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Tag Archives: silent awareness
WE’RE A MISMATCH
We’re A Mismatch We all have different experiences, different desires, different aversions. We see life differently, and so true communication is impossible because we assume that others are using the same dictionary of experiences, but our mental images are triggered … Continue reading
ORDINARY REALISATION FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE
Ordinary Realisation For Ordinary People Realisation is being aware of being the consciousness that is always present, with nothing added. This is the essence – the essential nature – of all sentient beings. It’s what we are. We don’t have … Continue reading
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MEDITATION: RETURNING HOME
Meditation: Returning Home Meditation is returning to our original state of silent awareness. Once rejuvenated in clarity,we go about our day as a silent witness,with less chatter and bias.
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WE INHERIT BELIEF
We Inherit Belief Belief’s not something we’re born with. Once we inherit, we think we are normal – while we’re anything but normal. 🙂 The news and social chatter sees to it that the world is one huge, global echo-chamber. … Continue reading
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WE DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH OTHERS
We Don’t Have To Agree With Others We don’t have to agree with others,but we don’t have to be disagreeable either. 🙂 Disagreement is about the use of words. We aren’t saying others are wrong, it’s just that we are on … Continue reading
LET’S SAY THE BUDDHA IS A MYTH
Let’s Say The Buddha Is A Myth Let’s say the Buddha is a myth.Let’s say all spiritual teachings are a myth.What do we do now? Until we can see for ourselves, we’re merely borrowing beliefs. How do we know the … Continue reading
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WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?
What Is Pure Consciousness? We are consciousness; we cannot be anything else, but we’re attached to our ideas in the mind. Consciousness is the cognisant space of mind. We are not what we can see, but fall into the trap … Continue reading Continue reading
HYPOCRISY = REACTION = HYPOCRISY
Hypocrisy = Reaction = Hypocrisy It’s an unjust and demonic world. Hypocrisy is having the pretence of a virtuous character with moral principles that one does not actually possess. If we accuse others of being intolerant, we are participants in … Continue reading
TO EMPATHISE, WE NEED BEGINNER’S MIND
To Empathise, We Need Beginner’s Mind To empathise with others, it is we who have to go back to basics. That’s if we care. Thinking others are wrong because we believe we know better is arrogant and dangerous. Until we … Continue reading
BELIEF IS AN INFECTION
Belief Is An Infection Belief is an infection,and it’s surprising how quickly we catch itand pass it on to others. This subversive activity happens in every encounter, and supersedes our original nature of pure consciousness; we lose our empathy through … Continue reading
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OBSERVATION WITHOUT WORDS
Observation Without Words Silent observation is, in essence, what we are – pure consciousness – perfect inner peace. Words are only used to communicate to others in a generalised way, being second-hand, previously owned observation. Look how far we have … Continue reading
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IS PURE AWARENESS SIMPLISTIC?
Is Pure Awareness Simplistic? All sentient beings are aware. They have to be, in order to be. 🙂 Understanding this is quite simple. In the very first instant of being aware and before judgements set in, this awareness is pure, … Continue reading
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WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TRAINING?
What Are We Actually Training? Whatever we think about and hold on to ‘grooves’ pathways in the brain. Repeating the same thoughts creates a pattern in our brain so that it instigates habitual responses and mannerisms. It’s another brick in … Continue reading
THE DHARMA ISN’T FROM A FOREIGN LAND
The Dharma Isn’t From A Foreign Land If we think that the Dharma – the realisation of reality – is something from the past, or belongs in a foreign land with foreign words, we are clinging to cultural ideas. Our … Continue reading
THERE IS NO MENTAL PEACE WITHOUT MEDITATION
There Is No Mental Peace Without Meditation Mental peace is our true wealth. It is the wealth of emptiness that we can return to when we have lost clarity and become anxious, swallowed up by emotions. It is the source … Continue reading
MEDITATION IS A TUNE-UP
Meditation Is A Tune-Up Tune-up: adjusting mechanism to perform at maximum efficiency. Merely sit in silent awareness, without following thoughts. The mind can then run silently, and consciousness will automatically clarify itself. 🙂
SILENT AWARENESS
Silent Awareness For some, the idea of emptiness or purity is obscure; it’s too far away, beyond them … which it is! 😀 ‘Silent awareness’ is just another phrase for pure consciousness, or empty cognisance. We are inner beings of … Continue reading
