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- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED July 11, 2026
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE July 10, 2026
- WHAT IS DEVOTION? July 10, 2026
- “I COULD BE WRONG” July 9, 2026
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY July 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN July 7, 2026
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA July 7, 2026
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST July 7, 2026
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF July 6, 2026
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU July 5, 2026
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES July 5, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND July 4, 2026
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING July 4, 2026
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE July 3, 2026
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE July 3, 2026
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING July 3, 2026
- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD… July 2, 2026
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT July 2, 2026
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES July 1, 2026
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM July 1, 2026
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS July 1, 2026
- BEYOND MEDITATION June 30, 2026
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER June 30, 2026
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION June 30, 2026
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES June 30, 2026
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC June 29, 2026
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT June 28, 2026
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND June 28, 2026
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN June 27, 2026
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH June 26, 2026
- A CLOSED MAZE June 26, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT June 25, 2026
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED June 25, 2026
- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
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ONCE WE ARE AWAKE, WE ARE FOREVER AWAKE
Once We Are Awake, We Are Forever Awake Awake: knowing what we are before an identity.Asleep: believing we are an identity. This is what Plato’s (428–347 BC) allegory of shadow puppets in a cave is all about. This illustrates how we … Continue reading
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DO WE VALUE TRUTH?
Do We Value Truth? Do we value truth, or do we just accept others’ versions of the truth, and then squabble over it? Truth – or absolute truth – is that which does not change. Anything that changes can only … Continue reading
THE WORLD’S RUN BY ‘GOOD COP, BAD COP’
The World’s Run By ‘Good Cop, Bad Cop’ Different personalities make opposing statements. One may appear to be for the establishment, while the other is for the people – left and right. It’s a hoax. Hoax: deception. From hocus ‘trickery’, from hocus-pocus. Meaningless talk or activity, … Continue reading
TRUTH IS CHALLENGING TO OUR PROGRAMMED MIND
Truth Is Challenging To Our Programmed Mind Our mind is full of ideas: we want to know the truth, but cannot find it. The problem is actually recognising it when it is presented, and we have to know the difference … Continue reading
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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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INVESTIGATING TRUTH – RECOGNISING EVIDENCE
Investigating Truth – Recognising Evidence The problem with investigating truth is knowing the difference between wanting proof (something acquired or borrowed) as opposed to proving as a personal experience. If we want proof without proving, whatever we come up with will still be a theory; it’s … Continue reading
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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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
HOW DID I BECOME SO CONFUSED?
How Did I Become So Confused? Confused: a person unable to think clearly; bewildered, as thoughts are mingled together. If we know that we are confused, then we know something. That ‘knowing something’ is knowingness itself. The recognition of knowing … Continue reading
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG IN THE WORLD
There is something wrong in the world. We are being deceived. Once we recognise that our perception is deceiving us, we then realise that everyone else’s perception is deceiving them. Once pure perception recognises this deception, perception is no longer … Continue reading
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LIFE IS A MIXED BLESSING
Life is a mixed blessing. We always have the choice ofsuffering or wisdom. Suffering is the result of our…emotions.Wisdom is the result of our…emotions. Before we can understandthe true nature of emotions– wisdom –we must understandthe true nature of ourselves– … Continue reading
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DOUBT
Doubt. I doubt.It is not the I that doubts –there is no I to doubt.Doubt reveals the confusion.Doubt is both wise and silly. With doubt, we know that something is wrong, so that’s good. But let’s be clear here: the … Continue reading
NON-DUALITY
Non-duality. When appearances and emptiness are seen as arising simultaneously, that is non dual awareness. The words on this page are seen by virtue of the clear, white paper. They arise simultaneously! It’s the same with appearances in the mind. … Continue reading
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