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- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
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- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
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- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
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- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
- CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION? March 5, 2026
- REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED March 4, 2026
- NICE PEOPLE March 3, 2026
- OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE March 2, 2026
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG March 1, 2026
- WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS February 28, 2026
- THE ART OF LIVING February 27, 2026
- DISSOLVING DUALISTIC MIND February 27, 2026
- EMPATHY FOR STUPIDITY February 27, 2026
- HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED February 27, 2026
- HOW DID IT ALL START? February 27, 2026
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF EXISTENTIALISM February 27, 2026
- THE WISDOM OF FAILURE February 26, 2026
- THE MIND IS A MENTAL SOLAR SYSTEM February 25, 2026
- INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM February 24, 2026
- INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE February 24, 2026
- DANGER WAKES US UP February 23, 2026
- WHEN WE IGNORE EVIL February 23, 2026
- CONFUSION IS MEANT TO CONFUSE February 23, 2026
- A LACK OF CONTINUITY February 22, 2026
- MEMORIES SEPARATE US February 21, 2026
- THE FOUR ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITIES February 20, 2026
- LIVING A SHARED FICTION February 20, 2026
- WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED? February 20, 2026
- DOES RELIGION WAKE US UP? February 19, 2026
- MEDITATION GAZE February 18, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING CONFUSION February 18, 2026
- FRUSTRATED AT BEING FRUSTRATED February 18, 2026
- CYCLES: THE HABITUAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR February 17, 2026
- BUDDHISM AND THE VEDANTA SEE THE UNIVERSE AS INFINITE February 16, 2026
- AI THE NEXT RELIGION February 15, 2026
- WE SHOULD ALL ASK, “WHAT IF I’M WRONG?” February 15, 2026
- NO MORE TO LEARN February 15, 2026
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- THEY DIM OUR LIGHT February 13, 2026
- CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT A RELIGION February 12, 2026
Tag Archives: The Mind
THE BODY IS A VEHICLE
The Body Is A Vehicle The body is our vehicle; the mind is our track. depends on the load we are carrying. Lightening our load hastens enlightenment.
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THE MIND ISN’T A BAD THING
The Mind Isn’t A Bad Thing It’s holding on to the thoughts in the mind that makes us fixated, addicted and in conflict with others. When we do this, we cannot think or act clearly.
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WHAT ARE ‘ESOTERIC’ AND ‘EXOTERIC’?
What Are ‘Esoteric’ And ‘Exoteric’? The esoteric is understood by the few who are practiced. The exoteric is understood by the many who do not practice. The esoteric is pure experience of pure awareness. The exoteric is knowing about pure … Continue reading
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LIVING IN THE MIND
Living In the Mind When we live just in our mind, we live on memories, which are a simulation of reality. Thoughts are imagination, and have no direct reality; they merely colour everything that we see. This is the source … Continue reading
THE MIND IS OUR TOOL
The Mind Is Our Tool The mind is our tool – for better or for worse. 🙂 The mind is our tool that expresses consciousness’s reality. This mind may be sharp or dull, adapting or adopting, improvising or rehearsed. The … Continue reading
WHY DO I WRITE EVERY DAY?
Why Do I Write Every Day? Is there too much on my mind? No; it’s the same as everyone else’s. The mind merely responds to whatever karma presents and, if karma is our teacher, there is much to see. Every … Continue reading
ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS
Advice for Beginners Advice for beginners and advanced alike. Realisation can only come about when we truly value instruction. Advice for Beginners by Künkhyen Jamgön Mipham Rinpoché All activities within saṃsāra are pointless and hollow— Unreliable and fleeting, like lightning’s streaking … Continue reading
WHAT ARE DEMONS?
What Are Demons? A demon – Mara in Sanskrit – is a troubled mind. Demonic attacks do not come from outside;they’re a residue in our own mind. When we stop our habitual patterning,we stop feeding the habitual patterning of others. … Continue reading
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SENSITIVE MINDS
Sensitive minds. Our minds are filters between our Pure Empty Essence and the outer world. The mind is a sensitive tool, as it can reflect, analyse, perceive, store memories and discern. It can join up the dots…that’s if we have … 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. 
WE CANNOT BE WHAT WE SEE
We Cannot Be What We See We see things, and we see the mind commenting on these things, so we are therefore neither this mind nor our things. We are the empty essence of mind, the clear space of clarity, … Continue reading →