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Tag Archives: The path to enlightenment
LOOKING AT ALL SIDES
Looking At All Sides To be open-minded, we need to look at all sides, all views. Are the people who hold these views open or closed? Can they communicate, or do they just talk? To know the truth of our … Continue reading
SELF-TAUGHT
Self-Taught Our path to enlightenment is a matter of undoing our mental fixtures and fittings – the ideas we hold onto and fixate about which create an illusion of self and the world around us. We are pure being that … Continue reading
OUR DARK SIDE IS OUR PATH
Our Dark Side Is Our Path When we can acknowledge our dark side – our ideas about me and mine – this recognition is the light of consciousness illuminating our addiction to phantoms in the mind. These phantoms seem so … Continue reading
MARA KNOWS WHAT WE KNOW
Mara Knows What We Know Mara knows what we know, but doesn’t experience it. Mara: Demonic minds waiting in ambush. Demonic minds know what we know – that all sentient beings are driven by attraction, aversion and indifference. They can … Continue reading
HUMANITY AND THE ‘MACHINE’
Humanity And The ‘Machine’ Without being aware of it, we are all part of the ‘machine’, having gradually become accustomed to it.The path to enlightenment is breaking free of the ‘machine’ by recognising the effects of the machine.
BEING TAKEN IN
Being Taken In We are all taken in by appearanceswhen, in actuality, appearances are taken in by consciousness.That is the secret conundrum. This world of deception is also our path to enlightenment.The real teaching takes us beyond any appearances.Don’t be … Continue reading
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WHAT IS LIFE, AND WHAT IS LIVING?
What Is Life, And What Is Living? Life is consciousness. Living is what we do as consciousness. What we do usually masks what we are, getting over-excited about everything that agitates our mind. We are consciousness, and all we have … Continue reading
BEING OVER-POSITIVE
Being Over-Positive Over-positivity is an exaggerated state that results in the denial of the human emotions, stifling the ability to communicate, while hiding negative thoughts. We are merely projecting an illusion by engaging in trivia, or by creating an atmosphere of superiority. … Continue reading
THE DICTIONARY IS OUR BIBLE
The Dictionary Is Our Bible The dictionary is our bible: it tells us all we need to know. In the dictionary, the word clarity means divine splendour (be bright). The opposite to clarity is obscurity,vagueness, blurriness, opacity, darkness. When our … Continue reading
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IS THE UNIVERSE A GOOD PLACE?
Is The Universe A Good Place? Our answer to this question will depend on how we see life. Is the universe is one of benevolence, malevolence or confusion? It’s all in the mind 🙂 Once we stop thinking that we … Continue reading
BLESSED ARE THE TROUBLE MAKERS
Blessed Are The Trouble Makers Blessed are the trouble makers, for they shall show us the way. 🙂 The troubles in the world have always been caused by belief in one side or another which, of course, divides us. Through … Continue reading
SIMPLE BUT DIFFICULT … BUT SIMPLE
Simple But Difficult … But Simple Our true reality is simply pure awareness. Its presence is precious timelessness. We do not have to do anything to know or realise this. So why is it difficult? It’s difficult to comprehend as … Continue reading
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OVER-THINKING
Over-Thinking Over-thinking is going over the same thoughts again and again, analysing the simplest of situations or events until all sense of proportion has gone. Over-thinking is trying to see all possibilities, confusing and preventing a positive outcome, and creating feelings … Continue reading
BEING POSITIVE IN NEGATIVITY
Being Positive In Negativity Being positive doesn’t mean excluding the negative side of life. That is the common sentiment of the exoteric way, and is actually negative as it is based on fear. To face that fear is the way … Continue reading
FRICTION CAN BE PROGRESS
Friction Can Be Progress Friction: Reaction of two surfaces There are two possible outcomes to friction (a clash of views) – either stubbornness or progress. The outcome will depend on our level of understanding. The Buddha’s advice was to admit … Continue reading
WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, AND UNIQUE
We Are All Different, And Unique We aren’t a group thing. Our approach to anything is individual, due to our backgrounds of confusion, doubt and ignorance. These are, in fact, good things: they are our path to enlightenment when we … Continue reading
PLEASE PROVE THIS BLOG WRONG
Please Prove This Blog Wrong Please prove this blog wrong. It’s important to do this to see what the conflict is. We are making the effort to test, see and understand, instead of merely accepting. That’s being practical, and therefore, … Continue reading
NATURE ALWAYS ADAPTS
Nature Always Adapts Through the laws of the universe, nature always adapts. We are universal nature, so we can adapt. Manipulating the laws of nature brings consequences. Understanding the laws of nature is the path to enlightenment. How is this? … Continue reading
THERE IS A MANUAL FOR LIFE
There Is A Manual For Life It’s quite short; it’s karma. ‘Karma’ is just a word for the effect of previous actions that causes our habitual reactions now. This manual is our teacher, instructing us how to eliminate karma through … Continue reading
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KARMA IS COGNITIVE BIAS
Karma Is Cognitive Bias Karma is cognitive bias: more of the same, “recommended for you” by your echo chamber. In body, speech and mind, our lives become formulaic, and that reinforces attitude and behaviour. We conform to a type, creating … Continue reading
WARMED UP AND READY TO GO
Warmed Up And Ready To Go Once we are warmed up, we are ready to go. Having a good enough understanding of pure consciousness and whatever obscures it, we are ready to face life – our constant teacher – on … Continue reading
WE CREATE OUR CONSEQUENCES
We Create Our Consequences Every moment has consequences: a continuity for the next moment. When we are mindful, that continuity is dynamic and humorous. When we ignore, that continuity lacks empathy and potential. Thinking that we don’t have to bother … Continue reading
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WHY I WRITE A BLOG
Why I Write A Blog Life is about getting to the point of why we are here, staying with that point, and seeing how that point refines through experience. We cannot assume that, by just reading or hearing teaching, we … Continue reading
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ACKNOWLEDGING CONDITIONING
Acknowledging Conditioning Conditioning: the process of accustoming a person or animal to behave in a certain way or to accept certain circumstances. We are conditioned by others who are conditioned. Being conditioned, we do not have free-will, and so we suffer. Acknowledging this suffering is the … Continue reading
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW …
Better The Devil You Know … That’s what Buddhism is all about. 😀 Being free in the moment of seeing. The devil does not exist; it is simply our confusion, and our obsession with a self-image. When we (consciousness) realise … Continue reading
LOST IN SPACE
Lost In Space 😀 Consciousness is live space, and the path to enlightenment. If we can acknowledge that we are consciousness – instead of being attracted to the flotsam and jetsam floating around in the mind that is rejected by … Continue reading
WE DON’T UNDERSTAND OUR OWN PSYCHOLOGY
We Don’t Understand Our Own Psychology If we don’t know our own psychology, we won’t know what is happening to us. We’re easily bored; that boredom is created by confusion, and sends us to sleep. We may look awake, but … Continue reading
LUCIFER, THE BRINGER OF LIGHT
Lucifer, The Bringer Of Light Lucifer: also known as Satan. Lucifer: The Bringer Of Light? How? It all depends on one’s point of view. The first noble truth of the Buddha is admitting that we are suffering/dissatisfied/fed up, and that … Continue reading
MEDITATE LIKE A FLY ON THE WALL
Meditate Like A Fly On The Wall Meditate like a fly on the wall; quietly observing, but not involved. Living life like a fly on the wall teaches us much. Whatever we learn enhances our skills and abilities to be … Continue reading
WHEN THE TRUTH ISN’T RECOGNISED
When The Truth Isn’t Recognised The truth of our being may not register with everyone. Years ago, my wife and I attended a lecture by the Dalai Lama, and we both fell asleep. It wasn’t that we weren’t interested; it … Continue reading
ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOU?
Are You Satisfied With You? Any dissatisfaction can be the beginning of enlightenment. If we aren’t dissatisfied, we stay as we are – unenlightened. Dissatisfaction could be about our self, or the world in which we live. Can we change … Continue reading
Love Your Self
Love Your Self Know your self; love your self. Your self is the path to enlightenment. Our self is a collection of confusions and doubts. that’s why we, unfortunately, follow others. Uncovering this confusion is our personal path to realisation. … Continue reading
LIFE IS FALLING APART
Life Falling Apart The feeling of separation does that. We are just left hanging in a void. But life is still present. That is the emptiness of clarity. Is it uncomfortable? Yes! Why? It’s unfamiliar … or is it? 🙂 … Continue reading
ZERO INTOLERANCE
Zero Intolerance From an enlightened point of view, zero intolerance means complete tolerance generosity patience discipline concentration and compassionate wisdom. On the path to enlightenment, there is no place to hold back or hide.
“KNOW THY SELF”…BOTH OF THEM!
“Know thy self”…both of them! There are two aspect to all of us, relative and absolute. Our absolute being is our true nature. Our relative being obscures the recognition of our absolute nature. Our absolute nature never changes. But what … 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. 