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- WISDOM IS USELESS UNLESS IT IS PRACTISED September 13, 2026
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? September 13, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING September 12, 2026
- WE ALL HAVE DARK PASTS September 12, 2026
- MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE PAST September 11, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS NEVER WRONG September 11, 2026
- IN EMPTINESS, WORDS ARE JUST NOISE September 11, 2026
- THE I GOES BACK A LONG WAY September 11, 2026
- REALISING SOMETHING IS WRONG September 10, 2026
- WORDS FILL OUR MIND September 10, 2026
- UNBLOCKING ENLIGHTENMENT September 10, 2026
- UNDOING PRIDE September 10, 2026
- HOW LONG DOES AN EMOTION LAST? September 9, 2026
- PRESERVING INNER PEACE September 8, 2026
- SPIRITUAL DECONSTRUCTION September 8, 2026
- HOW CAN WE GO FORWARD…? September 7, 2026
- WORDS ARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE September 6, 2026
- SOCIAL GROOMING September 5, 2026
- STOP LOOKING: JUST SEE, HEAR … September 5, 2026
- OUR OLD BRAIN – OUR OLD JAILER September 4, 2026
- WHY DO WE WORSHIP MYSTERIES? September 3, 2026
- SEEKING NON-DUALITY IS DUALITY September 2, 2026
- OUR REALITY IS BEYOND WORDS September 2, 2026
- CONSCIOUSNESS EMBODIED IN A BIOLOGICAL APPARATUS September 1, 2026
- THE ILLUSION OF THE BLUEPRINT August 31, 2026
- DO WE FEEL SAFE IN A GROUP? August 30, 2026
- FIXATION IS ADDICTION August 29, 2026
- HOW WE IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING August 29, 2026
- BEING YOUR SELF August 29, 2026
- THE ART OF LIFE August 28, 2026
- WORLD BRAIN FOG August 27, 2026
- THINKING WE HAVE TO BE ACHIEVERS August 27, 2026
- AN UNUSUAL POINTING OUR INSTRUCTION August 26, 2026
- THE NATURE OF MIND AND THE ESSENCE OF MIND August 26, 2026
- A BLESSING IS ENCOURAGEMENT August 26, 2026
- WHERE IT’S AT August 25, 2026
- 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
Tag Archives: the first noble truth
THE ART OF DENIAL
The Art Of Denial We cleverly ignore our true reality in favour of phantoms of beliefs in our mind that we assume make us special. That is the confidence trick of thinking that we are ‘in the know’, but we … Continue reading
WHY DO WE TALK ABOUT SUFFERING?
Why Do We Talk About Suffering? Prince Siddhartha Gautama wasn’t suffering, but he came out of his father’s luxurious palace one day, and saw old age, sickness and death everywhere, and that was the beginning of his path to Buddhahood. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, corruption, EQ, faith, JOY, Mara, PHILOSOPHY, realisation, Suffering, the first noble truth
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IMPOSTER SYNDROME
Imposter Syndrome Religion projects perfection, when perfection is what we already are. Imposter syndrome is the psychological feeling of insecurity and self-doubt, manifesting as a negative self-image, when we are actually quite capable people. Imposter syndrome is a misunderstanding of perfection, … Continue reading
THE DIS-EASE OF IGNORANCE
The Dis-Ease Of Ignorance When we don’t ignore the truth of our reality which is pure consciousness, we gain confidence, perfectly at ease with whatever happens. We know we’re not going to change people who ignore their reality, but we … Continue reading
PEOPLE WITH FIXATED IDEAS
People With Fixated Ideas Fixating – having an obsessive attachment to someone or something – holds us down to a mundane level of existence. To say we are happy with our obsession is an oxymoron – pointedly foolish, as it’s a addiction … Continue reading
WHAT IF OUR ‘NORMAL’ IS MADNESS?
What If Our ‘Normal’ Is Madness? Madness: The state of having a serious mental illness … we don’t know what we are. Extremely foolish behaviour … we think we know. A state of wild or chaotic activity … we follow the crowd. We are brain-washed to function at a very basic … Continue reading
WE CAN ONLY BE HAPPY …
We Can Only Be Happy … We can only be happy when we know unhappiness. The universe is complete in opposites when, in reality, opposites are one. If we say dark, there must be light. An object and its reflection … Continue reading
DOES EVIL EXIST TO TEST US?
Does Evil Exist To Test Us? The universe is a place of opposites: dark and light, good and evil, selflessness and selfishness, mirror and reflection, appearances and recognition … when, in fact, none of these are separate. There cannot be … Continue reading
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Tagged aspects of realisation, Buddha, compassion, evil, evil wakes us up, focused meditation, God consciousness, our path, pure consciousness, the first noble truth, the goodness approach, the observation of thoughts, the positive and the negative, we are free in the moment of recognition
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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. 