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- STAYING ALIVE June 16, 2024
- JUDGING OTHERS FROM OUR STATE OF MIND June 16, 2024
- BUDDHISM IS A DISCOURSE June 16, 2024
- BULLYING – GROSS AND SUBTLE June 15, 2024
- OBSESSION : A LAUGHING MATTER June 15, 2024
- EVIL TIMES June 15, 2024
- IF WE DO NOT PRACTISE June 15, 2024
- KNOWING WHAT’S WITHIN TEACHES US WHAT’S WITHOUT June 14, 2024
- DIFFERING VIEWS CAUSE CONFLICT June 14, 2024
- FORGETTING OR IGNORING WHAT WE ARE June 13, 2024
- RELIGION V SPIRITUALITY June 12, 2024
- IT’S ONE HUGE MANIPULATION June 12, 2024
- OUR MINDS HAVE CHANGED OWNERSHIP June 11, 2024
- NO MUD, NO BUDDHA June 10, 2024
- LONG-TERM SUBLIMINAL REACTIONS June 10, 2024
- THE NONSENSE IN OUR MIND June 10, 2024
- ‘I’ IS A FICTION, AND A MISDIRECTION June 9, 2024
- WHAT IF ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT AS IT IS PORTRAYED? June 8, 2024
- WE DON’T WANT TO BE TAKEN IN June 8, 2024
- WHAT IS PRACTICE? June 7, 2024
- NEVER UNDERESTIMATE STUPIDITY June 7, 2024
- SYMBOLS ARE ONLY A REPRESENTATION June 6, 2024
- WE KNOW MORE THAN WE THINK June 5, 2024
- WHY ARE WE CONFUSED? June 5, 2024
- AWARE OF BEING AWARENESS June 4, 2024
- WE DIS+COVER WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE June 3, 2024
- MEDITATION IS JUST BEING AWARE OF AWARENESS June 3, 2024
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF PROTEST June 2, 2024
- DEMOCRACY IS AN ILLUSION June 2, 2024
- BECOMING DEPENDENT June 1, 2024
- ADDICTION TO INFORMATION June 1, 2024
- NO OFF SWITCH May 31, 2024
- GET THE EXPERIENCE, THEN YOU KNOW May 31, 2024
- PRE-BUNKING IS MIND CONTROL May 31, 2024
- OUR ENVIRONMENT May 30, 2024
- BOOK LEARNING – NEWS LEARNING May 30, 2024
- HOW DID IT ALL START? May 29, 2024
- DOES DEATH MATTER? May 29, 2024
- FROM INFORMATION TO A FIRM FOUNDATION May 28, 2024
- DRAWING ACCURATELY AS MEDITATION May 27, 2024
- GIVING UP THE PAST May 27, 2024
- BRINGING PROBLEMS TO LIGHT May 26, 2024
- THE SOCIAL ENGINEERS AND THE SPIRITUAL ENGINEERS May 25, 2024
- KARMA AND MERIT May 24, 2024
- WE HAVE ALL WE NEED TO KNOW May 24, 2024
- CONFIRMATION OF THE DHARMA THROUGH RESEARCH May 24, 2024
- SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING? May 23, 2024
- MEDITATION IS THE WORK May 22, 2024
- BEING TAKEN IN May 22, 2024
- SIZING UP May 22, 2024
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MEDITATION CURES AGITATION AND DULLNESS
Meditation Cures Agitation and Dullness How? When we focus on either the breath or resting in emptiness, our attention is not elsewhere, so all other thoughts subside. When we forget to focus, thoughts come tumbling back. This is normal. We … Continue reading
BEGUILED BY STILLNESS AND BY OCCURRENCES
Beguiled* By Stillness And By Occurrences Meditators can be blinded by stillness. Ordinary people are blinded by occurrences. In both cases, we become stuck and fixated. When lost in stillness, we become meditation gods. When lost in occurrences, we become … Continue reading
MIND TRAINING
Mind training. Philosophy is not enough. We need to train the mind through practice and experience. The mind has to be tamed, quietening all those circling thoughts and worries. Thoughts are not bad in themselves: they have their use, but … Continue reading
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 