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- STOP CARRYING THE PAST January 13, 2026
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- HUMAN CONDITIONING January 11, 2026
- WORDS CAN BE TWISTED January 11, 2026
- DIVERSITY DIVIDES January 11, 2026
- MARA’S SPECIALITY January 11, 2026
- WE ALL THINK THERE’S MORE TO US January 11, 2026
- DEALING WITH THE ABUSE, NOT THE ABUSER January 10, 2026
- A FALSE I IS A REACTIVE I January 9, 2026
- “MAY CONFUSION DAWN AS WISDOM” January 9, 2026
- MARA’S SPIRITUALITY January 8, 2026
- THE WHIFF OF CONSCIOUSNESS January 8, 2026
- REALISATION IS PERSONAL January 7, 2026
- THEISM, ATHEISM, AGNOSTICISM AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS January 7, 2026
- REALISATION STRINKS THE NEED FOR MANY WORDS January 6, 2026
- THE REALITY OF LISTENING January 6, 2026
- THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE THREE WISDOMS AND THE THREE POISONS January 5, 2026
- SPIRITUAL DECEPTION January 5, 2026
- THE BEGINNERS AND THE ADVANCED January 5, 2026
- WHY DO CUT OURSELVES OFF FROM OTHERS? January 5, 2026
- WHAT IS KARMA? January 4, 2026
- WHEN WILL WE SEE THE END OF EVIL? January 3, 2026
- SAMSARA IS HELL – SAMSARA IS HEAVEN January 3, 2026
- THE GIFT OF DOUBT January 2, 2026
- GO ORDINARY January 1, 2026
- MAKING A CULTURE AND REPLACING A CULTURE January 1, 2026
- BEING DISILLUSIONED December 31, 2025
- WISDOM IS SHARING ONE’S INNER PEACE December 31, 2025
- HOME ALONE December 30, 2025
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- THE BODY IS A VEHICLE December 25, 2025
- THEISTS ARGUE December 25, 2025
- EXTREMELY SUBTLE CONSCIOUSNESS December 25, 2025
- WHO CAN WE COMPLAIN TO? December 24, 2025
- THE COMMONALITY WE LOST December 23, 2025
- THE SINGLE PROBLEM WITH THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT December 22, 2025
- A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY December 21, 2025
- THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION December 20, 2025
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Tag Archives: pure consciousness
PROTECTING DIVERSITY … REALLY?
Protecting Diversity … Really? On a relative level, protecting diversity is protecting separation, rather than unity. This tells us everything that we need to know about current agendas, which create conflict, confusion and cultural collapse by dis-integration in the guise … Continue reading
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FACING DEATH
Facing Death What may happen after death is hearsay, but it’s worth considering as it has a psychological effect on our behaviour now. Facing death is exactly the same as facing life. Some may believe that there is consciousness after … Continue reading
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Tagged a confident life, a fearless death, are we perfect enough, Belief, consciousness after death, Death, Doubt, ethereal consciousness, facing death, illusory clutter in the mind, indifference, life, our actual reality, psychological effect, pure consciousness, pure knowingness
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MESSING WITH OUR MIND
Messing With Our Mind It is through our mind that we communicate. If our mind is full of junk, we communicate junk. If our mind is clear, we communicate clarity. The world creates nonsense, and complaining about it fills our … Continue reading
WHEN IS LIFE COMPLETE?
When Is Life Complete? Life is complete when we get over ourself 🙂 Life is complete when we recognise the mind’s faults and limitations which are due to our past, and are content to live with these faults and limitations, … Continue reading
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Tagged an end to expectations, clinging to memories, expressing the reality within the illusion, get over yourself, guidance, life is complete, live with our faults, memories, pure consciousness, recognise the mind's faults and limitations, watcher-consciousness
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WHO CAN I TRUST?
Who Can I Trust? Well, we cannot trust our self, as our self is merely an acquisition of ideas of others (who, in turn, trust others’ ideas 🙂 ) So, we cannot trust anyone – not even a Buddha. “Don’t … Continue reading
WHY THIS BLOG ISN’T PUBLICISED
Why This Blog Isn’t Publicised ‘Dzogchen’ is Tibetan for pure consciousness – we are Dzogchen. Dzogchen isn’t exactly a secret, but it can be easily misunderstood. Those who find their way here do so through serendipity or karma. You don’t … Continue reading
REPEATING LABELS
Repeating Labels Label: a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive. We label ourselves as this or that, placing a nameplate on our prison door. I became a Buddhist accidentally (it’s long story) and acquired that label, but soon discovered that people … Continue reading
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Tagged beyond scripture, esoteric, exoteric, labels, people are people, pure consciousness
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OBLIVIOUS TO OUR REALITY
Oblivious To Our Reality Oblivious to our reality: it’s quite shocking that most inhabitants of this planet are unaware of what they are. We are, first and foremost, pure consciousness by which everything can be known. If we do not … Continue reading
OUR ENEMY IS NOT OUR ENEMY
Our Enemy Is Not Our Enemy In the material world, an enemy is not a friend. The world will always be full of ‘wrongness’. In the world of pure consciousness, however, an enemy is our reaction and, in recognising this, … Continue reading
SELF & ESSENCE
Self & Essence Self is merely a collection of thought-projections in the mind that essence (pure consciousness) perceives: when consciousness forgets its purity, it clings to these projections, creating a sense of I. We are, firstly, consciousness. The purity comes … Continue reading
IF LIFE IS SELF-REPLICATING
If Life Is Self-Replicating If life is self-replicating, what is the need for a creator? Was there a start to this self-replicating, or has it being happening forever, in an infinite universe? Life is consciousness, but if consciousness mistakes creation … Continue reading
THERE IS NOTHING MORE
There Is Nothing More Absolute reality is the emptiness of pure consciousness that never changes. It is only obscured by the illusion of hope, fear and indifference that distorts our perception. We can use different words, but this is still … Continue reading
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THE MIND IS OUR TOOL
The Mind Is Our Tool The mind is our tool – for better or for worse. 🙂 The mind is our tool that expresses consciousness’s reality. This mind may be sharp or dull, adapting or adopting, improvising or rehearsed. The … Continue reading
RELATIVE AND ULTIMATE SATISFACTION
Relative And Ultimate Satisfaction Relative satisfaction is either in the completion of something, or in others’ recognition of having completed something – we’ve tried to the best of our ability. Ultimate satisfaction is; “Is that all!?” “What have I been … Continue reading
ARTIFICIAL AND ORIGINAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial And Original Intelligence Artificial intelligence has obscured original intelligence. While we are concerned about artificial intelligence dominating our lives, we don’t notice that we’ve already been programmed with beliefs that have been placed in our minds for thousands of … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS – THE ESSENCE OF MIND
Consciousness – The Essence Of Mind Consciousness – the essence of mind. And the essence of consciousness is emptiness. Mind is memories (software) which affect the brain (hardware) and our attitude. Whether the mind moves or is still, the essence … Continue reading
THE PURPOSE OF MEDITATION
The Purpose Of Meditation Meditation is simply being aware of thoughts and emotions that control us, running around in the mind and diverting our attention. When we become aware of the awareness that is observing these thoughts, this is meditation. … Continue reading
CAN WE KNOW THE ULTIMATE TRUTH?
Can We Know The Ultimate Truth? Can we know happiness? Yes. How? We are what we pursue. We just have to realise this. How do we do that? Through meditation. Meditation is letting go of all concepts and allowing pure … Continue reading
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Tagged Happiness, knowing happpiness, Meditation, Pure Awareness, pure consciousness
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CONSCIOUS BIAS CREATES THE BIASED UNCONSCIOUS
Conscious Bias Creates The Biased Unconscious We follow too easily like sheep, and take for granted that whatever we are told is true. Acquiring partial information, we misunderstand and assume that this partial information is right. The result is that … Continue reading
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Tagged complete truth, conscious bias, Gautama Buddha, incomplete information, it's a tough world, just seeing, losing a sense of right and wrong, open-minded, partial information, pure consciousness, put it into practice, test the truth for yourself, truth, unbiased
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INTELLIGENT DESIGN?
Intelligent Design? Intelligent design is a belief that life, the earth and the universe are so complex that they cannot be explained by the scientific theory of evolution, and therefore must have been designed by a supernatural entity; the existence of … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, cognisance, compassion, compassionate consciousness, emptiness, ENLIGHTENMENT, esoteric beings, exoteric beings, God, intelligent design, our potential, pure consciousness, realisation, the 3 laws of nature, the essence of negative emotions, three principles, ultimate truth, wisdom of our true reality
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WHO OR WHAT CREATED SELF?
Who Or What Created Self? Who or what created self? God? Chemicals? Karma? The creationists and the evolutionists present obvious arguments. There is another possibility, but it won’t suit everyone. What created this moment of us being here? The previous … Continue reading
FRUSTRATION CAN TURN TO ANGER
Frustration Can Turn To Anger There are two types of frustration that can turn to anger: Type 1 – Not knowing enough – and not knowing the right words – causes confusion and conflict. Type 2 – Knowing the truth … Continue reading
BLOGS ARE LIVING BOOKS
Blogs Are Living Books Just read one or two pages a day. There is only one truth, but many approaches and many refinements, adapting to ever-changing situations. There is only one answer: look, see and drop whatever is seen. That … Continue reading
WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS?
What If Our ‘Normal’ Is Madness? Madness: The state of having a serious mental illness … we don’t know what we are. Extremely foolish behaviour … we think we know. A state of wild or chaotic activity … we follow the crowd. We are brain-washed to function at a very basic … Continue reading
DON’T GUESS. KNOW.
Don’t Guess. Know. Don’t assume. Don’t pretend. Don’t believe. Don’t have an opinion. Know. There are actually people who say we cannot know … crazy 🙂 The nature of our reality is pure consciousness. It’s what we are. The intelligentsia, … Continue reading
I FEEL GOOD – OR IT FEELS RIGHT
I Feel Good – Or It Feels Right On completion of re-plumbing a toilet, do I feel good, or does it feel right? Being in a beautiful cathedral/temple*, do I feel good, or does it feel right? When meditating, do … Continue reading
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GRASPING AT STRAWS
Grasping At Straws A drowning person will grab at any flimsy reed, or idea. If we don’t know what life is about, we will cling to beliefs. Ignorant of our true reality, we hold on to a flimsy idea of … Continue reading
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WHERE IS THE CENTRE OF THE INFINITE UNIVERSE?
Where Is The Centre Of The Infinite Universe? We might think we are the centre of the universe, and everything revolves around us. This is when we may be accused of having an ego; ‘ego’ means ‘I’. Let they who … Continue reading
ANOTHER POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION
Another Pointing Out Instruction The pointing out instruction into the nature of mind is synonymous with doubt as to whether we actually see this nature or not. We can easily become confused, and lost in a cacophony of religious sounds. … Continue reading
TAKING THE INITIATIVE
Taking The Initiative Taking the initiative: the ability to assess and initiate things independently. Initiative: from Latin initiare, ‘beginning’. Beginning: the point at which something starts. Taking the initiative: the power to take charge without being prompted by others. To care and take responsibility for peace on Earth, by not being divided. We may not agree … Continue reading
OUR GREAT PROTECTOR IS KNOWING CONSCIOUSNESS
Our Great Protector Is Knowing Consciousness Never forget how much effort has gone into obscuring our natural immunity/protection from the ignorance that makes us reliant. Natural immunity is realising our true reality of pure consciousness. It is seeing clearly without … Continue reading
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WARMED UP AND READY TO GO
Warmed Up And Ready To Go Once we are warmed up, we are ready to go. Having a good enough understanding of pure consciousness and whatever obscures it, we are ready to face life – our constant teacher – on … Continue reading
ENCOURAGED TO TAKE OFFENCE AT SELF-IDENTITY
Encouraged To Take Offence At Self-Identity As long as people are encouraged to believe in an image of themselves, they will never realise the real thing – that we are, first and foremost, consciousness, pure and simple with no identity. … Continue reading
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WHY I WRITE A BLOG
Why I Write A Blog Life is about getting to the point of why we are here, staying with that point, and seeing how that point refines through experience. We cannot assume that, by just reading or hearing teaching, we … Continue reading
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HOW TO CANCEL EGO
How To Cancel Ego Ego actually comes and goes – although for some, it’s more of a permanent fixture! Ego is just consciousness adhering to beliefs and maintaining a competitive state between self and others. Beliefs, like opinions and assumptions, are … Continue reading
IT IS EGO THAT MEDITATES
It Is Ego That Meditates Ego looks:I want to meditate, to find happiness. Consciousness sees:Consciousness sees the meditator. Pure consciousness drops the seeing:Pure consciousness drops the meditator. No I, no meditation, no pure consciousness, know happiness.
BEING AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING
Being Aware Of What We Are Doing Mindfulness; the precursor to realisation. Mindfulness: Intention to cultivate awareness, returning to it again and again. Attention to what is occurring in the present moment, simply observing thoughts, feelings and sensations as they … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, attitude, Awareness, Being aware, CONSCIOUSNESS, intention, KARMA, mindfulness, non-judgemental, pure consciousness, remember
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THE PROOF OF REINCARNATION
The Proof Of Reincarnation It stands to reason, but not for everyone. 🙂 From big bangs, nebula / stardust forms to give rise to the next solar system, creating all phenomena – even our bodies. All phenomena eventually gives up … Continue reading
MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
Manipulation Of Emotions We are emotional beings :D, and we must first recognise that emotions are present in every encounter. But what ’emotions’? A thought becomes a fixation when we cling to it – and there is the emotion. Others … Continue reading
IT’S NOT A MATTER OF HOW HIGH WE CAN GO
It’s Not A Matter Of How High We Can Go It’s not a matter of how high we can go – pure consciousness is always present. It’s a matter of how low we go through the distractions of hopes, fears … Continue reading
DECEIT AND BELIEF AND PATH
Deceit and Belief And Path Deceit: deliberately causing someone to believe something that is not true. Belief: acceptance that something is true, without proof. Path: direction in which a person is moving. We are constantly deceived by the unenlightened to believe in some thing or other, and that becomes our path … Continue reading
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DON’T MAKE MEDITATION INTO AN ART FORM
Don’t Make Meditation Into An Art Form Don’t make an art form out of spirituality. That is religion. Meditation is merely sitting still, quietening the mind through concentration to bring all that inner chatter and judgement to rest. Then clarity … Continue reading
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HOW PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NATURAL
How Pure Consciousness Is Natural While just perceiving through the senses, no thought is present. We might assume that, because we are seeing objects and events, thought is present. Not so. Being aware of just seeing is pure consciousness. No … Continue reading
IT’S LIKE WE ARE BROKEN
It’s Like We Are Broken If we lose our purpose, it’s like we are broken. We come into life with everything we need to know, but we don’t know how it all fits together. There are those who want us … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS ISN’T AN ALTERED STATE
Pure Consciousness Isn’t An Altered State Unfortunately, many are lead to believe that pure consciousness – our ultimate reality – is some sort of mysterious, altered state of consciousness. It isn’t. We live in that altered state now, just following … Continue reading
DON’T CLING TO AN IDENTITY
Don’t Cling To An Identity Identity is our personal prison. We are captured by capturing ourselves. Taking the place of religion that binds us, we’re encouraged to pray with our thumbs, seeking our heart’s desire. Pure consciousness has no identity.
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. 