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- OBSERVER AND OBSERVATION July 13, 2026
- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
- NOT COPING, WHILE PRETENDING TO COPE July 12, 2026
- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED July 11, 2026
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE July 10, 2026
- WHAT IS DEVOTION? July 10, 2026
- “I COULD BE WRONG” July 9, 2026
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY July 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN July 7, 2026
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA July 7, 2026
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST July 7, 2026
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF July 6, 2026
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU July 5, 2026
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES July 5, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND July 4, 2026
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING July 4, 2026
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE July 3, 2026
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE July 3, 2026
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING July 3, 2026
- 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
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED June 25, 2026
- 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
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING June 18, 2026
Tag Archives: true confidence
THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT WAY
There Is No One Right Way Each of us has our own personal problems, our own individual fixations, our own confusion. That is our path to resolve. The destination will be the same – the realisation that we are pure … Continue reading
PROVOKING THOUGHTS
Provoking Thoughts Provoking thoughts, and cutting through them in an instant. If we want to know the truth, we have to drop what we think is the truth – our normal. Thinking we know the truth = a belief, and … Continue reading
THE PROBLEM FOR A BUDDHA
The Problem For A Buddha The problem for the Buddha, Jesus and other enlightened beings is that their teachings are turned into religions. This has the effect of either gathering believers in ritual or putting people off for ever, and … Continue reading
CREEPING, MALEVOLENT CENSORSHIP
Creeping, Malevolent Censorship Creeping, malevolent censorship is meant to mislead consciousness into belief. Censorship is the suppression of speech or information which leads to self-censorship, censoring one’s own discourse out of fear, without overt pressure from any specific authority. To control a population, a subconscious meme is placed into society, and spreads like … Continue reading
WHY WE BECOME EXTREME
Why We Become Extreme We become extreme because we are confused about what we are. We adopt exaggerated imitations in order to create an appearance of being ‘one-of-them’. Identifying with a certain class, gender, social group, dietary sect, political group … Continue reading
SELF-CONSCIOUS
Self-Conscious Self-conscious: Uncomfortable, embarrassed, or worried about what people think about us. Being self-conscious inhibits our potential to evolve and our ability to empathise, because it’s ‘all about me’. Despite appearing to be confident, we actually lack confidence, but it’s still all about me, self, … Continue reading
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