It’s hard not to feel a sense of control when we can all notice that there are choices we make every moment of every day. Perhaps it’s inevitable that we’re fooled again and again into seeing a world where there is an ‘I’ that makes decisions in response to the everyday situations that arise. And […]
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Interest in mindfulness has increased over recent years and now it’s quite easy to find a range of books devoted to the subject. On the one hand mindfulness seems quite simple, we can define it as presence or awareness in the moment but it’s also worthwhile to spend just a little time considering it in […]
One of the phrases you may come across on a spiritual path of practice is, ‘letting go’. ‘You just need to let go. It’s all about letting go.’ Which is great and in a way makes sense but is also really frustrating because we really don’t know where we’re not letting go, so we don’t […]
Did you ever look at a bird sitting in a tree or another person and wondered at the separation between you? Well don’t. What you’re seeing is just eye consciousness. It’s the nature of it to separate. The only non-separation experienced is through the formless, the real. Realise this and the rest won’t matter. So […]
Those engaged with trying to realise or see the illusion of self are often no strangers to frustration. So many apparent contradictions arise. This ‘path’ is full of them. We can easily and quickly lose sight that the truth is simple – so simple; just what is here, in this moment right now. But how […]
Suppose we’re trying to see; trying to realise truth. We’ve spent time looking and we feel like we have a handle, at least intellectually, on there being no real ‘self’. It’s an idea we’re getting our heads round but there are still a few obstacles to overcome. One of these obstacles can be thinking about […]
Some concepts become so deeply rooted in our consciousness that we scarcely if ever question them. So it is with time. Whilst we might debate its nature few of us ever seriously consider that it might not actually exist at all. After all, the evidence for time existing is overwhelming… isn’t it? To take a […]
One of the aspects of searching for truth that contains any number of potential stumbling blocks is our expectations. Thoughts can arise such as, ‘If I see there’s no separate self, will I become like a Buddha? Will I be enlightenened? Will all suffering cease? Will I get rid of all my hang-ups? Will I […]
The realisation of no-self leads inexorably to the realisation of no selves. Empty boats, as Chuang Tzu called them. So all around we see patterns of behaviour, forms through which these arise, no selves. All is arising supported by its causes. There is no purpose in this, no higher Self directing it. To search for […]
What is a wave? We see them, so many of them, rolling across the sea, arising and falling, breaking on the shore. We give it a name, create it as a separate thing in thought, but we see a wave is not separate is it? It never leaves the sea. When the wave arose the […]
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