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  • No Wrong Notes

    No Wrong Notes

    Miles Davis said that there are no wrong notes, that it’s the next note that determines whether the previous one is right or wrong. And it got me thinking about that space after one note but before the next, when the absence of the last note is hanging there – pregnant, unresolved. Is it harmonious… Continue reading

  • Untitled Thoughts #11

    Untitled Thoughts #11

    Just because the nature of conditioned realityIs an illusionIs dream-likeAnd ultimately incorporealDoesn’t mean that it’s to be deniedOr seen as a problem in itself And the presence of sufferingIn the conditioned realmDoesn’t necessitateThe wholesale abandonmentOf all experiencing Just see through the illusionAnd enjoy the ride Everything we need to knowIs available to us in this… Continue reading

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  • Untitled Thoughts #10

    Untitled Thoughts #10

    I still don’t really understand why I’d even want post my words and thoughts publicly at length. But I’m reminded of the maxim – “seek first to understand, then to be understood.” So it occurs to me that we really need to understand each other better, and ourselves too for that matter. And thinking aloud… Continue reading

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  • Untitled Thoughts #9

    Untitled Thoughts #9

    You know, a better way of posting my writing might be to do a kind of daily digest. I’m fed up with the demand (I make on myself) to polish my writing into some ‘finished’ condition. There are plenty of thoughts I propose that could just go out as they are. Sometimes they’re disjointed, sometimes… Continue reading

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  • Could it be…

    Could it be…

    Could it be so simple, to let life flow without disturbance or resistance? Just get out of the way. Continue reading

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  • Just because…

    Just because…

    Just because the mind identifies the problem (of suffering) doesn’t mean it can provide the answer. Continue reading

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  • The End of Seeking Podcast

    The End of Seeking Podcast

    Exciting news!!   Imogen and I have resurrected our defunct 2019 “End of Seeking Podcast”, with two NEW episodes up now (the original episode 1 is there too) and more will join them soon. We have no set upload schedule at the moment but our aim is to continue to upload new episodes frequently. This… Continue reading

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  • When someone asks me…

    When someone asks me…

    When someone asks me at party what I do, I say: “I introduce people to the fact that reality as it’s commonly conceived of is an illusion, the so-called world isn’t material and the self they imagine themselves to be doesn’t exist.” Needless to say I don’t get many invitations. Continue reading

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  • Final answers…

    Final answers…

    Final answers – is that what we seek? Perhaps given half a chance we might love to live in the questions. Continue reading

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  • Just give up…

    Just give up…

    Just give up on self-will and see what life want you to be, to do, to have.It’s radical kenosis – the self-emptying that allows us to be led into the larger space of being. Continue reading

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Enlightenment is much simpler and more intimate than you imagine. No bells and whistles, no ecstatic light show; it’s this moment, as it is.

– Martyn

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