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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-importance
MARA IS OUR TEACHER
Mara Is Our Teacher “No, no! My guru is my teacher who is nice to me.” ‘Mara’ refers to any force hindering enlightenment. When we recognise this hinderance, we are receiving teachings. Mara is the feeling of self-importance; it’s not … Continue reading
LEADING A FULFILLING LIFE
Leading A Fulfilling Life We look around us and see angst, anxiety and oneupmanship everywhere. Why is this? People live dual lives; one is for the outer world to impress others, while the other finds this duality unfulfilling. This isn’t … Continue reading
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
Pride And Humility Pride is high self-importance. Humility is low self-importance. Pride fills the atmosphere. Humility has no atmosphere. Pride chatters and disregards. Humility listens. Pride is our Achilles heel. Humility is our protector. Pride is mind. Humility is pure … Continue reading
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CONSCIOUSNESS AND OUR CONDUCT
Consciousness And Our Conduct When we realise our actual reality of pure consciousness, we then have to be aware of how we conduct ourself, managing our social ego skilfully. Good conduct is our ability to empathise and understand the feelings of another, … Continue reading
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WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING?
Why Does Buddhism Go On About Suffering? “I’m not suffering!”Life is perfect for you, is it?🙂 When the Buddha left his perfect palace, he saw suffering for the first time. He witnessed birth, old age, sickness and death. Nowadays, we … Continue reading
PRACTICAL HUMILITY
Practical Humility Humility: the quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance. Humility isn’t a display of being meek and mild; it is a matter of realising the value of having no self-importance. In order to be important, we … Continue reading
OUR SPIRITUAL PATH IS OUR GREAT UNDOING
Our Spiritual Path Is Our Great Undoing 😀 Spirituality is pure consciousness. It is not a thing; it’s … infinite reception and transmission. Our so-called path is merely our confusion which, when recognised, does not exist, so hanging on to … 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. 