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EXISTING IN A SEA OF DESPAIR/SAMSARA

Existing In A Sea Of Despair/Samsara Samsara: the cycle of human existence motivated by hopes and fears and indifference (Sankrit). In this sea of samsara, we either drift, drown or play. ‘Drifting’ is vacancy, ‘drowning’ is indifference and ‘playing’ is … Continue reading

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DOES THE PAST EXIST NOW?

Does The Past Exist Now? Yes – through our karma. ‘Karma’ is a Sanskrit word for the residue of past actions lodged in our mind that creates our habitual re-enactments such as, “There ‘I’ go again”. This is why most … Continue reading

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CHOOSING THE FACTS WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR

Choosing The Facts We Would Like To Hear 😀 Choosing the facts we would like to hear is the perfect example of going round in circles. In Sanskrit, it is called ‘Samsara’, the vicious cycle of existence. We spend our … Continue reading

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ILLUMINATI MENTALITY = SAMSARIC GODS

Illuminati Mentality = Samsaric Gods Become an expert in this and that, and miss the reality. Illuminati: people claiming to possess special enlightenment or knowledge. In modern terms, this refers to those who, over millennia, have claimed superiority, believing they’re born to lead. This … Continue reading

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ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS

Advice for Beginners Advice for beginners and advanced alike. Realisation can only come about when we truly value instruction. Advice for Beginners by Künkhyen Jamgön Mipham Rinpoché  All activities within saṃsāra are pointless and hollow— Unreliable and fleeting, like lightning’s streaking … Continue reading

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BEING CREEPY :D

Being Creepy 😀 Both evil-Samsara and enlightened-Nirvana take one step at a time, so we don’t notice what is creeping up on us. When we believe, we are not knowing. When we know, we no longer have to believe. There’s … Continue reading

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THE TRICK OF ‘BEING HAD’

The Trick Of ‘Being Had’ Entrapment: to fight, find fault or complain is to be captured by illusions in the mind, making them seem real. Ignorant of true consciousness, we spend our life trying to put chaos right – thereby … Continue reading

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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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CONFLICT CREATES CONTEST

Conflict Creates Contest We may judge things differently, but the seeing is the same. In reality there is no conflict, no incompatibility, no contest. When we burst the illusory bubble of samsara – which is all about me – we … Continue reading

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IS RIGPA ANARCHY?

Is Rigpa Anarchy? Rigpa is the absolute freedom of the individual. Anarchy is the absolute freedom of the individual. The difference is in the application; Rigpa is knowing one’s true nature, whereas ma-rigpa is not knowing one’s true nature. If we … Continue reading

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THE REALITY and THE MERRY-GO-ROUND

The Reality and The Merry-Go-Round We desire to be enlightened, and/or we are averse to suffering. These two emotions – desire and aversion – derive from ignorance; ignorance of our true reality, which is pure consciousness, pure being. These emotions … Continue reading

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LIBERATION FROM DEPENDENCY

Liberation from Dependency To be able to ‘read between the lines’ means to perceive or deduce a meaning that is hidden or  implied rather than being openly stated. ‘Independent’ is being free from outer control, not subject to another’s authority, and capable of thinking or acting for oneself. In other words, genuine liberation. We are … Continue reading

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MASTERY OVER PERCEPTION

Mastery Over Perception Mastery over perception means that we cease to react to appearances. Karma is therefore no longer reinforced, purifying samsara. And the lighter … and lighter … we feel! You can see where this is going! 😀 Karma: … Continue reading

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HOW AM I EMPTINESS?

How Am I Emptiness? How is everything emptiness? Emptiness doesn’t mean having no qualities, for the reason that awareness simply has to be present to acknowledge emptiness. It’s like this. Before a thing is identified as a thing, and we … Continue reading

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I AM A MILLION TRAUMAS

I Am A Million Traumas Trauma: from Greek, literally ‘wound’. We are all mentally wounded. We are cloaked in layer upon layer of traumas – coarse and subtle traumas. We all know what anger, pride, desire, jealousy, hatred, fear etc … Continue reading

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HOW LONG WILL ENLIGHTENMENT TAKE?

How Long Will Enlightenment Take? As long as thoughts, emotions and reactions take over our minds, distracting and controlling us. Be aware that, at any moment, we can turn this on its head, by simply being enlightened to the fact … Continue reading

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PHRASEOLOGY, NOMENCLATURE, PARLANCE, TERMINOLOGIES

Phraseology, Nomenclature, Parlance, Terminologies can go over our heads and make us feel that we will never understand. 😀 😀 😀 ‘The indistinguishability of samsara and nirvana’…? ‘Thought and dharmakaya are a unity’…? It’s like this: Water and wetness are … Continue reading

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GOLD IN THE MUD

Gold In The Mud Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche “Although buddha nature is present in everyone, we fail to recognise it. This ignorance is the main cause for wandering in samsara. Due to the ignorance of not knowing their own nature, sentient … Continue reading

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REGRET

Regret Something we all experience, all the time 🙂 Regret: sadness, disappointment, dismay, dejection, sorrow, guilt. The opposite to regret is happiness. So, we are talking about unhappiness = suffering. Regret is recognising that we are suffering, which is the … Continue reading

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LIFE IS ‘MANURE’

Life is ‘Manure’ From a relative point of viewlife issometimes beautifuland sometimes shit. From an absolute point of viewlife isbeautiful shit. From a relative point of view, the statement that life is sometimes beautiful and sometimes shit means that we … Continue reading

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WHAT A JOKE.

What a joke.  As long as we believe Samsara to be real,is as long as we will suffer.Samsara is the temporary goings-onin the reflections of a muddy mind.  The more we believe,the more the mud clings.  The joke:there is no … Continue reading

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SOLVING PROBLEMS

Solving problems.  If you are having a problem with someone, remember, it is you who is having the problem.  People are the way they are because that’s the way they are.  In samsara there will always be irritations: irritations is … Continue reading

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OUR BELIEFS SENTENCE US

Our beliefs sentence us.  Our beliefs sentence us to see the world in a certain way, and that in turn has an effect on us. This is the law of interdependence: situations are created by a series of links comprising … Continue reading

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SAMSARA WITHIN SAMSARA

Samsara within Samsara. Part one.  Samsara is defined as the repetitive cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that arises from ordinary beings mistakenly grasping and fixating on a self, and experiences, as real. Samsara arises out of our ignorance of … Continue reading

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