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- SELF-AWARE OR SELF-CONSCIOUS? August 24, 2026
- INTERRUPTING THE DREAM August 24, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEITHER RIGHT NOR WRONG August 24, 2026
- OUR HABITS ARE HARD TO DROP August 24, 2026
- TESTING THE TEACHER August 23, 2026
- WORDS ARE THE VEHICLES OF ILLUSION August 22, 2026
- DON’T WORRY ABOUT REINCARNATION August 21, 2026
- OUR DEFAULT SETTING August 21, 2026
- TWO AUDIENCES – CREATORS AND POPULACE August 20, 2026
- THE BUDDHA AND THE PUDDING August 19, 2026
- MEDITATION IS NOT ENOUGH August 19, 2026
- GENUINELY NOT FITTING IN August 18, 2026
- ANALYSING OUR LIFE August 17, 2026
- WHY TALK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF LIFE? August 17, 2026
- WE ARE INCOMPREHENSIBLE August 17, 2026
- TOO MUCH FORMALITY August 17, 2026
- WE ARE RULED BY PSYCHOLOGY August 16, 2026
- ONENESS … August 15, 2026
- THE BUDDHA DIDN’T TELL US WHAT TO BE … August 14, 2026
- THE DILEMMA OF TALKING DHARMA August 13, 2026
- HELL: GATEWAY TO HEAVEN August 12, 2026
- WHEN WE THINK, WE ARE DREAMING August 11, 2026
- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTING August 10, 2026
- GURU MEANS TEACHER August 9, 2026
- THE RIGHT DELIVERY SYSTEM August 9, 2026
- TOO MUCH FORMALITY August 9, 2026
- AS SEEKERS, WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF POLITICS August 9, 2026
- WHY HUMANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE August 8, 2026
- PRACTICAL ONENESS August 7, 2026
- THE GREATEST ACT OF COMPASSION August 7, 2026
- WE ARE THE CREATOR OF OUR LIFE August 7, 2026
- THE HIGHEST TEACHING August 6, 2026
- FAKE DHARMA – REAL DHARMA August 5, 2026
- WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? August 4, 2026
- NOT TRUSTING ANYONE? August 3, 2026
- WHEN WE ADHERE TO WORDS, WE FEEL SAFE August 3, 2026
- NO SENSE OF HUMOUR August 3, 2026
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS August 3, 2026
- WE ARE REMANTS OF THE PAST August 2, 2026
- ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW August 2, 2026
- LACKING COMPASSION = NARCISSISM August 2, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN OXYMORON August 1, 2026
- BEING IN TWO MINDS August 1, 2026
- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
- THE RATCHET EFFECT July 30, 2026
- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
- EVIL IS AN EXAGGERATED ‘I’ July 29, 2026
- VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTION July 28, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
Tag Archives: the Dharma
THE DENIAL OF CORRUPTION
The Denial Of Corruption Corruption: showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for personal gain.Denial: to deliberately refuse to accept the truth about something unpleasant by pretending that it does not exist. There are two aspects to every situation: the essence, and the form it takes. If we become more attracted to … Continue reading
DO WE HAVE TO LEARN THE DHARMA?
Do We Have To Learn ‘The Dharma’? The Dharma is all about our true reality right now; it’s not about where we came from, and it’s not someone else’s history. We merely have to recognise our true reality of pure consciousness through silent … Continue reading
THE DHARMA ISN’T AN ANCIENT TEACHING
The Dharma Isn’t An Ancient Teaching The Dharma isn’t an ancient text to devour.The Dharma is unpretentious adaptability.
THE DEGENERATION OF THE DHARMA
The Degeneration Of The Dharma The degeneration of the Dharma in degenerate times.\As foretold by Padmasambhava (circa 8th – 9th century). Degenerate: the change from a higher to a lower form. There is definitely a decline in society, with social unrest orchestrated by … Continue reading
CONFUSION RULES
Confusion Rules You can manipulate all the people some of the time,and some of the people all of the time,but you cannot manipulate all the people all of the time. We can only be released from foolishnesswhen we know we … Continue reading
WATERED-DOWN DHARMA
Watered-Down Dharma If we don’t know what Dharma is – the teaching of our reality – we won’t know or recognise any slight deviations. But why would anyone deviate or water-down the Dharma? Two reasons.One: people are not ready to … Continue reading
THE WISDOM THAT DISPELS PRIDE AND ENVY
The Wisdom That Dispels Pride And Envy Pride is the wisdom-of-equality; we all have the same potential. Envy is all-accomplishing-wisdom; that quality which is recognised in another is within us already. The Dharma is practical. This is why the Buddha … Continue reading
WHY I ONLY FOLLOW THE BUDDHA’S ADVICE
Why I Only Follow The Buddha’s Advice Why I follow the Buddha’s advice and don’t believe it: he said, “Test the truth for yourself”. How else will we know? This is in contrast to being told by Buddhist teachers, “Don’t … Continue reading
KARMA AND MERIT
Karma And Merit The way the word ‘merit’ is used can sound like a reward– a carrot held in front of a donkey. The Dharma is a complete personal uncovering of what we are, which is ever-present.Any elaboration of pure … Continue reading
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Tagged empathetic understanding, KARMA, merit, pure consciousness, the Dharma
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SPIRITUAL TEXT IN THE COMMON LANGUAGE
Spiritual Text In The Common Language The common language is that of the people’s everyday usage. There is no reason not to use it. Throughout history, the common people have had to have intercessors, teachers, gurus to comment – and … Continue reading
GROWING IN CONFIDENCE
Growing In Confidence As we realise certain truths about our being, doors close on others’ ‘certainties’, and new doors open. We learn sequentially at an individual level. We do not learn en masse; we can hear en masse, but that … Continue reading
THE DHARMA , ACCORDING TO AN IDIOT
The Dharma, According To An Idiot We are just pure consciousness- no intelligence needed. Note how an original meaning of a word downgrades, and shapes society. The word ‘idiot’ comes from the Greek ‘idiōtēs’ – a private person or citizen, an individual (as opposed to … Continue reading
MEDITATION ISN’T THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS?
Meditation Isn’t The Answer To Our Problems!? This was said by a very influential professor who actually meditates. And it’s doublespeak. He means that meditation isn’t the answer to his – and his organisation’s – problems, but it is the … Continue reading
THIS ISN’T THE AGE OF TRUTH
This Isn’t The Age Of Truth At this time, few have experience of truth. Reading or hearing spiritual texts on truth isn’t knowing the truth of our reality. It is we who have to put the text into practice, accompanied … Continue reading
WHAT IF WE ARE ALL CAPTURED BY CULTURE?
What If We Are All Captured By Culture? We are all born into a cultural programme, aren’t we? There is truth and there is deception: these are a unity, like yin and yang. Everything has two purposes. To the unenlightened … Continue reading
Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate
Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate … and never were! Who on Earth con-vinced humanity that heaven and hell were different places?They are as inseparable as a mirror and its reflections – and it’s all in the mind. 😀 The concept … Continue reading
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Tagged Duality, enslaved humanity, fixations, heaven hell, mind games, non-duality, our reality, psychological misdirection, the Dharma
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SELF-CONTROL; SELF-MASTERY
Self-Control; Self-Mastery It’s easy to say, “Self-control” and “Self-mastery” but, with so much distraction, this topic may be difficult to comprehend. We usually take self-control and self-mastery to denote holding back our reactions, but here, it doesn’t mean that. ‘Holding … 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. 