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Tag Archives: spirituality
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
The Difference Between Religion And SpiritualityReligion is organised practices shared by a group.Spirituality is individual practice. What is this spirituality?Spirituality is personal recognition of non-material, pure conscious awareness. What is practice?Sustaining this pure conscious awareness. Why join a group?Learning words … Continue reading
FEEL GOOD VERSUS REALITY
Feel Good Versus Reality Wanting to feel good is sentimentality; it’s the path of insecurity that avoids unpleasant situations. Do we really care more about being ‘inspired’ than we do about realising the simple truth of what we are? Genuinely feeling … Continue reading
WHY THE MYSTERY?
Why The Mystery? Because we’re led to look the wrong way. A mystery is something which captures our imagination. We like a mystery because it keeps the answer at arms’ length; if we know, this has consequences. In the completion … Continue reading
RELIGION V SPIRITUALITY
Religion V Spirituality Religion is the form, while spirituality is the means. Although religions attempt to be spiritual, they cannot stop being hierarchical organisations where people have titles, with different ranks or positions depending on how important they are to … Continue reading
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WHAT’S THE POINT OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?
What’s The Point Of Spiritual Practice? What’s the point of spiritual practice if we only have one life? There isn’t, unless we come, through practice, to realise the possibility that consciousness is beyond everyday human experience. There are two types … Continue reading
WHAT IS IMAGINATION?
What Is Imagination? Imagination is the ability to form ideas, without the presence of the senses. Imagination comes from memories of experience, rather than guessing mixed with fantasy. Fantasy imagines that if we mix yellow and black, we’ll probably get a mess. Practical imagination knows … Continue reading
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THE GREAT MANIPULATION
The Great Manipulation We suffer because of manipulation. Manipulation means changing or inventing, or inventing to bring about change. The great manipulation is the belief that our acquired thoughts are us, and it’s not easy getting out of this collective … Continue reading
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THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY IS …
The Science Of Spirituality Is … The science of spirituality is … consciousness, of course. Science is investigated by consciousness. Spirituality is consciousness investigating. 🙂
SPIRITUALITY CAN BE A PRISON
Spirituality Can Be A Prison Doubt imprisons us. Once we understand the principle of any activity, we are free to go away and develop it. When we get a glimpse that we are pure consciousness, meditation verifies it. If people … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY IS BEING GROUNDED
Spirituality Is Being Grounded Truly. Spirituality is consciousness being aware – purely aware – when we give our ‘self’ up to whatever occurs. If we are not grounded, this ‘self’ flies off the handle. 🙂 The feeling of ‘self’ is … Continue reading
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WHY I WRITE A BLOG
Why I Write A Blog Life is about getting to the point of why we are here, staying with that point, and seeing how that point refines through experience. We cannot assume that, by just reading or hearing teaching, we … Continue reading
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STILL LOOKING FOR THAT ‘WOW’ EXPERIENCE IN SPIRITUALITY?
Still Looking For That ‘Wow’ Experience In Spirituality? That’s the big problem. Because of indoctrination and elaborate rituals, we’ve come to think that ‘spiritual’ experience is something special. That’s the big problem. We are expecting something. That is the narrative … Continue reading
DON’T LET YOUR SPIRITUALITY MESS YOU UP!
Don’t Let Your Spirituality Mess You Up! Students – don’t fall in love with your teacher. Teachers – don’t assume you are adored. Spirituality is about dealing with consciousness. It is not a decoration or an obsession. Spirituality is the … Continue reading
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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
FREEDOM FROM TRIBAL POLITICS
Freedom From Tribal Politics When spirituality becomes a religion, religion becomes political. Spirituality frees. Religion binds. Politics influences. Result: monkey see, monkey do. To influence, social manipulation has to take place in order to maintain an idea. It’s what chimpanzees … Continue reading
WHAT’S THE POINT?
What’s The Point? Asking what is the point is the important question. What is the point of studying spirituality? The point is to know our own mind, and how and why it works in a certain way. This understanding is the healing necessary to … Continue reading
REALISATION IS DISCOVERY
Realisation Is Discovery In a confused world, all we will get is confused messages. Genuine discovery uncovers the realisation of a conscious being, without additives and before opinions, elaborations, beliefs, hopes or fears. Be careful what you read or hear, and … Continue reading
DO WE HAVE TO BE SPECIAL TO BE SPIRITUAL?
Do We Have To Be Special To be Spiritual? The Buddha saw that everyone has Buddha nature, but we’re asleep. The word ‘Buddha’ merely means awake and pure, so from that point of view, no one is special … equally, … Continue reading
THE TRUTH IS OBVIOUS WHEN POINTED OUT
The Truth Is Obvious When Pointed Out Everything is known, takes place only in the mind, and is observed by consciousness. There is no Hell. There is no Heaven. Hell and Heaven are states of our own mind; they are the way … Continue reading
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ‘SPIRITUAL’ TO BE SPIRITUAL
You don’t have to be ‘spiritual’ to be spiritual. Buddhas are empty cognisance suffused with awareness (the knowing quality). Ordinary beings are empty cognisance suffused with ignorance (not knowing). Being spiritually aware is recognising that which is beyond thought. It … Continue reading
SPIRITUALITY IS BEYOND RELIGION
Spirituality is beyond religion. We are embodied beings – embodied pure beings – not of matter, but of compassionate, intelligent energy, or spirit. Religion is meant to put us in touch with our spirituality. Whether it does or not, will … 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. 