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Tag Archives: understanding
UNDERSTANDING IS HAPPINESS
Understanding Is Happiness Understanding is direct experience of how something works. Even better understanding lies in knowing how it all works. Everything is created by attraction and repulsion. Our lives are held together by our likes and dislikes which have … Continue reading
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UNDERSTANDING AND NOT UNDERSTANDING
Understanding And Not Understanding Understanding isn’t accepting and repeating a set of words and beliefs that saturate the mind. Understanding comes from raw practice, and direct insight into the nature of mind; without this, we’re guessing. Hearsay is gossip – … Continue reading
HAS INNER AWARENESS CHANGED OUR ATTITUDE?
Has Inner Awareness Changed Our Attitude? Has our practice of being aware of our state of mind improved our behaviour and attitude towards others? Are we less judgmental, less standoffish, less reactive, less emotional? Are we more understanding of how … Continue reading
FROM INFORMATION TO A FIRM FOUNDATION
From Information To A Firm Foundation Information is something we receive, but have not experienced as we are still looking for the conclusion of this information. The result is little or no empathetic understanding, as we haven’t had the experience … Continue reading
THERE IS NO GOOD OR EVIL
There Is No Good Or Evil … There is no good or evil … just levels of understanding and misunderstanding. As we saw in the previous article, “Why do we think differently from others?”, there are levels of experience, all … Continue reading
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STARTING WITH FAITH AND TRUST … REALLY?
Starting With Faith And Trust … Really? Being told to have faith and trust suggest intimidation. Why would you start with ‘faith’ and ‘trust’? There has to be a reason to have faith and trust in the first place, so … Continue reading
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Tagged cult mentality, ENLIGHTENMENT, experience, faith, nothing to practise, realisation, reason, Trust, understanding
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WHAT ARE THE LEVELS … OF GOODNESS?
What Are The Levels … Of Goodness? What is goodness? Well, it isn’t something holy, so that’s a relief. This is where we’ve been going wrong, by believing in mystery and intercessors. Goodness is caring. Caring comes from understanding; understanding … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, clarity, concentration, CONSCIOUSNESS, EMPATHY, goodness, goodness knows, Meditation, non-distraction, Practice, the pure state, understanding, wishful thinking
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GONE, GONE, GONE BEYOND
Gone, Gone, Gone Beyond “Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha”. This is the ending of the Heart Sutra. What does it mean? It means pure consciousness, beyond any intellectualisation of emptiness, and any wishful hoping for emptiness. ‘Gone beyond’ is … Continue reading
WELL-BEING IS ACCEPTANCE
Well-Being Is Acceptance Well-being isn’t about change for something better. It’s about understanding and refining what is actually already present. Being angry for change merely brings about more anger. We are not going to change the world; we merely have … Continue reading
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VERIFICATION
Verification We may wonder, “Am I doing the right thing?”. If we wait for verification from someone else, we become reliant on their judgement, and that isn’t verification. Who are we trying to impress? There is something in life/the universe/karma … Continue reading
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Tagged EMPATHY, insight, KARMA, understanding, verification, we are free in the moment of seeing, we enable
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WHY DO WE DOUBT OUR ENLIGHTENED REALITY?
Why Do We Doubt Our Enlightened Reality? Why do we doubt our enlightened reality? The answer is that we were – and are – misguided. Our practice is to “Act the part” of being enlightened, becoming familiar with both understanding … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL MERIT
Spiritual Merit The more that we engage in spiritual practices of understanding, empathy, compassion, generosity and so forth … the more we attract good fortune. The more selfish we are, the more we attract misfortune. A happy mind or an … Continue reading
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