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- THERE ARE NO NEW TEACHINGS June 28, 2017
- THE PURPOSE OF MIND TRAINING June 28, 2017
- PURIFYING ANGER June 27, 2017
- YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BUDDHIST June 25, 2017
- WAKING UP AND STAYING AWAKE June 23, 2017
- THE LOVELIEST TRICK EVER PLAYED June 22, 2017
- TSOKNYI RINPOCHE TEACHING IN FRANCE June 21, 2017
- STOP MEDITATING June 20, 2017
- THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING HOW IT ALL WORKS! June 20, 2017
- HOW PRECISELY DO WE CUT THROUGH EMOTIONS? June 18, 2017
- HAS THE SPIRIT OF BUDDHISM ARRIVED YET? June 17, 2017
- ALIENS AND ROBOTS, AND NO WISDOM June 16, 2017
- WE ARE LIGHTLY BALANCED June 15, 2017
- WHY SO MUCH TALK OF SUFFERING IN BUDDHISM? June 15, 2017
- TRUTH IS FREEDOM June 14, 2017
- WHAT ARE YOU LIKE? June 13, 2017
- EVERYONE IS RIGHT June 11, 2017
- WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE NAIVE June 10, 2017
- THERE IS NO NEED TO KILL THE BUDDHA June 9, 2017
- BUYING INTO THE PACKAGE June 9, 2017
- I DON’T WANT TO MEDITATE! June 9, 2017
- WE NEED CRITICAL THINKING June 6, 2017
- YOU ARE THE REAL THING June 6, 2017
- WHAT’S THE POINT OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE? June 5, 2017
- RESIDUAL OR PHANTOM THOUGHTS June 4, 2017
- KNOWING YOUR ONIONS! June 3, 2017
- LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING AND REALISATION June 2, 2017
- SHORT MOMENTS, MANY TIMES June 1, 2017
- IT’S SIMPLE, BUT NOT EASY May 31, 2017
- SPIRITUALITY IS HARD-NOSED REALITY May 30, 2017
- DZOGCHEN AND THE GREAT MUD May 29, 2017
- PERCEIVING THOUGHTS May 28, 2017
- WE DO NOT THINK AS MUCH AS WE THINK WE DO! May 27, 2017
- HOW DOES THIS SOUND? May 26, 2017
- NATURAL MEANINGFUL MUDRAS May 25, 2017
- MEDITATION IS LIBERATION FROM OUR SELF May 24, 2017
- THE ‘MANY-GO-ROUND’ May 23, 2017
- BEGUILED BY STILLNESS AND BY OCCURRENCES May 22, 2017
- WHO PERSEVERES, ACCOMPLISHES May 21, 2017
- THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION May 20, 2017
- INTELLECT, A GOOD HEART AND COURAGE May 19, 2017
- WHAT IS COMPASSION? May 19, 2017
- ARE CHRISTIANITY AND BUDDHISM COMPATIBLE? May 18, 2017
- “I DON’T LIKE MY TEACHER OR TEACHERS” May 17, 2017
- HOW MANY PEOPLE NEVER KNOW? May 16, 2017
- IGNORANCE IS INTENTIONAL May 15, 2017
- SATANIC EVIL KILLS THE INNOCENT May 13, 2017
- WHY ARE ‘RELIGIOUS’ PEOPLE SO CRAP AT COMPASSION? May 13, 2017
- WE ARE NEVER SEPARATED May 12, 2017
- WHAT’S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT EMPTINESS? May 11, 2017
Tag Archives: Pure Consciousness.
SPIRITUALITY IS HARD-NOSED REALITY
Spirituality Is Hard-Nosed Reality which is the firm foundation for compassionate, hard-nosed reality. Hard-nosed: realistic, determined, tough-minded, unsentimental, down-to-earth, no-nonsense, pragmatic, clear-thinking, realistic, practical, rational, shrewd and astute. The opposite: sentimental, superstitious: believing in lucky charms, make-believe, fantasy: making exaggerated claims. To claim that we are ’empaths here to … Continue reading
WE DO NOT THINK AS MUCH AS WE THINK WE DO!
We Do Not Think As Much As We Think We Do! Perception isn’t thinking. The more one realises, the more one realises. One takes a step, and the next step presents itself. Most of the time, we humans are on … Continue reading
THE ‘MANY-GO-ROUND’
The ‘Many-Go-Round’ Are there many teachings, or only one? There are many, many teachings, with long mystical names, but in essence it is all about one, and that is pure consciousness. It is pure consciousness that has many expressions. This … Continue reading
HOW MANY PEOPLE NEVER KNOW?
How Many People Never ‘Know’? How many people live their lives, die, and never know their true nature? 1 Billion? 2 Billion? 7 and a half billion? 7 and a half billion is the number of inhabitants on Earth to … Continue reading
ABSOLUTE BEING OR CREATOR?
Absolute Being Or Creator? We are absolute being – pure consciousness. When pure consciousness becomes less clear, it becomes a self-creator. It’s that simple. We can be led astray because is it that simple: we love our creation – an … Continue reading
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WHO IS TO BLAME FOR EVERYTHING?
Who Is To Blame For Everything? The answer is … empty essence! Isn’t that surprising? We may want to blame the Buddhas – or deities – for not doing more for mankind, but if they do anything, they would show … Continue reading
TAKING THE HEART OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING TO HEART
Taking The Heart Of The Buddha’s Teaching To Heart It’s really very simple. The heart of the Buddha’s teaching is spontaneous presence, which is the same as non-duality, empty essence, pure consciousness, pure awareness, nowness. It could also be described … Continue reading
HOW DO I SEE SOMETHING GOOD IN EVERYTHING I SEE?
How Do I See Something Good In Everything I See? Easy! Goodness is exactly the seeing itself. Goodness is the quality of being good or right. What could be more good or right than the purity of that seeing? Of … Continue reading
THE OBJECT OF MEDITATION IS NOT TO MEDITATE!
The Object Of Meditation Is Not To Meditate! Meditation is just a word. The object of meditation is to become aware or conscious of our true, real, actual, non-fictional, unimagined nature. What is that? It is the awareness or consciousness … Continue reading
IT’S A RELIEF WHEN IT STOPS
It’s A Relief When We Stop In the moment when we stop and sit down, we fall naturally into a deep relaxation. When we stop working, running, talking, meditating … we arrive at non-duality in that moment, just being. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
THE TRUTH TURNS OUT TO BE YOURSELF
The Truth Turns Out To Be Yourself … and not your self. Anything that you know is the not-self, because the self is the knowingness. This self is pure consciousness. Your self is the illusion. The world is a dream. … Continue reading
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STOP PUSHING YOUR REPLAY BUTTON
Stop Pushing Your Replay Button We repeatedly replay the past in the present, which has an effect on the future, and so we worry and suffer. The replay button becomes an addiction. Could it be that, by replaying, we hope … Continue reading
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WILL MEDITATION MAKE ME HAPPY?
Will Meditation Make Me Happy? …and have a better life? No … yes … depends … yes! No … because you (pure consciousness) are already happy. Yes … because meditation is a way of recognising that which is obscuring this … Continue reading
WHEN DO WE WAKE UP?
When Do We Wake Up? The very moment we (pure awareness/pure consciousness) disengage from identifying with the dreaming of the chattering mind. When we are distracted and occupied by thinking, or spaced out and vacant, the moment ‘now’ is obscured … Continue reading
SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil Mixed understanding of this phrase can confuse. This Confucian proverb originally meant being of good mind, speech and action. In Buddhist traditions, the proverb means not dwelling on evil thoughts. In … Continue reading
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WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
What Is The Meaning Of Life? This is really two questions: What is the meaning of life: this physical and mental existence? What is the meaning of life: this pure consciousness? Without addressing the second question, the first makes no … Continue reading
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WHAT IS REAL SELF?
What Is Real Self? The simple answer: in the stillness of mind, the real self is that which is aware of the question, “What is the real self?” This real self is not just aware; the awareness rests in its … Continue reading
RECONSIDERING WORDS
Reconsidering Words As a student of spirituality, I chose the path of Buddhism – and within that, the Nyingma Dzogchen tradition. As a student, I write a blog of experience that might help others. A path is designated or signified … Continue reading
