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- FRUSTRATION CAN TURN TO ANGER February 7, 2023
- LIVING WITH REALISATION February 6, 2023
- IS THE FOUNDATION AT THE BEGINNING OR THE END? February 6, 2023
- THEY DON’T WANT US TO THINK FOR OURSELVES February 6, 2023
- DOES THE DEVIL WARN US? February 6, 2023
- PAINTING OUR OWN FUTURE February 5, 2023
- THE AGE OF MY OPINION February 5, 2023
- CORRUPT MINDS, CORRUPT WORLD February 5, 2023
- HUMANITY’S DISORIENTATION February 4, 2023
- TRAUMAS ARE MEMORIES February 3, 2023
- GETTING USED TO BOREDOM February 3, 2023
- ONE VIEW, MANY EXPRESSIONS February 3, 2023
- WHERE DOES CONFLICT COME FROM? February 2, 2023
- SPIRITUALITY IS BEING GROUNDED February 2, 2023
- LISTENING TO OTHERS AND LISTENING TO OURSELF February 1, 2023
- REJECTING THE EVIDENCE February 1, 2023
- PROFOUND TIBETAN BUDDHISM January 31, 2023
- YOU ARE THE SECRET January 31, 2023
- FINDING YOUR DIFFERENCE January 30, 2023
- WHAT IS GOOD & WHAT IS EVIL? January 30, 2023
- COURAGE IS THE FIRST STEP TO REALISING CONSCIOUSNESS January 30, 2023
- THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY January 30, 2023
- WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS DECEIVED … January 30, 2023
- ARE WE A GAIN-OF-FUNCTION? January 30, 2023
- BLOGS ARE LIVING BOOKS January 28, 2023
- WHERE IS THE MIDDLE WAY? January 28, 2023
- WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE WE? January 28, 2023
- WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS? January 28, 2023
- DON’T GUESS. KNOW. January 27, 2023
- THE PROBLEM WITH RELIGION IS … January 27, 2023
- FEAR ENGENDERERS, FEAR MONGERS AND FEAR BELIEVERS January 26, 2023
- I FEEL GOOD – OR IT FEELS RIGHT January 26, 2023
- GRASPING AT STRAWS January 25, 2023
- SOME DAYS, I FEEL EXTREMELY ANGRY January 24, 2023
- WE CAN LAUGH WHEN THINGS ARE OBVIOUS January 23, 2023
- THE COLLAPSE IN OUR MORALS January 23, 2023
- GODS AND FOOLS January 23, 2023
- HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR JOURNEY YET? January 23, 2023
- THE BUDDHA WAS AN EXPERT BUT … January 22, 2023
- HACKABLE YOU January 21, 2023
- LIFE IS MAINTENANCE January 20, 2023
- GENERATING COMPLEXITY TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE January 20, 2023
- COMPLEXITY BREEDS CONFUSION January 20, 2023
- ENLIGHTENMENT ISN’T UNATTAINABLE January 19, 2023
- FREE SPEECH January 18, 2023
- “SUFFERING & SADNESS UNITE US” January 18, 2023
- NEARLY TRUE January 17, 2023
- COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING January 17, 2023
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- SUFFERING FROM GLORIOUS, OVERWHELMING, COMMON SENSE January 17, 2023
Tag Archives: REALITY
MEDITATION STOPS US PANICKING
Meditation Stops Us Panicking If we listen to the news, we will think the world is out of control. On the other hand, it could be seen as total control If you can weigh up all possibilities, then you can … Continue reading
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SOFT, UNCONSCIOUS TOTALITARIAN COMPLIANCE
Soft, Unconscious Totalitarian Compliance Unconscious compliance through technocracy – we all encounter misleading information and accept it as reality. If we can be lured into the digital world, we will never be free to realise our true nature. Totalitarianism makes … Continue reading
LIVING IN REALITY, OR IN A DREAM?
Living In Reality, Or In A Dream? When we connect directly to whatever presents itself, that is reality. Object and consciousness are one. Non-duality. Seeing the moon reflected in a pool, the moon, the reflection and consciousness are simultaneously one. … Continue reading
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Tagged appearances and recognition are simultaneous, being responsilbe, connecting directly, CONSCIOUSNESS, distractions, Duality, free will, Meditation, meditation is practical, no failure, non-duality, one taste, perfect meditators, pure consciousness, REALITY, the dream, the ultimate truth
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SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING
Seeing Is Not Believing The phrase, “Seeing is believing”, is trotted out as if it was the truth, when it merely shows the illusion under which we live. Belief is accepting something without proof. This how others’ definitions create problems … Continue reading
OUR REALITY ISN’T SOMETHING FOREIGN
Our Reality Isn’t Something Foreign It’s not strange, unfamiliar or exotic. Being attracted to such notions, we fall for, are fascinated by and maintain the ‘mystery’. Because we make reality a ‘mystery’, this fosters intolerance and hostility in others. The result … Continue reading
THIS ISN’T THE AGE OF TRUTH
This Isn’t The Age Of Truth At this time, few have experience of truth. Reading or hearing spiritual texts on truth isn’t knowing the truth of our reality. It is we who have to put the text into practice, accompanied … Continue reading
THE COMPANY WE KEEP
The Company We Keep Our progress depends on the quality of the company we keep; the influence for the good. Good company can elevate and inspire us never to lose heart. This company may be human, or it may be … Continue reading
THAT’S WHAT THEY CALL GOD
That’s What They Call God An exoteric fantasy to believe in. A reactionary rebellion against this fantasy that doesn’t exist. A philosophical debate of there is, and there isn’t. The esoteric reality. This is our journey, from gross misunderstanding to … Continue reading
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Tagged debate, esoteric, exoteric, fantasy, God, gross misunderstanding, our journey, REALITY, subtle realisation, the essence of reality
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THE TWO IGNORANCES
The Two Ignorances Ignorance of our true nature, and maintenance of that ignorance: the origin and maintenance of sin. It may be hard to accept that exaggeration about our self turns into a life of lies. The two ignorances – … Continue reading
FAKE: AN IMITATION – AN ILLUSION OF REALITY
Fake: An Imitation – An Illusion Of Reality An illusion distorts our perception of reality. News is not reality; it’s someone’s account. The Buddha’s teachings are like that;an imitation for us to prove. Reality is whatever is actually taking place now. It is direct experience.
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Tagged direct experience, illusion, imitation, perception of reality, REALITY, The Buddha's teaching
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WHY DO WE SAY TRUTH IS RELATIVE?
Why Do We Say Truth Is Relative? Relative truth is the doctrine that there is no absolute truth.This is where the world divides into the esoteric and the exoteric. Relative truth is consciousness relating to something other. This is a disastrous misunderstanding of … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute truth, conflict, impermanence, misunderstanding truth, pure consciousness, REALITY, relative truth, truth, turnoil
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THE SELF IS A LIKENESS
The Self Is A Likeness Likeness: the fact of being alike; a semblance, guise, or outward appearance, especially when the reality is different. From Old French, from sembler ‘seem’, from Latin similare, simulare ‘simulate’. Our self is an adopted reflection in the mind that seems real due to our ignorance. We forget that it is consciousness (our true reality) that … Continue reading
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Tagged creation of God, freedom, likeness, our self, REALITY, true reality, we are free to choose
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LIFE IS BOTH TOTALLY INSPIRING AND TOTALLY CHALLENGING
Life Is Both Totally Inspiring And Totally Challenging Many have looked to the European intelligentsia of the 60s and 70s, and found what they said to be incomplete. This is why some of us turned to the east, and discovered … 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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WHY DO WE DOUBT OUR TRUE REALITY?
Why Do We Doubt Our True Reality? Why do we doubt our true reality? Because we believe that cultural consciousness is more real than our own pure consciousness. Our true being is unadulterated consciousness. It sees clearly, and passes on … 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
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
NO ONE IS ORIGINAL
No One Is Original We are the origin that transcends all. Receiving the transmission on reality, we go out into the world that shows us our place. How do we know we have the transmission? Genuine, interested, empathetic compassion arises.
TWO PARALLEL REALITIES
Two Parallel Realities We live in two, multi-levelled parallel realities at the same time: one where consciousness relates to everything, creating dualities and complexities, and the other where non-dual consciousness is purely aware. The shadow and the light. By recognising … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, CONSCIOUSNESS, discernment, indifference, lethargy, non-dual consciouess, parellel reality, REALITY, recognition
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KNOW ONE, KNOW ALL
Know One, Know All There are thousands of teachings about our reality; they all result in the realisation of non-dual, pure awareness. Without that, nothing would be known. Once realised, there is no further need for theories. Sin is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Confusion, EMPATHY, Knowledge, Love, non-duality, Pure Awareness, REALITY, Sin, teachings, the dream, theories
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OUR HIDDEN ASPECT
Our Hidden Aspect It is sometimes difficult to discuss ‘spirit’ or pure consciousness with others as this is something they have either not have considered, or have a vague idea about. Our spiritual aspect – pure consciousness – may seem … Continue reading
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Tagged PHILOSOPHY, Pure Consciousness., REALITY, spirit, wisdom
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THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING REALITY
The Importance Of Knowing Reality All appearances are seen within the clear space of mind. That space of clarity is pure consciousness, sometimes called Emptiness, or Shunyata in Sanskrit. The senses are non-conceptual: things are experienced by virtue of pure … Continue reading
WHY CAN’T HUMANITY UNDERSTAND REALITY?
Why Can’t Humanity Understand Reality? Because it is kept busy. It’s that simple. It has been that way for thousands of years. People cannot even begin to understand reality, because to them, what they are doing is the reality. Humanity has … Continue reading
IS LIFE FREEDOM OR BONDAGE?
Is Life Freedom Or Bondage? To the unenlightened, life is bondage, misery, frustration, dissatisfaction, suffering; no feeling of completion. We are full of demons. To the enlightened, life is freedom, understanding, satisfaction, compassion, completion; a relief from the bondage. Demons … Continue reading
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Tagged enlightened, ENLIGHTENMENT, freedom, impermanence, in the dream, REALITY, this precious moment
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THE DUALISTS
The Dualists We sentient humans live and believe in a state of duality. Duality means two. Everything is related to me. In spiritual terms, consciousness is always relating to something. Me and other. This is so ‘normal’ for humans that … Continue reading
KEEPING REALITY AT ARM’S LENGTH
Keeping Reality at Arm’s Length Theory is good. Philosophy is good, but it’s not the real thing. We can acquire a polished-looking package, but we are faking it – our laundry still needs cleaning. Repeating the words of the masters … Continue reading
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