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Understanding Fungible Consciousness
Aug 2, 2020 09:07AM WST
(‘How it creates & How it lets go’) --- (‘How it begins & How it Ends’)Consciousness is a condition. We can know this because it can be objectified. We can make an object of it. We can get ... Read More
The Formless Realms
Aug 9, 2019 14:28PM WST
The Formless Realms always seem to be a formidable topic in the Buddhist teachings. I would like to share with you a more generalised insight into what they are and what they mean. The Formless realms can be seen as higher ... Read More
The Present Moment
Jul 18, 2018 11:48AM WST
Sanity, Reality & Peace lives here ---- where the past and the future unify.The Buddha confirmed that our Life and the Universe are mental constructs. He invited us to come and see! He had realised that our minds are ... Read More
Consciousness & Compassion
May 26, 2018 10:03AM WST
Consciousness is somewhat tricky to understand in a direct way because we are using it constantly to interpret our situation. It is so deeply ingrained into our being that we cannot easily see it directly without a sustained ... Read More
The Hero's Journey
Mar 24, 2018 10:24AM WST
(With acknowledgements to Joseph Campbell)There is a paradox that sits right at the gateway to enlightenment. It is a paradox that must be resolved by any and every person if they are ever to understand and experience the ... Read More
The Paradox and Subtlety of Life & Reality
Jan 23, 2018 10:27AM WST
The Buddhist path is a very subtle one. Small wonder that this elusive and Absolute Truth that the Buddha realised and experienced was causing him to despair when he thought about how to teach it. The balance ... Read More
Awakening to Stillness -- A poem!
Dec 6, 2017 08:59AM WST
This poem comes at the end of the series of blogs I have written since "Hypnosis, Buddhist Meditation and Reality" which was uploaded on 25th August 2017. I feel it succinctly covers both the intellectual and ... Read More
Fused Consciousness and Letting Go
Nov 8, 2017 12:05PM WST
At the outset, it needs to be said that from a Buddhist perspective, the human condition is a deluded condition. This is so because we do not generally self-reflect deep enough to understand the Absolute truth that can be ... Read More
Consciousness First!
Oct 31, 2017 11:29AM WST
Over my last few blogs I have been looking at our connection into the Universe. I have discussed how Physics has been very successful in providing rather compelling evidence of our physical evolution, not only from the birth ... Read More
Children of the Stars!
Oct 24, 2017 13:03PM WST
We all know now that we are literally made from the Stars. Physicists have confirmed it with astronomical and other observations! We know that we are completely and intimately bound into and connected to the Universe. All of ... Read More
The Will of Consciousness?
Oct 16, 2017 16:29PM WST
The Buddhist teachings say that at the very core of life there is grasping; a holding on with what is described as our desire to become. This craving is a duality incorporating both a desire to get and hold on, and an ... Read More
Questions on Reality
Oct 3, 2017 10:19AM WST
I have had a couple of questions following my last two blogs (Hypnosis, Buddhist Mediation & Reality) and (Relaxing & Releasing Consciousness) that I would like to share with you. Consciousness is a very subtle ... Read More
Relaxing & Releasing Consciousness
Sep 17, 2017 10:26AM WST
“I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing is created with ... Read More
