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- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS July 14, 2026
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- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
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- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED July 11, 2026
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE July 10, 2026
- WHAT IS DEVOTION? July 10, 2026
- “I COULD BE WRONG” July 9, 2026
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY July 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN July 7, 2026
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA July 7, 2026
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST July 7, 2026
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF July 6, 2026
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU July 5, 2026
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES July 5, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND July 4, 2026
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING July 4, 2026
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE July 3, 2026
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE July 3, 2026
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING July 3, 2026
- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD… July 2, 2026
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT July 2, 2026
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES July 1, 2026
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM July 1, 2026
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS July 1, 2026
- BEYOND MEDITATION June 30, 2026
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER June 30, 2026
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION June 30, 2026
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES June 30, 2026
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC June 29, 2026
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT June 28, 2026
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND June 28, 2026
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN June 27, 2026
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH June 26, 2026
- A CLOSED MAZE June 26, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT June 25, 2026
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED June 25, 2026
- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
Tag Archives: symbolic teacher
LIFE WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Life With Fruit And Vegetables There are two sides to our being: Fruit; the realisation of our true nature, which is pure consciousness. Vegetable; ignorance of our true nature, which is pure consciousness. We are brought up to think that … Continue reading
EVERYTHING IS A SYMBOLIC TEACHER
Everything is a Symbolic Teacher In this context, ‘teacher’ means reminder. For everything to be a re-minder, we must first know what it is that we are being reminded of, and that is the nature of mind, pure clarity. For … Continue reading
THE AMOUNT WE RECOGNISE THE SYMBOLIC TEACHER
The amount we recognise the symbolic teacher The amount we recognise the symbolic teacheris the amount we recognise the inner teacher. Distracted…awake, distracted…awake, distracted…awake.Distracted…awake,distracted…awake, distracted…awake.Distracted…awake, distracted…awake, distracted…awake.Lack of empathy…compassion, lack of empathy…compassion.Lack of empathy…compassion, lack of empathy…compassion.Lack of empathy…compassion, lack … Continue reading
TIMELY TEACHING
Timely Teaching There are certain teachings that happen at precisely the right moment. On a blog, one cannot create that sort of atmosphere as it is a matter of tuning in, so this may not have the same effect! Once, … Continue reading
HOW TO LIVE IN AN ILLUSION
How to Live in an Illusion. Well, accept it for what it is…an illusion! Simply put, everything is an illusion precisely because nothing lasts. If it were real, then it would always exist. But because we still believe in just … 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. 