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Tag Archives: spiritual practice
LOOK AT YOUR SELF
Look At Your Self Look at your self.Practice makes perfect. Our self is the adoption of ideas that manifest in our behaviour. Our spiritual practice is being aware of the ideas that affect our behaviour. What is looking? Pure consciousness, which is … Continue reading
“WHAT IS THE USE OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?”
“What Is The Use Of Spiritual Practice?” The point of spiritual practice is to reduce suffering in the world.When suffering is reduced, happiness is increased.It’s that simple. The problem is thatwe are too excitable. “So what do we do?”We sit … Continue reading
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Tagged change, compassionate understanding, Enlightened beings, focus the mind, heal the world, heal thyself, i am the problem, Meditation, our true nature happinees, reducing suffering, spiritual practice, Suffering, tame the mind, the cause of suffering, we can't do nothing
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SPIRITUAL MERIT
Spiritual Merit The more that we engage in spiritual practices of understanding, empathy, compassion, generosity and so forth … the more we attract good fortune. The more selfish we are, the more we attract misfortune. A happy mind or an … Continue reading
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Tagged a good heart, a heavy heart, an easy path, compassion, generosity, selfishness, spiritual practice, the paramita, understanding
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MISDIRECTING CONSCIOUSNESS
Misdirecting Consciousness Now we see, now we don’t. Now we see … consciousness simply sees, never changing and never commenting. Now we don’t … because consciousness became involvedwith whatever is seen, it lost sight of itself and took on a … Continue reading
GOING TO HEAVEN?
Going To Heaven? The greatest confidence trick ever played. Heaven, or nirvana, is not in a realm ‘above’; it is where we are, now. Nothing is as pure as pure consciousness. Pure consciousness = heaven = nirvana = paradise = … Continue reading
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MAKE DO AND MEND = DHARMA
Make Do And Mend = Dharma We accept (make do) whatever karma brings our way. We heal (mend) that karma by not clinging to it. This view is the enlightened attitude, and the very happiness we seek. Make do and … Continue reading
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Tagged cause and effect, Confusion, Happiness, healing, KARMA, residue, spiritual practice, the enlightened attitude
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TURNING EMOTIONS INTO WISDOM: A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Turning Emotions Into Wisdom: A Practical Guide Literally ‘being free in the moment of seeing’ In the moment of seeing a thought or emotion (which is a strong thought), a gap occurs – and we are free of that thought … Continue reading
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WE HAVE TO ADMIT TO BEING FOOLS …
We Have To Admit To Being Fools … before we can be masters Thinking we are already masters, we merely dress up our reality. It’s what humans do; we maintain appearances. From a spiritual point of view, this is foolish … Continue reading
WE NEED TO BE CERTAIN ABOUT OUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
We Need To Be Certain About Our Spiritual Practice otherwise our progress may become slow – or even go into reverse If we are uncertain, we become frivolous and half-hearted. Not having any precise purpose or value about what we are … Continue reading
SWITCHING THE ‘LIGHT’ ON!
Switching The ‘Light’ On! Turning the mundane into the supramundane … Transforming not knowing into knowing … Changing human awareness into spiritual awareness Making impure consciousness into pure consciousness … It’s all the same. The student becomes the Buddha. God … Continue reading
WHAT’S THE POINT OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?
What’s The Point Of Spiritual Practice? ‘Spiritual’ is our most profound level of being, beyond material pursuits. ‘Practice’ is the means to an end, which is the realisation of this profound level of being. The point is to discover what … Continue reading
WHICH SPIRITUAL PRACTICE SHOULD I DO?
Which Spiritual Practice Should I Do? The one that makes sense to you … to you! Of course, you may not agree 😀 For thousands of years, we have been led to believe that power lies outside ourselves and that … Continue reading
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BEING OF BENEFIT
Being of Benefit The more we practise, the more we benefit, the more we want to practise, the more others benefit, the more we practise. Practice is taming the mind, and the benefit is insight. We have to be careful … Continue reading
CROSSROADS OF CONFLICT
Crossroads of Conflict “When in doubt, do nowt”* A conflict occurs when we know something, but don’t know how to express it. This is happening all the time, but we don’t notice it because we fall back into the self-programme; … Continue reading
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Practice makes perfect. Words can only take us so far,they point in the right direction.The words are not the experience.The experience comes from practise. This is how we deepen our understanding,and gain true confidence.Then, no one can ever pull … Continue reading