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- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD… July 2, 2026
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT July 2, 2026
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES July 1, 2026
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM July 1, 2026
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS July 1, 2026
- BEYOND MEDITATION June 30, 2026
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER June 30, 2026
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION June 30, 2026
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES June 30, 2026
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC June 29, 2026
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT June 28, 2026
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND June 28, 2026
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN June 27, 2026
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH June 26, 2026
- A CLOSED MAZE June 26, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT June 25, 2026
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- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
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- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
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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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