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- WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS February 28, 2026
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- HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED February 27, 2026
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Tag Archives: pure consciousness
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
WHATEVER WE PRACTISE BECOMES PART OF OUR BRAIN
Whatever We Practise Becomes Part Of Our Brain We all practise something, and whatever we practise becomes part of our brain, and forms our approach to life. If we practise having a clear, open mind, we are more positive, and … Continue reading
THE EVERYDAYNESS OF BUDDHISM
The Everydayness Of Buddhism The essence of the Buddha’s teaching is without elaborations; there is no other. It is moment-to-moment pure awareness. No burden of VAT – value added tax. The Buddha realised the singularity of the Vedas – no … Continue reading
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JUDGEMENTAL OR DISCERNING
Judgemental Or Discerning Judgemental: having or displaying an overly critical point of view. Discerning: able to judge well. Our suffering is caused by our being judgemental due to holding on to our likes, dislikes and indifference; this maintains a self-image, and determines our attitude to life. … Continue reading
GROSS EXISTENCE V CONSCIOUS EXISTENCE
Gross Existence V Conscious Existence When we look around, how many people spend their time entertaining themselves or in a vacant state, and how many are just consciously aware? We distract our attention because we feel uncomfortable just being, as … Continue reading
IT IS FIXATION THAT CAUSES SUFFERING
It Is Fixation That Causes Suffering When we are fixated, we fear change, and that causes us suffering. If we’ve invested our entire existence on a one-sided view, we are reluctant to give it up, or even to see that … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CULTURE
Spirituality Has Nothing To Do With Culture Culture is about cultivating the mind. Spirituality is pure consciousness, innate to every sentient being in the infinite universe. All so-called alien life forms are, in essence, pure consciousness. That is the goodness … Continue reading
WHAT IS LIFE, AND WHAT IS LIVING?
What Is Life, And What Is Living? Life is consciousness. Living is what we do as consciousness. What we do usually masks what we are, getting over-excited about everything that agitates our mind. We are consciousness, and all we have … Continue reading
WHAT IS FREE WILL?
What Is Free Will? Free will means an unimpeded mind, without bias. The absolute condition of free will is pure consciousness. If we do not know that we are pure consciousness, we have no free will, and therefore free will … Continue reading
WHEN DEVOTION TURNS INTO WORSHIP
When Devotion Turns Into Worship When devotion turns into worship and worship turns into servitude and servitude turns into dependency and dependency turns into loss of free will, we have lost the plot, the essence of pure consciousness. As long … Continue reading
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EVIL: AGAINST HUMANITY
Evil: Against Humanity Evil, which is self-serving, prevents humanity from realising the knowledge of ultimate good and evil. Once this is understood, humanity can never be manipulated again. There are many levels, or yanas, of understanding good and evil. Evil … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS AND OUR CONDUCT
Consciousness And Our Conduct When we realise our actual reality of pure consciousness, we then have to be aware of how we conduct ourself, managing our social ego skilfully. Good conduct is our ability to empathise and understand the feelings of another, … Continue reading
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BEING SENTIENT MEANS BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
Being Sentient Means Being Able To Communicate We naturally want to communicate with the universe and other sentient beings to get a response, whether it’s about food, shelter or the mind, or to interact on a higher level. But how … Continue reading
THE PANDEMIC BUSINESS MODEL
The Pandemic Business Model Pandemic: affecting the entire world. Things do not just happen. Elements must be brought together and orchestrated, with situations being planned and coordinated to produce a desired effect, especially surreptitiously. By whom? By nature, and by those who manipulate nature, which reacts … Continue reading
RIPPLES IN HUMANITY
Ripples In Humanity Humanity is affected by ripples of hope/desire, fear/aversion and indifference/ignorance that create violent storms of disturbance in the atmosphere, with strong winds of concepts, giving rise to tumultuous reactions of uproar and controversy … ie my way is better than your … Continue reading
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WE ARE DIVINE SPLENDOUR – SO WHAT?!
We Are Divine Splendour – So What?! Divine splendour is pure consciousness. “So what? My life isn’t suddenly better.” To dismiss this absolute truth means that it hasn’t been experienced, and we expect a fantasy to happen instead. Such a … Continue reading
THE LEVELS OF EVIL BEHIND THE SCENES
The Levels Of Evil Behind The Scenes Some are greedy for wealth, some crave power, and some feed off emotions, with the motivation being the excitement and addiction to the ‘sale’, the agreement, the gotcha! Behind the scenes, demonic mind … Continue reading
ONE CONSCIOUSNESS OR INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESSES?
One Consciousness Or Individual Consciousnesses? Are we only one pure consciousness? Or are we individual pure consciousnesses? We all express experiences differently, but in the essence of silent, pure, non-dual consciousness, there is only unity. There isn’t even the words … Continue reading
WHAT’S THE POINT OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?
What’s The Point Of Spiritual Practice? What’s the point of spiritual practice if we only have one life? There isn’t, unless we come, through practice, to realise the possibility that consciousness is beyond everyday human experience. There are two types … Continue reading
WHY DID CONSCIOUSNESS BECOME ‘HOLY’?
Why Did Consciousness Become ‘Holy’? Why did consciousness become holy/religious/formalised/ritualised, when it’s not a thing and does not exist – and it makes people act abnormally. 😀 Consciousness is normal. Being anything else is abnormal. Consciousness – or, to be … Continue reading
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NEGATIVE, POSITIVE AND NEUTRAL
Negative, Positive And Neutral Being negative, we become judgemental. Being positive, we become empathetic. Being neutral, we just watch. Just watching is the presence of pure consciousness, where we can then decide how to respond to a situation, rather than … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF HATRED
The Age Of Hatred This is said to be the age of the Kali Yuga, the age of conflict. Conflict breeds hatred. In the dictionary, hatred is defined as intense dislike. We can read all about this in the ‘news’ … Continue reading
WE ARE BROUGHT UP WITH IDEAS
We Are Brought Up With Ideas We are brought up with ideas – and we think we think for ourself. We live in a mind-field of borrowed ideas, concepts, fixations and obsessions, all of which distract us from experiencing the … Continue reading
MEDITATORS GET IT TOGETHER
Meditators Get-It-Together … or should do. 🙂 To meditate is to make a decision, and take positive action in one’s life to have a sense of direction. The decision is to achieve one’s full potential of a harmonious frame of mind, an enlightened mind. If we … Continue reading
REFINING THE MIND
Refining The Mind The essence of mind is an empty screen or mirror which is cognisant. Thoughts about outer and inner phenomena are projected on to this screen/mirror which, in the very first instant, just reflects. This clarity of mind … Continue reading
PREJUDICE INHIBITS OPEN-MINDEDNESS
Prejudice Inhibits Open-Mindedness If we are locked in pre-conceived ideas about ourself and others, it is we who become the problem. We cannot put the world right, but we can put our selves right. When we live within a material … Continue reading
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
The Purpose Of Life There’s a purpose? 🙂 Those who say, “There is no purpose to life” are usually people who hold negative views, and who see those who think there is a purpose as making that purpose up. Are … Continue reading
WILL A.I. BECOME SUPER HUMAN?
Will A.I. Become Super Human? Humans think so. Our human side is our lower programmed gross side, controlled by likes and dislikes …1s and 0s. A.I. can never realise the human potential of empty cognisance. Unfortunately, the unconscious mind is susceptible … Continue reading
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WHY BELIEF IS THE OPPOSITE TO TRUTH
Why Belief Is The Opposite To Truth Belief is the constant trap of duality-separation. If we find a stone and worship it, believing that it has powers, this belief will make us feel strong and comforted. In fact, the power … Continue reading
INCARNATIONS OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
Incarnations Of Pure Consciousness Incarnations of pure consciousness: this is what we are. All beings, throughout the infinite universe, are pure consciousness. Are we part of universal pure consciousness, or are we the principle* of pure consciousness, led astray by … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, RELIGION AND CULTURE
Pure Consciousness, Religion and Culture Mixing them up can cause confusion. “For where two or three gather together in my name, there am I with them…” – Matthew 18.12 Who actually wrote this? ‘When two or three are gathered in my name …’, we will have a committee, an inner … Continue reading
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BELIEVING IN GOD; NOT BELIEVING IN GOD
Believing In God; Not Believing In God Belief is acceptance without proof. Believing in God; not believing in God. Believing in the Buddha; not believing in the Buddha. It doesn’t matter what we believe, as belief is in the mind. … Continue reading
DOUBT, FEAR, AGGRESSION, PRIDE = INSTABILITY = DOUBT…
Doubt, Fear, Aggression, Pride = Instability = Doubt … It’s all very subtle. We live in a vicious cycle of existence but don’t know it, because we don’t want to know. We prefer to believe in others’ doubts, fears, aggression, … Continue reading
SUBTLE SUFFERING
Subtle Suffering Subtle suffering: Not having (materially and intellectually), having too much (materially and intellectually), and feeling the pressure of conditioning. This is why we feel uneasy most of the time, and spend our lives conforming, and being moulded. Pure … Continue reading
COMPOS MENTIS, LUX MENTIS
Compos Mentis, Lux Mentis Compos Mentis: having mastery of one’s mind. Lux Mentis: light of the mind. The light is pure consciousness. We are the light of consciousness. If we have no mastery over our mind, we are non-compos mentis: … Continue reading
LIVING THE DREAM OR LIVING IN REALITY
Living The Dream Or Living In Reality We can’t make assumptions about this as it’s very tricky. 🙂 Living in now, this present moment as it is, is the reality-experience of pure consciousness. It’s nothing mysterious or religious. The senses … Continue reading
HOW THE WORLD WAS WON
How The World Was Won The world was won through belief, giving people something plausible – deserving applause or approval – to keep them ‘happy’. A common trick of the magician. Plausible: an argument or statement seeming reasonable or probable, … Continue reading
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