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- BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF? September 27, 2022
- MANAGING EXPECTATIONS September 27, 2022
- APPRECIATING THE TRUTH September 26, 2022
- JUDGING AND BEING JUDGEMENTAL September 26, 2022
- JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING … September 26, 2022
- THE KNOCK-ON EFFECT September 26, 2022
- REAL OR SYNTHETIC? September 25, 2022
- MIND IS NOT YOUR OWN BUSINESS September 24, 2022
- KNOW YOUR OWN MIND September 24, 2022
- FIGHT OR FLIGHT … REALLY? September 23, 2022
- SPREADING MISINFORMATION September 22, 2022
- OUR ENEMY SHOWS US OUR STRENGTH … September 22, 2022
- WHAT OR WHOM TO TRUST? September 21, 2022
- RECOGNISING THE NEED TO RECONDITION THE MIND September 19, 2022
- ACKNOWLEDGING CONDITIONED SELF September 18, 2022
- ACKNOWLEDGING CONDITIONING September 17, 2022
- THE OPPOSITE OF ABSOLUTE IS LIMITED September 16, 2022
- SO WHERE’S THE PROOF? September 16, 2022
- ARE ‘SOAP OPERAS’ A BRAIN WASHING TECHNIQUE? September 15, 2022
- BEWARE OF THE EXOTIC September 15, 2022
- NON-STICK PANS & MEMORY FOAM MATTRESSES September 15, 2022
- HOW TO PROVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE September 14, 2022
- WE CANNOT BUY TRUTH September 13, 2022
- ACKNOWLEDGE THOUGHTS, DON’T FOLLOW THEM September 13, 2022
- THE UTOPIAN IDEAL LEADS TO HELL September 12, 2022
- IT’S WORSE THAN YOU THINK, AND … September 12, 2022
- SOMETHING I DON’T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT September 12, 2022
- GROWING IN CONFIDENCE September 11, 2022
- OPEN TO THE PRESENT September 11, 2022
- REALISE THE OUTCOME, RECOGNISE THE JOURNEY September 10, 2022
- EASY DHARMA, DIFFICULT DHARMA September 10, 2022
- A GENUINE PRACTITIONER IS PRACTICAL September 9, 2022
- IS THE WORLD FULL OF BOTS? September 8, 2022
- MEDITATION IS DOING NOTHING September 8, 2022
- EXTREMELY SUBTLE DISINFORMATION September 7, 2022
- AN EMBRYO OF CONSCIOUSNESS September 6, 2022
- MIND: A PERCEPTION & RECORDING MACHINE September 6, 2022
- TIBETAN NYINGMA TRADITION September 5, 2022
- ATTACHMENT = LOSS OR CLARITY September 5, 2022
- NEVER EXAGGERATE DEMONS September 4, 2022
- DEMONS ARE MERELY OUR EMOTIONS September 4, 2022
- SHARP OR DULL INTELLECT September 3, 2022
- NATURAL IMMUNITY FROM SUFFERING September 2, 2022
- TRANSFORMATION OF BEING September 1, 2022
- THE AGE OF CONFLICT: THE FAST AGE August 31, 2022
- CONSUMERS OF CONFUSION August 30, 2022
- LETTING GO OF WELL-BEING August 29, 2022
- THE SIX PERFECTIONS ARE NOT SEPARATE August 28, 2022
- OM MANI PEME HUM ENDS INTERNAL STRUGGLE August 28, 2022
- GOOD AND EVIL August 27, 2022
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DEMONS ARE MERELY OUR EMOTIONS
Demons Are Merely Our Emotions … and our path to enlightenment. Once we acknowledge our emotions of pride, jealousy, desire, aversion, ignorance … our path starts to become practical and realistic. This acknowledgement is not a battle; it merely takes … Continue reading
BUDDHISM DESTROYS BUDDHISM
Buddhism Destroys Buddhism In the moment of pure consciousness, we drop all ideas. The meditation, me, the Buddha, Buddhism … everything goes.
CONSCIOUSNESS IS SUBJECTIVE
Consciousness Is Subjective Ordinary consciousness is subjective: it’s all about me. Pure consciousness is objective: there is no time for a me.
THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
The Truth Is Hidden In Plain Sight Plain: not decorated or elaborate, simple or basic in character without a pattern or colour bearing no indication as to contents or affiliation. It is said that certain teachings are secret. Well, they’re not. It is just that non-practitioners won’t understand the … Continue reading
THE ESOTERIC ISN’T IN A BOOK
The Esoteric Isn’t In A Book The written word is exoteric, available to be read by anyone. It is frozen knowledge from the past, and has no life to it. The esoteric is the direct experience of whatever occurs. It … Continue reading
THE QUALITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Quality Of Consciousness The quality of consciousness dictates the quality of our life. Consciousness is clear, bright light – the essence of all beings. It never changes and is ever pure. When we actually know this, our view of … Continue reading
REFERENCE AND PREFERENCE
Reference And Preference Our memory, our prejudice, our programming, is our way of life.Did you come from a questioning background, or from one with all the ‘answers’? This is how we conduct ourselves: we perceive something, and that perception is … Continue reading
WHEN TO DROP THE MEDITATION
When To Drop The Meditation Just meditating and feeling calm is still working in the dark. We have to know the objective, which is not dependent on the mind for existence; that is pure consciousness, working in the light. Realise we are pure consciousness, before thoughts … Continue reading
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE
Wake Up And Smell The Coffee We are kept awake by the clarity of reality that realises the obvious manipulation which is constantly trying to put us to sleep. This what good and evil have always been about. Whatever is … Continue reading
THE BACKBONE OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING
The Backbone Of The Buddha’s Teaching Seeing and the seen are inseparable. Whatever is seen is only seen by virtue of just seeing. Just seeing is pure consciousness; it’s our original reality. Once realised, whatever is seen is a spontaneous … Continue reading
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Pure Consciousness Is The Elephant In The Room The ‘elephant in the room’ is a metaphor for something that is obvious but no one mentions because it makes us feel uncomfortable. We will talk for hours about other matters, but never about our … Continue reading
DO WE BINGE ON TEACHINGS?
Do We Binge On Teachings? Do they become a distraction? Is such an approach actually lazy, obscuring genuine, personal experience where there are no doubts? If there are no doubts, we know what we’re doing. We drop the teaching and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dharma., GENIUNE EXPERIENCE., Mystical., Pure Consciousness.
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NEVER LOSE INNER PEACE
Never Lose Inner Peace Maintaining inner peace changes our world. Inner peace is equanimity; calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation. Calm composure is our basis for sanity, and when we lose inner peace, that sanity is no longer present. While … Continue reading
ADEPTS ADAPT
Adepts Adapt Adapt: to adjust to new conditions. Adept: one who realises the nature of reality. In all times and places, adepts arise within complex social and cultural structures, adjusting to each immediate environment. This isn’t a matter of adopting something new: it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Adepts., Dzogchen, Mara., Pure Consciousness., Troubled minds.
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LIVING KNOWLEDGE
Living Knowledge Living knowledge is the opposite to book knowledge, or to being told something. It is empirical experience perceived through the senses, and then reflected upon. Instead of our projecting on to a situation, the situation is telling ussomething … Continue reading
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Tagged Knowledge., Living knowledge., Pure Consciousness., wisdom.
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WHY DO WE WANT MORE AND MORE DHARMA?
Why Do We Want More And More Dharma? Dharma is the teaching about our own true nature of just seeing. When we just see, we are free. We simply have to see that we see, and rest there. Resting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Dharma, drop, just be, just see, look, Meditation, OUR TRUE NATURE, Plato's cave, Pure Consciousness., see, teachings, the completion stage, we are free when we see
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DON’T READ THIS … MEDITATE!
Don’t Read This … Meditate! 🙂 If you have time to read this, you have time to sit in silent awareness for a moment or two. Just be aware of the breath, and all the senses.Now be aware of awareness.Experience that you are … Continue reading
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Tagged aware of awareness, Awareness, meditate, Meditation, Pure Consciousness., remember to be
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SILENT AWARENESS
Silent Awareness For some, the idea of emptiness or purity is obscure; it’s too far away, beyond them … which it is! 😀 ‘Silent awareness’ is just another phrase for pure consciousness, or empty cognisance. We are inner beings of … Continue reading
“IS THIS OR ISN’T THIS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?”
“Is This Or Isn’t This Pure Consciousness?” Our problem is that we just make do, when we should be making do and mending. How do we mend? Because spiritual teachings (or Dharma) are not being fully explained – or we … Continue reading
FROM DEPENDENCE TO INDEPENDENCE
From Dependence To Independence The antidote to our obsessive, materialistic life. The whole point of spiritual teachings is to become independent: free from others’ limitations. Teachings are not a set piece to learn; we each learn sequentially through experience. There … Continue reading
CONFUSING CONSCIOUSNESS
Confusing Consciousness Confusing consciousness confuses us. Do we have consciousness, or are we consciousness? Two paths that lead in opposite directions. Because of this, we only communicate on a relative level. True communication is rare. Most humans believe that consciousness … Continue reading
LIFE WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Life With Fruit And Vegetables There are two sides to our being: Fruit; the realisation of our true nature, which is pure consciousness. Vegetable; ignorance of our true nature, which is pure consciousness. We are brought up to think that … Continue reading
SEEKING THE TRUTH
Seeking The Truth In seeking the truth, we realise that truth is consciousness itself for, without consciousness, nothing would be known. That is our reality because that is our constant; everything else is impermanent and, as such, has no inherent … Continue reading
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Tagged fixations, impermanence, KARMA, Meditation, negative emotions, non-duality, our perfect teacher, Pure Consciousness., the truth
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WORDS ARE NOT DIRECT EXPERIENCE
Words Are Not Direct Experience To be mesmerised by words is to miss direct experience beyond words. Words are open to interpretation and commentary. Direct experience is unmistakable pure consciousness itself, expressionless as there is nothing to express. Then why … Continue reading
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Tagged direct experience, non-duality, Pure Consciousness., relative truth, ultimate truth
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WE LIVE IN CONTRADICTIONS
We Live In Contradictions Contradictions: ideas that oppose one another. We live in two realities at the same time. That is the contradiction, as they are one and the same thing. The two realities are ultimate and relative. The mirror … Continue reading
MEDITATION INCREASES INTELLIGENCE
Meditation Increases Intelligence Intelligence is the ability to see consequences, causes and conditions clearly. Meditation is firstly the practice of concentration, being able to focus without distraction. This discipline enables us to clear the mind, just to perceive and to … Continue reading
WHEN DO OUR PROBLEMS START?
When Do Our Problems Start? Our problems start the moment consciousness becomes attached to an idea. That first idea was ‘my self’. Why is attachment a problem? If we (consciousness) hold on to an idea, then we lose the clarity … Continue reading
OH NO, NOT “HAPPINESS IS WITHIN” … AGAIN!
Oh No, Not “Happiness Is Within” … Again! We have heard this time and time again, but still we search for contentment. Why? Because it’s too simple, too ordinary. Our true being is ordinary, without special or distinctive features. It … Continue reading
HOW CAN I BECOME PURE?
How Can I Become Pure? We are nothing but purity – pure consciousness – for, without that, we wouldn’t be able to see clearly. We just have to get the picture straight, as it’s a bit wonky at the moment … Continue reading
SELF-CONTROL; SELF-MASTERY
Self-Control; Self-Mastery It’s easy to say, “Self-control” and “Self-mastery” but, with so much distraction, this topic may be difficult to comprehend. We usually take self-control and self-mastery to denote holding back our reactions, but here, it doesn’t mean that. ‘Holding … Continue reading
CUTTING THROUGH EXTREMIST VIEWS
Cutting Through Extremist Views We are all extremists when we react. The practice of Trekcho. Traditionally, this practice is the Tibetan Nyingma method of seeing the arising of thoughts (or emotions) before they are fully formed, thus cutting through them … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, depression, everything is real, extremism, free in the moment of seeing, get to the point, inseparability of emptiness and cognisance, life is meaningless, our view as opposed to the view, positive desperation, Pure Awareness, Pure Consciousness., reaction, REALITY, Trekcho, Tulku Urgyen
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I DON’T WANT TO MEDITATE
I Don’t Want To Meditate I don’t want to meditate. Then don’t. Just be aware of being aware. That’s not difficult, is it? That’s just being ‘normal’, and that’s meditation. Don’t make it into a thing. Sit with a straight … Continue reading
THEY MESS WITH YOUR MIND!
They Mess With Your Mind! Who are they? Thoughts that come from outside. If we believe in those thoughts, we become messed up. Pure consciousness cannot be messed up, because it is uncontaminated being. Here is the good news about … Continue reading
CONSPIRACY
Conspiracy Is there a truth hidden from us in plain sight? Yes. Who is in on it? Everyone! The last thing anyone wants to look at is themselves – their true reality – because of a creation of a personal … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy, finding fault, Mara, our essence, our true reality, plain sight, power, Pure Consciousness., Samsara, the truth
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ARE WE BAT-SHIT NUT-JOBS? ;-)
Are We Bat-Shit Nut-Jobs? 😉 If so, don’t feel bad, as we’re all in the same bat-boat. Mindfulness meditation is the bat-boat, reminding us to be aware of our pure, non-bat-shit consciousness. Once we arrive at the shore of pure … Continue reading
KNOWING … BELIEF … CONFUSION … SENTIMENTALITY … INDIFFERENCE
Knowing … Belief … Confusion … Sentimentality … Indifference When we do not know our true reality, we fall into the trap of belief, confusion and sentimentality, leading to indifference. We become jaded – and our experience of spiritual practice … Continue reading
SUPERIOR POSITION – INFERIOR POSITION
Superior Position – Inferior Position Pure vision and impure vision We are pure vision. It is our natural state. When realised, this is our naked, superior position – our supreme reality. When we do not realise this pure view, we … Continue reading
IF WE DON’T MEDITATE, WE WILL NEVER ‘GET IT’
If We Don’t Meditate, We Will Never ‘Get It’ Understanding reality isn’t an intellectual exercise; it is pure experience in the stillness of the mind. Absolute stillness is pure consciousness. Our reality is never in our thinking. The more we … Continue reading
WHAT TRUTH CAN YOU RELY ON?
What Truth Can You Rely On? There are three significant words here: truth, you and rely. When we know both the absolute and relative meaning of these words, we know the Dharma. ‘Truth’: truth is that which never changes – … Continue reading
CAPTIVATED BY PERCEPTION
Captivated By Perception Through perception, we are imprisoned by our clinging to a chain of concepts while remaining unaware of that which is aware of perception. It may sound strange, but we need to train in awareness. Why do we … Continue reading
WHY DO WE DOUBT OUR ENLIGHTENED REALITY?
Why Do We Doubt Our Enlightened Reality? Why do we doubt our enlightened reality? The answer is that we were – and are – misguided. Our practice is to “Act the part” of being enlightened, becoming familiar with both understanding … Continue reading
TIME TO KNOW WHAT TO VALUE
Time To Know What To Value World freedom is being restricted. It’s like a science fiction horror film. Only the body and mind can actually be restricted, however. The witness, the audience, pure consciousness, looks on without any restriction. That … Continue reading
BE AWARE OF CONSEQUENCES
Be Aware Of Consequences Mara activity makes situations worse. Mara: demonic consciousness (Sanskrit). Being aware of consequences, we are no longer be surprised. Mara lies in ambush in all our minds, looking for weaknesses in others and exploiting them. Mara … Continue reading
IF WE ARE UNCONSCIOUS, WE ARE THE PROBLEM
If We Are Unconscious, We Are The Problem If we are unconscious, we are the problem. The solution to this is becoming conscious. Being unconscious is being unaware of consciousness: we are therefore unable to control our mind and behaviour. … Continue reading
OPINIONS CAN TURN INTO ADDICTIONS
Opinions Can Turn Into Addictions and addictions ruin lives. It’s a shock to recognise addiction, but understanding this upgrades consciousness. There is a connection between plain seeing and becoming an addict or a fundamentalist. Fundamentalism usually has a religious connotation that indicates unwavering … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, empty cognisance, fundamentalist, judgements, memory, opinion, opinionated, Pure Consciousness., PURE PERCEPTION, recognition, religious, Self
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CONSCIOUSNESS IS FREE
Consciousness Is Free Consciousness is free: we don’t have to pay for it. Understanding the nature of this consciousness is also free: we merely have to look. If we doubt, then we just continue to pay for misunderstanding consciousness. Pure … Continue reading
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INNER HAPPINESS AND OUTER HAPPINESS
Inner Happiness And Outer Happiness Our inner happiness affects our outer happiness. If we only look for outer happiness, then we will have to go on looking. (Don’t be put off by the word ‘happiness’; read it as ‘sanity’.) Inner … Continue reading
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Tagged ENLIGHTENMENT, good mental health, Happiness, impermanence, inner happiness, not too loose, not too tight, Nothing is real., Our natural state, OUR TRUE NATURE, outer happiness, Pure Consciousness., SANITY, the rightness of everything, we are not this body or mind
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LIFE AFTER REALISATION
Life After Realisation It’s okay being you! This me is the conveyance to enlightenment. That which we call me is certainly an illusion as it is a temporary arrangement of body and mindset, but now we see it and use … Continue reading
BUDDHA IN THE MUD. Practical everyday insight into Dzogchen Buddhism. It's not about feeling good about yourself; it's about feeling good about your self. Your self is your karma and teacher. 