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- SELF-AWARE OR SELF-CONSCIOUS? August 24, 2026
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- 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 illusion
THE POINT OF LIFE IS TO KNOW WHAT LIFE IS
The Point Of Life Is To Know What Life Is What we think of as ‘life’ is actually a prison of illusions. Our temporary bodies and minds have no permanent reality, while consciousness never changes. As long as we believe … Continue reading
CONSCIOUSNESS ISN’T AN ILLUSION
Consciousness Isn’t An Illusion An illusion is a misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. Illusion: From Latin illudere ‘to mock’, from in- ‘against’ + ludere ‘play’. Consciousness does not change, but everything else is changeable, and up for interpretation. When people deny that we are consciousness in favour … Continue reading
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THE ENORMITY OF THE ILLUSION
The Enormity Of The Illusion Writing about this cannot give it justice – we have to see it for ourselves. As soon as we enter the gates-of-birth, we enter a mind-construct; we are given a ‘passport’ for us to identity … Continue reading
THE PETTY ILLUSION: WE THINK WE ARE AWAKE
The Petty Illusion: We Think We Are Awake While engaged in either dream states of thought or vacancy, we ignore our ever-present reality of pure consciousness. We are science fact in science fiction. Fact is awareness. Fiction is whatever we … Continue reading
GLITCH IN THE MATRIX
Glitch In The Matrix ‘Glitch in the matrix’ is a phrase first coined in the 1999 film, The Matrix, which posited the idea that humanity is living in a giant computer simulation. ‘Matrix Theory’ is based on the idea that the … Continue reading
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IT’S ALL FAKE – AN ILLUSION
It’s All Fake – An Illusion An illusory ‘I’ looks down an illusory microscopeat an illusory world,maintaining the illusion. Constant recognition of the illusion is enlightenment. As long as we are looking at fake news,we will never realise that we … Continue reading
WHAT IS REALISED CANNOT BE UNREALISED
What Is Realised Cannot Be Unrealised Once we realise what we actually are – pure consciousness – then the whole of our history unravels, along with whatever is taking place now. We realise that everything we’ve been told is part … Continue reading
WHEN INFORMATION IS MISINFORMATION
When Information Is Misinformation When we know that information is misinformation, then misinformation is information – and the end of confusion! 😀 If we do not test information, it is merely a belief. Repeating this belief is misinformation. Information may … Continue reading
AND THE TRUTH IS UPSETTING
And The Truth Is Upsetting The truth will set us free – but not everyone at the same time. When we realise our true nature, it’s such a relief from all the elaborate nonsense going on in the world. Not … Continue reading
THE NATURE OF CONFUSION
The Nature Of Confusion The nature of confusion is being unaware of our true nature When we ignore our absolute nature – the timeless presence of pure consciousness which actually sees – we enter a state of unconsciousness consciousness or … Continue reading
WE BECOME CAUGHT AND HELD
We Become Caught And Held When our attention is caught and held, we cling we believe we become the dream, the illusion. To awaken is to see and recognise this illusion.
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