Consciousness is a subject that has become quite important these days. We are all experiencing consciousness; we want to understand it and define it. Some people say that they equate consciousness …excerpts from the book Intuitive Awareness

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The attitude of ‘conviviality’ is an attempt to encourage you to see the holy life as something beautiful and enjoyable, and to open to it rather than just shut down…excerpts from the book Intuitive Awareness

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Although right now were in a perfect retreat situation where we’ve got everything under control and perfect for what we regard as a proper, formal retreat. In contrast to this next week there will be a lot of comings …excerpts from the book Intuitive Aw

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One of the epithets for the Buddha we chant is lokavida (knower of the world). Of course we can see that this is a quality of the Buddha, but something …excerpts from the book Intuitive Awareness

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Somebody referred to the sound of silence as a cosmic hum, a scintillating almost electric background sound. Even though it’s going on all the time we don’t generally notice it, but when your mind is open and …excerpts from the book Intuitive Awarenes

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On a conventional level we easily conceive the conditions which we attach to. With sati-panya and sati-sampajanya we begin to awaken ourselves to the way it is, rather than being committed to the…excerpts from the book Intuitive Awareness

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We have just three weeks left of the Vassa (rains retreat). The words in this sentence are perceptions of time and change, in the conditioned realm. ‘Vassa’ is a convention …excerpts from the book Intuitive Awareness

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Is there anyone, any person or any condition that is absolutely right — or absolutely wrong? Can right and wrong or good and bad, be absolute? When you dissect it, when you really look at it in terms of …excerpts from the book Intuitive Awareness

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In contemplating right understanding I like to emphasise seeing it as an intuitive understanding and not a conceptual one. I have found it very helpful just contemplating the difference between analytical…excerpts from the book Intuitive Awareness

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