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- REALISATION COMES FROM DROPPING THE MEDITATION March 31, 2026
- WE CANNOT NOT COMMUNICATE March 30, 2026
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- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
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- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
- ONE LIGHT OR MANY LIGHTS? March 23, 2026
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- BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY March 22, 2026
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- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS March 21, 2026
- GROUPS ARE CONFORMITY March 21, 2026
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- WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS? March 20, 2026
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- WORLD EVENTS CHANGE OUR THINKING March 20, 2026
- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
- SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM March 18, 2026
- EVIL TRANSFORMS INTO WISDOM March 18, 2026
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- WHAT ARE MORALS? March 17, 2026
- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
- REGRETS ARE MEMORIES March 16, 2026
- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
- WHAT IS SUCCESS? March 15, 2026
- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
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Tag Archives: The Devil
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
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW …
Better The Devil You Know … That’s what Buddhism is all about. 😀 Being free in the moment of seeing. The devil does not exist; it is simply our confusion, and our obsession with a self-image. When we (consciousness) realise … Continue reading
STILL WORSHIPPING THE DEVIL?
Still Worshipping The Devil? What do the first two commandments in the bible really mean? “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” Do not place anything in front of pure … Continue reading
OBSCURING THE TRUTH
Obscuring The Truth The truth itself isn’t extremely subtle; it is that which is obscuring the truth that is extremely subtle. Pure consciousness is what we are; it sees every moment that we think we are seeing, surveying without comment. It has done … Continue reading
THE LOVELIEST TRICK EVER PLAYED
The Loveliest Trick Ever Played Spirituality is a process of progressive realisation. It is our experience and personal realisation, rather than something that we hear or read about, and then think we know. If there was just one path, then … Continue reading
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIL
The Psychology of Evil The dictionary translates Satan as ‘an adversary’, Lucifer as ‘the morning star’, ‘bringer of light’ or ‘fallen angel’, and Devil as ‘evil spirit’. From the Buddhist point of view, the Devil/Lucifer/Satan have as much reality as … Continue reading
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