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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

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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

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INNER AND OUTER CONFLICT

Inner And Outer Conflict There is conflict everywhere and so, no inner peace. Inner peace comes from confidence in what is true, rather than what we think is true. We (consciousness) are in conflict with ourselves (our ideas) – or … Continue reading

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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

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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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STICKING ONE’S HEAD IN THE SAND

Sticking One’s Head In The Sand Sticking one’s head in the sand is refusing to look at unpleasant facts, despite their influence on our life. The first noble truth of the Buddha is to recognise that we are dissatisfied and unhappy. … Continue reading

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