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- WHY TALK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF LIFE? August 17, 2026
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- WE ARE RULED BY PSYCHOLOGY August 16, 2026
- ONENESS … August 15, 2026
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- THE DILEMMA OF TALKING DHARMA August 13, 2026
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Tag Archives: pure consciousness
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
THE LAMP THAT DISPELS DARKNESS
The Lamp That Dispels Darkness The moment we (pure consciousness) recognise the mind dwelling in a vacant state or preoccupied with memories is the pure light of consciousness. The lamp that dispels darkness. All self-obsession, fears and hopes are vanquished. … Continue reading
FIXATION DIVIDES PEOPLE
Fixation Divides People Religion divides people. Politics divides people. Thinking divides people. Self divides people. So what unites people? Unity is what we are – when we let go of our fixations. The mind cannot unite people as we all … Continue reading
GOD AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
God And Pure Consciousness It is said that God created … once. Pure consciousness does not create, but minds create all the time. To know anything – including God (external) – there has to be consciousness (internal) present. Which comes … Continue reading
MISUNDERSTANDING ALL WE SEE
Misunderstanding All We See We look and interpret, speculate and judge, and this affects the way we think and behave. It doesn’t matter in what part of the infinite universe a sentient being dwells, it survives by its likes and … Continue reading
NEW AGE IDEAS; CLOSE, BUT …
New Age Ideas; Close, But … The New Age movement (part of the new world order) changes people’s beliefs from God into believing in a universal consciousness. It blends ‘religious’, ‘spiritual’ and ‘philosophical’ concepts to maintain a global vagueness and … Continue reading
EVIL WANTS TO CONTROL OTHERS
Evil Wants To Control Others We may think of evil-doers as profoundly immoral and wicked – ‘them over there’ – but evil is much closer to home, in the form of the quality of our morals. What are they based … Continue reading
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OPENING THE DOOR TO DEMONS
Opening The Door To Demons Demons lie in ambush, waiting for our emotions (both negative and positive) to arise and then feeding off them. They fuel themselves through our vulnerability of self-preservation. It is we who attract them. Where do … Continue reading
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LIVING IN AN UNREALISED WORLD
Living In An Unrealised World Living in an unrealised world … it’s tricky because we play all sorts of tricks in the mind – our little fixations. Realisation: an act of becoming fully aware. Much depends on our level of understanding, … Continue reading
WHAT DOES BUDDHISM TEACH?
What Does Buddhism Teach? The word ‘Buddha’ means awakened to our true reality, and having exhausted all fixed ways of thinking which are the result of past actions. In other words, to be enlightened. Do I have to become a Buddhist? There have been … Continue reading
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LED TO BELIEVE
Led To Believe Vote for a belief. Belief diverts consciousness from knowing to merely accepting. Being encouraged to identify/believe in something or other and become outraged creates the opposite effect – disbelievers. It’s meant to. This is exactly the mission … Continue reading
DO WE VALUE TRUTH?
Do We Value Truth? Do we value truth, or do we just accept others’ versions of the truth, and then squabble over it? Truth – or absolute truth – is that which does not change. Anything that changes can only … Continue reading
OVER-THINKING
Over-Thinking Over-thinking is going over the same thoughts again and again, analysing the simplest of situations or events until all sense of proportion has gone. Over-thinking is trying to see all possibilities, confusing and preventing a positive outcome, and creating feelings … Continue reading
MAKING MEMORIES
Making Memories (a new catch phrase to be caught up in) What does ‘making memories’ mean? Making memories is recording our programming. Making memories means living, doing, creating, experiencing, so that we can look back on those moments. If we’re busy … Continue reading
WE ARE SPONTANEOUS PRESENCE
We Are Spontaneous Presence Spontaneous presence occurs without premeditation or external stimulus, being open, natural, and uninhibited. Spontaneous presence is pure consciousness. It is unbidden and ever-present. Pure consciousness is spontaneously aware in whatever we do. No thinking is required. When … Continue reading
BEING POSITIVE IN NEGATIVITY
Being Positive In Negativity Being positive doesn’t mean excluding the negative side of life. That is the common sentiment of the exoteric way, and is actually negative as it is based on fear. To face that fear is the way … Continue reading
CONFUSION IS AN ILLUSION
Confusion Is An Illusion Humanity has been confused about reality for millennia, and this confusion has been maintained for millennia. How? There are ancient ‘compulsions’ to limit humanity’s understanding. Why? They gain, we lose. By whom? Long lineages. We are … Continue reading
BELIEVING EVERYTHING WE ARE TOLD
Believing Everything We Are Told Believing everything is how ignorance and confusion travel. If we think that we think for ourselves, think again 🙂 A fashion of ideas is fed to us through neurolinguistic programming / subliminal communication. Everything we … Continue reading
DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FREE WILL?
Do We Actually Have Free Will? Free will: the ability to choose unimpededly. Choice means making a decision based on our understanding. That isn’t free will; that is doing what we want according to our personal agenda. There is, however, … Continue reading
THAT GAP IN THE MIND
That Gap In The Mind That gap in the mind is your reality – pure consciousness. When we aren’t vacant, occupied or asleep, we are what we actually are. There are no names or words to describe it. It’s just … Continue reading
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ARE WE ALMIGHTY IDIOTS, OR ARE WE OMNIPOTENT?
Are We Almighty Idiots, Or Are We Omnipotent? Almighty: having complete power. Omnipotent: unlimited. There are two ways of looking at this question. What is it that has complete power over us? It’s the mind, full of instructions, opinions and beliefs = … Continue reading
THE WORLD’S RUN BY ‘GOOD COP, BAD COP’
The World’s Run By ‘Good Cop, Bad Cop’ Different personalities make opposing statements. One may appear to be for the establishment, while the other is for the people – left and right. It’s a hoax. Hoax: deception. From hocus ‘trickery’, from hocus-pocus. Meaningless talk or activity, … Continue reading
MADYAMIKA – OCCAM’S RAZOR
Madhyamika = Occam’s Razor We need to take an honest look at all sides to clarify the ultimate answer, otherwise we are a bigot – a person who is intolerant towards those holding different views. If we cannot and will not … Continue reading
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FLOUNDERING IN GROUPTHINK
Floundering In Groupthink Flounder: struggle clumsily in mud or water; struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion of not knowing. Groupthink: the practice of thinking as a group, typically resulting in unchallenged, poor-quality decision making. When we adopt a way of thinking by just imitating others, we lose … Continue reading
MARA INFLUENCERS
Mara Influencers There are forces at work that want us to be dependent on them. They do not want free thinkers. Ideas are injected into a society that promote an identification with some thing or other. These memes that infect … Continue reading
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Tagged Influencers., Mara psychology., Mara/Demons., pure consciousness
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A.I. IS STUPID: IT HAS NO WISDOM
A.I. Is Stupid; It Has No Wisdom Artificial Intelligence is merely a fast memory-machine referring to its programming. This is the same as humans referring to memories. A.I. is created in someone’s image. A.I. and humans are both cliché machines, … Continue reading
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WORDS ARE SYMBOLS OF EXPERIENCE
Words Are Symbols Of Experience Words are symbols of experience: Make sure they are your experience rather than someone else’s, even the Buddha. Words are symbols of experience. If we do not have the experience, the words we repeat are … Continue reading
HOW WE FELL FROM GRACE
How We Fell From Grace How we fell from grace, and why we are confused and unenlightened. It is we who make life complicated by losing our inner peace for something more interesting. In all walks of life, we overdo … Continue reading
IS THIS BLOG TRUE?
Is This Blog True? How do you know if anything on this blog is true or not? That is the crux of investigation. That moment of inner reflection is the real Dharma. That reflection is recognition. That which recognises is … Continue reading
THE DIRECT POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION INTO THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Direct Pointing Out Instruction Into The Nature Of Consciousness The essence of reality 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
WHAT IS DZOGCHEN?
What Is Dzogchen? Dzogchen is a Tibetan Nyingma Buddhist word for pure consciousness. It’s our original reality. We are pure consciousness. It is also called Rigpa; other traditions have other names for this pure reality. Dzogchen is non-duality, where there … Continue reading
EGOS ARE DELICATE THINGS
Egos Are Delicate Things Ego – ergo, I – is just consciousness (what we are) clinging to memories. “I think, therefore I am” is both an idiotic and a profound statement that perfectly describes intelligentsia’s misunderstanding of our actual reality, … Continue reading
WHEN KNOWING REALITY BECOMES A BELIEF
When Knowing Reality Becomes A Belief Belief: acceptance without proof. This is how our reality was downgraded. Belief can make us feel, do and say wonderful things, but it’s all about a material world created in the mind. Belief is … Continue reading
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EMPATHY IS CONDOLENCE
Empathy Is Condolence Condolence: late 16th century: Latin condolere, from con- ‘with’ + dolere ‘grieve, suffer’. Paying attention to others’ confusion with an unbiased attitude not only teaches us about our biased behaviour, but it’s also a safeguard against arrogance, and being unable to control our … Continue reading
ON THE ESOTERIC LEVEL, ALL PATHS ARE NON-DUALITY
On The Esoteric Level, All Paths Are Non-Duality On the esoteric level, all paths are non-duality:pure consciousness. Zen, Tao, Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Vedanta … and possibly a rare individual of no denomination … all are non-believers. They are no longer believers; … Continue reading
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SEEING FAULT AND LOOKING FOR FAULT
Seeing Fault And Looking For Fault Seeing fault and looking for fault: There is a world of difference. This is such a subtle area of our psyche, where we can switch from rightness to mistakenness = good and evil. ‘Seeing’ … Continue reading
IS IT DELIBERATE?
Is It Deliberate? This is the one question never asked. If it happens globally, it’s organised, and that means it’s deliberate. Everything has a cause and an effect. We don’t notice the manipulation of consequences while we follow the path … Continue reading
GOODNESS IS SEEING CLEARLY
Goodness Is Seeing Clearly Goodness is seeing clearly; pure consciousness. When we see clearly, we know what to do and, by definition, we know what not to do – and therefore, only goodness will come from that. The Buddha said, … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS CANNOT BE WRONG
Pure Consciousness Cannot Be Wrong Pure consciousness cannot be wrong. Therefore, it is good – of the highest standard. We are pure consciousness. Pure consciousness just sees, and therefore, Surprise! We cannot be wrong. So what is wrong? We don’t … Continue reading
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