure consciousness
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
ADDICTED TO RELIGION AND TO ANTI-RELIGION
Addicted To Religion And To Anti-Religion The silliness of argument. Don’t let the religious and the anti-religious – the Creationists and the Darwinists – treat you like a four-year-old. They all need followers to keep the addiction alive. There is … Continue reading
BEYOND THE BASICS
Beyond The Basics Our original reality is pure consciousness; there is nothing beyond this basic truth. Anything added to this is an embellishment and a distraction – a piece of theatre, and something to behold. Theatre: from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’. Once we … Continue reading
MASTERING OUR THOUGHTS
Mastering Our Thoughts Mastering our thoughts is being free of others’ thoughts which master us, and this is the secret of a contented life, free from the anxiety of others’ exaggerations. The master is pure consciousness, while the slave is … Continue reading
LIVING IN THE MIND
Living In the Mind When we live just in our mind, we live on memories, which are a simulation of reality. Thoughts are imagination, and have no direct reality; they merely colour everything that we see. This is the source … Continue reading
WHY THE MYSTERY?
Why The Mystery? Because we’re led to look the wrong way. A mystery is something which captures our imagination. We like a mystery because it keeps the answer at arms’ length; if we know, this has consequences. In the completion … Continue reading
EVIL IS TRUTH’S GUIDE
Evil Is Truth’s Guide Our essential nature is the ultimate truth of pure consciousness.It’s what we have always been. Evil obscures this truth. The path to enlightenment isn’t through pretending to be spiritual, or believing in others’ words; that is … Continue reading
EMOTIONS DISPEL DARKNESS
Emotions Dispel Darkness We have everything upside down. At the lower levels of information, the emotions are our enemy; we mustn’t feel desire, hatred, jealousy, pride, irritation, unhappiness, disillusionment … it’s a long list. 🙂 But what if these emotions … Continue reading
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IS THERE A GOD OR NOT?
Is There A God or Not? This is a pointless debate as it’s a personal issue. No one should impose their views on to others – and criticising those who believe/don’t believe is futile. What matters is how we feel … Continue reading
DZOGCHEN ISN’T A TEACHING
Dzogchen Isn’t A Teaching Dzogchen is another name for what we are: pure consciousness. There’s no getting away from it. 🙂 If we think Dzogchen is something extra – extra special to make us extra, extra special – that is … Continue reading
THE PETTY ILLUSION: WE THINK WE ARE AWAKE
The Petty Illusion: We Think We Are Awake While engaged in either dream states of thought or vacancy, we ignore our ever-present reality of pure consciousness. We are science fact in science fiction. Fact is awareness. Fiction is whatever we … Continue reading
ORDINARY: NOTHING SPECIAL
Ordinary: Nothing Special Through the realisation of our true reality, we realise how ordinary it is, and how ordinary we are, just being pure consciousness – the true essence of all sentient beings. People cannot accept being ordinary, and make … Continue reading
TRUTH NEVER CHANGES
Truth Never Changes Material reality changes as all things are impermanent. Thoughts are also impermanent and changeable. Neither can be said to be true, as that which is true can never not be true, and is therefore unchanging. If we … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute truth, CONSCIOUSNESS, formula, material reality, pure consciousness, SPACE, truth
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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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Tagged ENLIGHTENMENT, natural, our original reality, pure consciousness, supernatural, wisdom
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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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Tagged a clear mind, a moral maze, a simple mind, distractions, pure consciousness, something interesting
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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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BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 
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 →