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- OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPIRITUAL TEACHERS August 3, 2021
- THE ENABLERS OF GOOD AND EVIL August 2, 2021
- EVERYONE IS OUR PRECIOUS SPIRITUAL TEACHER August 2, 2021
- SINCERITY AND BOASTFULNESS August 1, 2021
- FREEDOM FROM TRIBAL POLITICS July 31, 2021
- ESCAPING CHAOS AND CONFUSION July 30, 2021
- YOU’RE NOT MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF July 30, 2021
- HAPPINESS IS NOT WANTING MORE July 27, 2021
- IT IS THE WORST OF TIMES, IT IS THE BEST OF TIMES July 27, 2021
- THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY July 26, 2021
- A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS July 25, 2021
- OUR TEMPLE OF WORSHIP IS OUR MIND July 22, 2021
- MEDITATION WORKS July 22, 2021
- TRUTH IS BEFORE AND BEYOND WORDS July 20, 2021
- WHEN THE TRUTH ISN’T RECOGNISED July 20, 2021
- BEING SOMETHING WE’RE NOT July 19, 2021
- UNCULTIVATED WAKEFULNESS July 17, 2021
- CAN SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS HAVE AN OPPOSITE EFFECT? July 16, 2021
- THE MOMENT BEFORE WE THINK THAT WE ARE AWAKE July 15, 2021
- COMPASSION IS COMPATIBILITY July 15, 2021
- RELAXING IN A TROUBLED WORLD July 13, 2021
- “HEALTH AND SAFETY” July 12, 2021
- JOURNEY INTO SELF July 12, 2021
- WE HAVE BOUGHT INTO A MODEL OF LIFE July 12, 2021
- WORDS ARE SYMBOLIC July 12, 2021
- WE JUST MAKE NOISE July 9, 2021
- IF WE THINK WE ARE AWAKE, WE’RE NOT July 9, 2021
- GENIUS: ATTENDING SPIRIT, PRESENT FROM BIRTH July 9, 2021
- POWER WITHOUT CLARITY July 8, 2021
- CONFIDENCE WITHOUT CLARITY July 6, 2021
- EXTREMISTS CREATE EXTREMISTS July 5, 2021
- LIFE IS A MEMORY July 4, 2021
- THE REAL GREAT RESET July 4, 2021
- HAPPINESS IS REALISING THE PROBLEM July 4, 2021
- WEARING OUR SELF OUT July 4, 2021
- WHAT IS … ADVANCED MEDITATION??? July 2, 2021
- CONSCIOUSNESS AWAKENING AND NON-DUAL AWAKENING July 1, 2021
- IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE DO … June 30, 2021
- EXAGGERATING OUR SPIRITUALITY June 28, 2021
- THE PLANET OF FEAR AND HOPE June 25, 2021
- NEVER LOSE INNER PEACE June 24, 2021
- “HIDING YOUR LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL” June 22, 2021
- KARMA IS OUR PERFECT TEACHER June 22, 2021
- INFORMATION > EXPERIENCE > KNOWLEDGE > REALISATION > WISDOM > INSIGHT > COMPASSION June 21, 2021
- THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUTH, BUT MANY LEVELS … June 20, 2021
- ADEPTS ADAPT June 19, 2021
- WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE EFFULGENT June 18, 2021
- SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY ARE NOT DIFFERENT June 16, 2021
- HAVE YOU CHOSEN YOUR DESTINY? June 16, 2021
- “IT DOES NOT TAKE MANY WORDS TO TELL THE TRUTH” June 15, 2021
Tag Archives: Pure Consciousness.
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
A FEELING ISN’T AN EMOTION
A Feeling Isn’t An Emotion (continued from yesterday) As we realise something, we realise more. ‘Feeling’ is something actually felt (an intuition) in the first moment of experience, as opposed to our ‘feelings’ that we hold on to and carry … Continue reading
LIGHT, COLOURS AND DIRECT SEEING
Lights, Colours And Direct Seeing A conclusion (so far) about Togal When we paint a picture, we start off with pure colours – red, yellow and blue – straight from the tube. Mixing these together for the first time, the … Continue reading
THERE IS ONE, SIMPLE, UNIVERSAL TRUTH
There Is One, Simple, Universal Truth There is one, simple, universal truth: we are non-duality of pure conscious. Our story starts when we admit that we ignore this truth, and finishes with the realisation of this truth. Until then, we … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, Duality, EMPATHY, esoteric, exoteric, Ignorance, non-duality, Pure Consciousness., surrering, truth
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SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT SUCH THINGS?
Should We Talk About Such Things? Is our intelligence merely received information? The more we investigate, the more potent the observation. Intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. If our intelligence is just received information, then we are programmed through … Continue reading
FINDING OUR TRUE LINEAGE
Finding Our True Lineage Returning to our inner intention. Being happy. There is a lineage calling within us all: it is our path to enlightenment. This isn’t an organisation or tradition; it’s an inner longing. It isn’t hope; it’s more … Continue reading
ALWAYS RETURN TO FIRST PRINCIPLES
Always Return To First Principles Watching the breath cuts through circling thoughts. This brings us back to thought-free now. We become one with the breath. Breath is life. Life is spirit. Spirit is pure consciousness. We are this without thinking. … Continue reading
IT’S BEEN A CRINGEWORTHY LIFE
It’s Been A Cringeworthy Life Cringe: an inward shiver of embarrassment when thinking about our past actions. We follow others. We assumed a posture, but suddenly we don’t believe any of it any more. We remember all those things we did and … Continue reading
WHY DO WE IGNORE THE TRUTH?
Why Do We Ignore The Truth? We ignore the truth because, in knowing truth, we realise what isn’t true, and that will change our life. Because of our habitual clinging to our view on life, we choose to keep doing and … Continue reading
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IS THE VOICE OF GOD…A NYAM?
Is The Voice Of God … A Nyam? This isn’t meant to upset anyone; the intention is to clarify, and identify the mistakes that may happen when we become attached to experiences, believe in them, make rules about them and … Continue reading
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Tagged before words, God, language, non-duality, Pure Awareness, Pure Consciousness., Shiva, the voice of god, translation
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POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY AFFECT OUR MIND
Positivity and Negativity Affect Our Mind Positivity and negativity – good and evil – are what life is all about. Clarity and whatever obscures that clarity; it is that simple. Positivity is seeing clearly and understanding a situation for the … Continue reading
IT’S ALL ABOUT ME-ME!
It’s All About Me-me! A meme (pronounced meem) is that which is imitated. Are we just a copy of others’ ideas? We may take a side because of a condition brought about by others. Is this not divide and conquer? What if memes are … Continue reading
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Tagged divide and conquer, drop the meditation, me-me, Meditation, Meme, Pure Consciousness., Rigpa, Shiva
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NEVER TRUST A BUDDHA
Never Trust A Buddha 😀 Gautama Buddha said, “Don’t trust me; test the teaching for yourself.” That is the most advanced teaching on truth. We will never actually know anything unless we experience it, as whatever we think we know … Continue reading
