Tag Archives: Spontaneous presence

THE DHARMA HAS TO BE HARD HITTING

Posted on May 8, 2025 by tony

The Dharma Has To Be Hard Hitting If the Dharma isn’t hard hitting, it won’t directly cut through our fixations, revealing the ultimate truth of our reality. Watering-down dilutes the Dharma into pleasing speculation, and weakens original experience. Watered-down Dharma is … Continue reading →

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HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE REALISED?

Posted on January 1, 2025 by tony

How Do We Know We Are Realised? ‘Realised’ is knowing what is real; it is not about knowing about reality. No one can tell us we are realised; it is we who have to know. So how do we know? Knowingness is realised as … Continue reading →

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TWO ASPECTS TO MEDITATION

Posted on March 4, 2024 by tony

Two Aspects To Meditation There are two aspects to meditation, form and essence. Form is the method and ritual that becomes a way of life. Essence is the understanding and realisation of life itself. Form is something we relate to, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Awareness, compassion, Duality, ESSENCE, form, Meditation, method, non-duality, realisation, ritual, Spontaneous presence, understading | Leave a comment

WE ARE SPONTANEOUS PRESENCE

Posted on August 23, 2023 by tony

We Are Spontaneous Presence Spontaneous presence occurs without premeditation or external stimulus, being open, natural, and uninhibited. Spontaneous presence is pure consciousness. It is unbidden and ever-present. Pure consciousness is spontaneously aware in whatever we do. No thinking is required. When … Continue reading →

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OPEN TO THE PRESENT

Posted on September 11, 2022 by tony

Open To The Present Open to the present. Closed by the past. We are closed by our past when we identify with some aspect of life, and become stuck there. In the present moment, however, all identity vanishes, and there … Continue reading →

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BELIEF KEEPS US IN THE DARK

Posted on February 13, 2022 by tony

Belief Keeps Us In The Dark In belief, we are kept in a duality.The danger of belief is that it separates us, and is the cause of conflict. This is why the yoga of ‘one taste’ is so important: the … Continue reading →

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OLD BRAIN FOR NEW BRAIN

Posted on April 8, 2021 by tony

Old Brain For New Brain Old brain is a programmed memory response that governs our life = vertical thinking. New brain is spontaneous presence, and is how we can consciously conduct our life = lateral thinking. Old brain gets upset. … Continue reading →

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LOVE IS THE MOST ADVANCED PRACTICE

Posted on March 19, 2021 by tony

Love Is The Most Advanced Practice We are not alone in our loneliness. Hiding behind a veil of fears, unsure of what we are,we dress ourselves in hopenot to be found out. Recognise this psychology:in forgetting that we are pure consciousness,we are divided … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a veil of fears, hope, lacking love, loneliness, Love, our reactions, re-cognition, Spontaneous presence, taking responsibility for thers, the most advanced practice, true love, we are pure consciousness, who deserves love, words are worthless | Leave a comment

I CAN’T FIND CONSCIOUSNESS!

Posted on April 16, 2020 by tony

I Can’t Find Consciousness! Are you saying that you are not conscious? Of course not. Are you saying you are not conscious of your thoughts? Of course not. Consciousness is naturally what we are, first and foremost. We don’t need … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged becoming unstuck, clarity, conscious thoughts, consiousness, dissatisfaction, just seeing, Spontaneous presence, ultimate truth | Leave a comment

BUDDHISM: LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS

Posted on December 28, 2019 by tony

Buddhism: Logical Conclusions Buddhism isn’t a religion. It is spiritual guidance for consciousness. Our salvation and sanity come through our own efforts to realise the truth about consciousness. We attain realisation through knowledge, not prayer. Through knowledge, we recognise the … Continue reading →

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HOW ARE WE UNIQUE?

Posted on April 11, 2018 by tony

How Are We Unique? We are a mixture of pure consciousness and karma. Karma is the accumulation of habitual ideas which gives rise to re-actions. We usually express ourselves through this karmic mist. This expression or manifestation isn’t unique as … Continue reading →

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WE ARE LIGHTLY BALANCED

Posted on June 15, 2017 by tony

We Are Lightly Balanced and therefore vulnerable to distraction and predators In an instant, we can either realise our enlightened nature of pure consciousness, or we can remain in ignorance of this fact, bound by impure consciousness. Spontaneous presence is … Continue reading →

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AWAKENING AWARENESS, AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS

Posted on March 30, 2017 by tony

Awakening Awareness, Awakening Consciousness Ordinary awareness or consciousness is the ability to perceive and feel. All creatures have this ability in order to survive. So what does it mean, to awaken consciousness? Well, there is more to us than … Continue reading →

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TAKING THE HEART OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHING TO HEART

Posted on March 23, 2017 by tony

Taking The Heart Of The Buddha’s Teaching To Heart It’s really very simple. The heart of the Buddha’s teaching is spontaneous presence, which is the same as non-duality, empty essence, pure consciousness, pure awareness, nowness. It could also be described … Continue reading →

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GAINING CERTAINTY IN SPIRITUALITY

Posted on April 21, 2015 by tony

Gaining Certainty In Spirituality What is spirituality? It is pure-awareness. Pure-awareness is timeless spontaneous presence. There is nothing else; that is non duality. When pure awareness turns its attention outward, it is relating to things and ideas; this ‘relating’ is … Continue reading →

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SEARCHING FOR OUR DONKEY

Posted on December 4, 2014 by tony

Searching For Our Donkey A man rode his donkey from village to village asking people, “Have you seen my donkey?” Spiritual practices are to realise our true nature, and not to just engage in a practice while missing the whole … Continue reading →

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