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- SELF-AWARE OR SELF-CONSCIOUS? August 24, 2026
- INTERRUPTING THE DREAM August 24, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEITHER RIGHT NOR WRONG August 24, 2026
- OUR HABITS ARE HARD TO DROP August 24, 2026
- TESTING THE TEACHER August 23, 2026
- WORDS ARE THE VEHICLES OF ILLUSION August 22, 2026
- DON’T WORRY ABOUT REINCARNATION August 21, 2026
- OUR DEFAULT SETTING August 21, 2026
- TWO AUDIENCES – CREATORS AND POPULACE August 20, 2026
- THE BUDDHA AND THE PUDDING August 19, 2026
- MEDITATION IS NOT ENOUGH August 19, 2026
- GENUINELY NOT FITTING IN August 18, 2026
- ANALYSING OUR LIFE August 17, 2026
- WHY TALK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF LIFE? August 17, 2026
- WE ARE INCOMPREHENSIBLE August 17, 2026
- TOO MUCH FORMALITY August 17, 2026
- WE ARE RULED BY PSYCHOLOGY August 16, 2026
- ONENESS … August 15, 2026
- THE BUDDHA DIDN’T TELL US WHAT TO BE … August 14, 2026
- THE DILEMMA OF TALKING DHARMA August 13, 2026
- HELL: GATEWAY TO HEAVEN August 12, 2026
- WHEN WE THINK, WE ARE DREAMING August 11, 2026
- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTING August 10, 2026
- GURU MEANS TEACHER August 9, 2026
- THE RIGHT DELIVERY SYSTEM August 9, 2026
- TOO MUCH FORMALITY August 9, 2026
- AS SEEKERS, WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF POLITICS August 9, 2026
- WHY HUMANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE August 8, 2026
- PRACTICAL ONENESS August 7, 2026
- THE GREATEST ACT OF COMPASSION August 7, 2026
- WE ARE THE CREATOR OF OUR LIFE August 7, 2026
- THE HIGHEST TEACHING August 6, 2026
- FAKE DHARMA – REAL DHARMA August 5, 2026
- WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? August 4, 2026
- NOT TRUSTING ANYONE? August 3, 2026
- WHEN WE ADHERE TO WORDS, WE FEEL SAFE August 3, 2026
- NO SENSE OF HUMOUR August 3, 2026
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS August 3, 2026
- WE ARE REMANTS OF THE PAST August 2, 2026
- ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW August 2, 2026
- LACKING COMPASSION = NARCISSISM August 2, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN OXYMORON August 1, 2026
- BEING IN TWO MINDS August 1, 2026
- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
- THE RATCHET EFFECT July 30, 2026
- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
- EVIL IS AN EXAGGERATED ‘I’ July 29, 2026
- VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTION July 28, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
Tag Archives: self image
SHATTERING YOUR COMPOSURE
Shattering Your Composure If your composure can be shattered, it’s fake. However, at that very moment when we are in shock, a gap arises. This is emptiness. Pure consciousness. Our composure is fragile until we have no self to maintain. … Continue reading
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Tagged crazy wisdom, emptiness, out of the loop, pure consciousness, self image, shattering composure, spaciousness
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SELF-INDOCTRINATION
Self-Indoctrination Indoctrinate: to teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically. Once people accept a belief – which is anything that is unproven – they maintain this mindset themselves. Indoctrination starts when we’re very young, and infiltrates everything that we later encounter … Continue reading
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I WANT FREEDOM FROM MYSELF
I Want Freedom from Myself This is both possible and ridiculous. Our self is consciousness that identifies with a collection of ideas that we call ‘I’. It is that identification which is ridiculous as this ‘I’ is a temporary arrangement … Continue reading
IF WE THINK WE ARE SANE, WE ARE INSANE
If We Think We Are Sane, We Are Insane If we think we are sane, we are insane. If we know we are insane, we must be sane! Gampopa: “May confusion dawn as wisdom”. To know we are confused is … Continue reading
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Tagged irrational, logic, normal, pure intelligence, pure sanity, rational, self image, self-preservation, subjective, subjective bias, unemotional
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OUR PROBLEM IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CONSCIOUSNESS
Our Problem Is Our Relationship With Consciousness Our true, essential nature is pure being that is conscious; these two cannot be separated, like light and its luminosity. But when this luminosity plays on something and becomes attracted to it, we … Continue reading
WHAT IS BUDDHISM?
What is Buddhism? We are bound by our emotions, which protect a ‘me’ – an illusory self image. Buddhism is the path leading to insight into the true nature of reality of self and all phenomena. Through personal experience, our … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, emotions, mindfulness, nature of reality, self image, timeless selfless awareness
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OUR GREATEST PROBLEM AND OUR SALVATION IS …
Our Greatest Problem And Our Salvation Is …. … me ‘Me’ is an idea or image we have collected throughout life, starting at a very young age; this idea just gets heavier and heavier. Buddhism asserts that we brought a … Continue reading
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FREEDOM FROM THE CONCEPTUAL MIND
Freedom From The Conceptual Mind …the programming with which we identify Because of our early environment, we acquire a type of self-image which affects the choices we make in life. Unless we make an effort to change, we become bound … Continue reading
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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. 