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For no-one in particular ! 2

May

2023

Oh, perhaps it’s simply a coincidence however in the last 24 hours the same phrase (more or less) “you die twice” came to “my” attention but in completely different contexts yet who is it that really “dies” eh ? For the first it was during a discussion where each of us shared their experience of ...

Never Born, Never Ceasing 4

Jan

2022

Ah, what follows below, is I’d say, some absolute gold-standard material concerning the Nature of Mind eh ? 🌟 A teaching on the nature of mind by the late Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche on The Hundred Verses of Advice by Padampa Sangye [1] The great pandit Shantarakshita, who was instrumental in transplanting Buddhism from India to ...

The Illusion of Autonomy 7

Aug

2021

Oh, now upon returning to the “Waking State” [1] each day (it’s generally called “waking up”), it’s as if there’s automatically a sense-of-self present as soon as you open your eyes eh ? But what’s not seen is that sense of “me” is subconsciously generated, it’s not that it has any power of autonomy at ...

On Self, No Self, and Not-self 2

Aug

2021

“What does one need in order to be Enlightened ?” asked the disciples. Said the Master : “You must discover what it is that falls in the water and does not make a ripple; moves through the trees and does not make a sound; enters the field and does not stir a single blade of ...

“Dropping” into the Heart ! 10

Jul

2021

Ah, I suppose most of us educated in a Western-style Format place (unconsciously) great value on the Intellect yet such Conceptual Prowess is only likely to obstruct any real penetration of the Great Mystery of the Human Spirit eh ? 🙏 The following excerpt (from Page 144) is taken from “ZEN AND JAPANESE CULTURE” which ...

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Ah, but is there really no self ? Who says so ? What's the direct evidence and what would it mean eh ? #WhoAreYou

Simon Lock @s1monlock ·

27 Aug

Ah, it's as if in total Peace, as one's Heart Chakra fully opens (in the absence of egoic self-identity as such dynamics have ceased), there's an unmistakable "fragrance" as though communing with, I sense, a Divine Presence eh ? 😀 💞 #WhoAreYou

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Simon Lock @s1monlock ·

25 Aug

Oh, it's as if there's a "war" for your Consciousness, perhaps being "enslaved" digitally via one's Attention, or, I suggest, "we" can free ourselves (as much as is possible) by "taking refuge" in our own Precious Hearts eh ? 💗
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Simon Lock @s1monlock ·

19 Aug

Oh, there is no Hard-Problem-Of-Consciousness except from the dualistic position of self & other eh ? How so ? Because, "I" assert, your ordinary Mind is really only mundane Brain Activity whereas Nondual Awareness (what you actually are) is free from all such Conceptions eh ? 💗

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